Setting the Tone With a Get-to-Know-You Game
Morning meeting becomes a place for kindness and gratitude with a simple but powerful community-building game.
Child’s Play NY works in classrooms across New York City to help teachers learn how to use theater games for a multitude of purposes—building classroom culture, activating student voice, and connecting to curriculum. In Sammi Priti’s first-grade classroom at Arts and Letters 305 United in Brooklyn, Child’s Play NY founder Jocelyn Greene visits during a morning meeting to demonstrate “I Have a Gift for You,” a game where students practice using each other’s names, expressing their thanks, and tapping into creativity. The result is a sense of gratitude and positivity that lasts throughout the day—and beyond.
Find more games by reading Jocelyn Greene’s article for Edutopia titled “4 Theater Games That Make Great Morning Meeting Activities.”