Art and Creativity
What art form do you like best? What art form would you like to learn? What is creativity? Do you consider yourself a creative person? Why? What is something creative that you have done? What…
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Asking for Help
Who would you ask for help? Police officers, store employees, your family, strangers, or friends? Is it common to ask for help from strangers in Latvia (or your native country)? When do you need to…
Gestures & Body Language
What do you think the gesture means? Do you think it is impolite to use this gesture? Why? Do you think it is more common among young people or adults to use this gesture? Why?…
Build a Story Game
Provide each group with a piece of paper and have one person write a sentence that begins with “Once upon a time” to begin the story. Every person then takes turns adding a sentence that…
The Skittles Game
The Skittles Game is a get-to-know-you game that helps people learn new facts about each other in an easy way. Pass around the candy and tell each participant to choose anywhere from 1 to 5…
Rhyme Time Game
In this fast paced game, the instructor stands in the center of the circle. He names a setting and a situation. Then, he points to one of the players at random. Using improvisation skills, the player…
Two Truths And A Tale Game
Each person must make three statements about themselves, one of which isn’t true (for example, “I have two brothers, I was born in Australia, I have a motorcycle”). The group must guess, or vote on,…
Tongue twisters
“Fuzzy wuzzy was a bear. Fuzzy wuzzy had no hair. Fuzzy wuzzy wasn’t very fuzzy, was he?” “The blue bluebird blinks.” “She sells sea shells by the sea shore.” “A tricky frisky snake with sixty…