The useful part

Browse activities built for the actual school day.

For staff meetings, professional learning, school teams, and now the first week of class—from elementary through high school.

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10 activitiesEvery activity is free during this first chapter.
01Free

Staff meeting · Beginning of year

This or That: Schoolday Edition

Make quick, school-day choices and find the staff’s surprising points of agreement.

38 min2+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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02Free

Staff meeting · PLC or department

One-Star Schoolday Review

Write a dramatic one-star review of a harmless school-day annoyance, then rewrite it as advice.

1018 min3–50 peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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03Free

Professional learning · PLC or department

Pass the Plot Twist

Build a wildly impractical solution one sentence at a time, then salvage its best idea.

1018 min3–50 peoplePlayfulness 4/4
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04Free

Staff meeting · Back-to-school

Stand, Signal, or Pass

Use quick, voluntary signals to reveal shared school-day experiences across a large room.

58 min10+ peoplePlayfulness 2/4
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05Free

Professional learning · Instructional design

Pitch the Impossible

Design a surprisingly workable response to an absurdly difficult school constraint.

2432 min4–100 peoplePlayfulness 4/4
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06Free

Back-to-school · Beginning of year

Musical Shares

Move while the music plays, then pair with the nearest person for a fresh question each round.

1222 min8–100 peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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07Free

Back-to-school · Beginning of year

The Mystery Supply Build

Use ordinary classroom supplies to build a tiny solution to an imaginary school challenge.

1522 min4–50 peoplePlayfulness 4/4
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08Free

Back-to-school · Staff meeting

Whiteboard Doodle Relay

Teams add one line at a time to a shared drawing, then discover what they created together.

610 min3–50 peoplePlayfulness 4/4
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09Free

Back-to-school · Professional learning

Paper-Airplane Idea Exchange

Send anonymous ideas across the room by paper airplane, then improve whatever lands nearby.

1015 min8–100 peoplePlayfulness 4/4
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10Free

Middle school classroom · First week of school

Three-Minute Side Quests

Complete quick, mildly ridiculous partner missions that never require personal revelations.

1828 min8–40 peoplePlayfulness 3/4
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