any getting to know you activity ideas?
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Four games that I use with any age. Be aware that these are very active games. You mentioned that this is for a class. How appropriate these games are depends on how active the class is going to be.\n\n1) THIS IS A MOOSE\nAh, the name game. Everyone sits in a circle. You pick up a random object (a pen, a stick, an orange, whatever) and turn to the person on your left and say "This is a Moose." This, of course, will cause ample confusion among the group. That is your cue to insist empathetically that this is a moose and not a pen/stick/orange/whatever (You don't have to, but I find it entertaining). From there it goes like this:\n\nYou (Rachel): (to the person to your left) This is a Moose.\n\nPerson to your left (John): A what?\n\nYou: A Moose.\n\nJohn: Oh! A moose! (John takes the moose and turns to the next person in the circle) Rachel says that this is a moose.\n\nNext person in the circle (Amy): A what?\n\nJohn: (turns to you) A what?\n\nYou: A Moose.\n\nJohn: (turns to Amy) A moose.\n\nAmy: Oh! A moose. (Amy takes the moose and turns to the next person in the circle) John says that Rachel says that this is a moose.\n\nNext person in the circle (Elizabeth): A what?\n\nAmy: (turns to John): A what?\n\nJohn (turns to you): A what?\n\nYou: A moose.\n\nJohn (to Amy): A moose.\n\nAmy (to Elizabeth): A moose.\n\nElizabeth: Oh! A moose. (Elizabeth takes the moose and turns to the next person in the circle) Amy says that John says that Rachel says that this is a moose.\n\nNext person in the circle (Brian): A what?\n\n...Well you get the idea. Keep going all the way around the circle until you come back to yourself. This is your opportunity to show off your name skills prowess by saying: "Aaron says that Joe says that Gina says that Matt says that Shannon says that Alison says that Jeremy says that Marco says that Marie says that Brian says that Elizabeth says that Amy says that John says that I said that this was a moose."\n\nIt will take some coaxing on your part to get the game going. You will have to tell each person exactly what they have to say for at least two or three people. After that people tend to get into the rhythm of it more. It's fun to see how fast you can go. \n\nAnother thing to add to keep things interesting: Once a rhythm has been established try changing the item. When John turns to you and asks "A what?" you tell him: "A lamppost." When he looks at you oddly insist that it is a lamppost and continue. Next time say it's a bottle of water (or whatever floats your boat). Let people know that they can change the item as it passes them if they want (they don't have to). It's fun to see what creative things people can come up with. You can guide it with your own answers. Some good "items": The Beatles, Egypt, an Easter Egg, the moon, a cockroach, you get the idea.\n\n\n2) THE ICE BREAKER\nThis one isn't a name game, but I find it's a great ice breaker. Literally! \n\nGet some really long string. One at a time each person has to put the string down their shirt and then down through their pant leg (you could add something here where they have to tell three things about themselves while they are doing it). Once everyone is chained together then comes the ice. In advance of the exercise you freeze a spoon in a paper cup of water (as though your were making an ice pop). Now that everyone is chained together you tie the end of the string to the spoon. Now they have to get themselves unchained without cutting the string or taking the ice off the end of the string. \n\n*Note: For expediency, you can tie an ice pop to both ends of the string. That way two people can be unchaining themselves at a time.\n\n\n3) THREE TRUTHS AND A LIE\nTaking turns, each person has to tell three truths and a Lie about themselves (in any order). Everyone else has to guess which is the lie. \n\nFor example, I might say: I play piano, I have been to Japan, I love strawb
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any details of you?...
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How was school today?\nDid you like your friends?\nWhat did you played today?\nDo you like your teacher?\nSing that song you learned...\n\nAs much as you get and understand about their world as much as you find topics that help to establish a conversation, and believe me it could be much more interesting than this!
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set up an unknown meeting place\ncall/meet the unknown person\ntalk about unknown things/topic's\nhave an unknown dinner, and an unknown walk \nafterwords.... enjoy the time together\n\nand for some unknown reason say "good Night"
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Be yourself so that the person gets to know you as you.
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www.matchingmoms.org\nyou'll also be able to find local playgroups or start your own and advertise there. I have met a ton of life long friends on that site.  Also you could just go to the park or museums wherever is child friendly and just strick up a conversation and give them your number incase they want to get together for a playdate.  Always Always Always meet in a public place until you know them well enough.
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get to know him and maybe flirt with him every now and then
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Hows this? Strike up a conversation about something you both enjoy(sport..art museum..picnic...something casual and see if you both can agree to try it together. Would work for seeing a new band, just anything that would be a little spontaneous,casual and easy for each to do.
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If you don't really know her, how do you know you want to impress her? Get to know her by being yourself and showing interest in who she is.
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Go to Sourab, walk around a bit and say "Hi" to someone!
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To start with say hello and ask his or her name. Be confident in asking even his/her name. Put questions like Is he comfortable in his stay? How was his journey?\nTake a subject which you know and start asking some question. If he starts with some new subject feel free to know about it and he will be much more interested in explaining the same.\nTry it on! My best wishes!
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Strike up a nice conversation and invite her to hang out somewhere and get to know her.
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A cute one is always hanging up baby pictures of the alumni and having everyone guess who is who.  You can number the pictures and have a sheet to pass around to those who want to play.\n\nYou could also get a description of the family lives, jobs, where they live, etc at this point in their life.  And then like the picture game, try to see if people can guess who ended up where :)
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Join new groups of people, joining activities is the best way to get new friends, start talking to people that are around you that you have never talked to.. socialize..
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Anything that interests you...talk about what your favorite things were growing up - just things that open doors and help you get to know each other better.  You could also do a thing liek - "we each ask each other 3 questions a day - which can be on any topic, anything at all"  the thing is, you HAVE to answer the question... You can get some questions if you google "ice breakers" and things like that....  It should be fun though...tell him..." I want to know all about you....I have an idea, why dont we come up with 3 questions each - per day - to ask each other, and we have to answer them no matter how much we might not want to".... once you do that, usually it opens the door to many other conversations.\n\nGood Luck!
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Be daring and brave. Make some eye contact and then go up and say hello. If he/she doesn't know you, introduce yourself. Just don't be shy or you'll never get anywhere!
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Start by saying hello and introduce yourself. Go from there and see where things lead.