Warm up exercise ideas

The term "icebreaker" comes from "break the ice", which in turn comes from special ships called "icebreakers" that are designed to break up ice in the arctic regions. And just as these ships make it easier for other ships to travel, an icebreaker helps to clear the way for learning to occur by making the learners more comfortable by helping to bring about conversation.

- Single Frame

From a single frame write a whole story outline in 3 minutes

- Marooned

You are marooned on a island. What five (you can use a different number, such as seven, depending upon the size of each team) items would you have brought with you if
you knew there was a chance that you might be stranded. Note that they are only allowed five items per team, not per person. You can have them write their items on a flip chart and discuss and defend their choices with the whole group. This activity helps them to learn about other's values and problem solving styles and promotes teamwork.

- Finish the Sentence

Go around the room and have each person complete one of these sentences (or something similar):
The best job I ever had was...
The worst project I ever worked on was...
The riskiest thing I ever did was...
This is a good technique for moving on to a new topic or subject. For example, when starting a class and you want everyone to introduce themselves, you can have them complete "I am in this class because..."
You can also move on to a new subject by asking a leading question. For example if you are instructing time management, "The one time I felt most stressed because I did not have enough time was ..."

- Ball-Toss

This is a semi-review and wake-up exercise when covering material that requires heavy concentration. Have everyone stand up and form a resemblance of a circle. It does not have to be perfect, but they should all be facing in, looking at each other. Toss a nerf ball or bean bag to a person and have tell what they thought was the most important learning concept was. They then toss the ball to someone and that person explains what they though was the most important concept. Continue the exercise until everyone has caught the ball at least once and explained an important concept of the material just covered.

- for more icebreakers remember

http://www.ultimatecampresource.com/site/camp-activities/ice-breakers.page-1.html

- VOCAL/ PHYSICAL WARM-UPS FOR ACTORS AND SPEAKERS

BREATHING:
Inhale through the nose, exhale through the mouth. Do this 5 times.
Inhale through the nose, filling lungs to 90% capacity, then quickly fill up.
Exhale with a relaxed a-a-a-h. Do this 5 times.

STRETCHING:
Stretch your neck to one side (ear to shoulder), then the other. Do this twice.
Stretch your chin to your chest, then back. Do this twice.
Stretch all the way around (chin to chest, shoulder, back, and chest) 5 times each way.
Shake all over, like a wet dog, starting from the top and working down.

VOICE:
Say "hah," "he," "hi," "ho," and "huh" from your diaphram.
Say each of your vowels from head to toe, toe to head, as if the sound is coming out of those parts of your body.
Say each of your vowels as if it is coming from you mouth only, then nose, then eyes, then top of the head.
Say each of your vowels from your facial mask ( your whole face).
Say "b-r-r-r-r" as if you are a race car. Do this several times.
Say "guttah buttah buttah guttah, good blood bad blood, good blood, bad blood red leather, yellow leather, red leather, yellow leather"
Say "The Swiss wrist watch sank swiftly" 5 times.