Hi, I'm an elementary teacher for grades 1-3 at a private academy. This is going to be my fifth year and every year I draw a blank as to what kind of activity I should do for the first day of school. If anyone has any neat and EASY(I can't stress that enough) ideas please list them for me. Also, if you know of any websites feel free to list them also. Thanks for all your help!

Go to www.edhelper.com You will find all kinds of easy ideas for the classroom. I home schooled my children and we also belonged to a home school group and the ed helper site was a great tool for all of us in various ages. It is a free service and has ideas and print-ables to use. I noticed other mentioned the ball game saying their names, but you could also include something they did over the summer, or their favorite TV show etc. I hope this helps.

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does anyone one know any good communication games, i need them for a leadership lesson for student council. So far i have the telephone game, i need a couple more.

Blindfold one person and have them complete tasks by having other people describe it. For example, take off your shoes, cross the room and put them in a bucket, puck up the bucket and put it on the table. It is especially effective if more than one person has to direct the blindfolded one.

Also have one person sit in the middle of 2 people and carry on two conversations at once. Person on the left is discussion the weather and the person on the right is discussing the use of hearing aids or whatever.

Charades

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Can someone give me an idea of what its like to be an architect? or similar? do you work alongside a team or with builders?

I always tell people that Architecture is the most diversified field as far as professionals go. I know Architects who rarely ever set foot in an office. I know architects who rarely ever work with people other than the client. I think my experiences as an architect though are more what is thought of as sterotypical, atlthough I think that architects office vary wildly in structure and style. This is what it is like for me:

I work in an office with 45 people. Our professional architecture staff is 6 architects and another 10 persons who are architecture school graduates. We also have 2 specialists in Construction Administration, 3 interior designers, 7 draftspersons, a graphic artist and we usually have at least two interns. The rest of the office is administration of various varieties and professions (marketing, accounting, reception, executive assistants, HR, etc.)

Now my office is one of 4 office spread throughout the US. I understand in larger companies when they have many offices the offices act independantly. Ours does that in a way as we are positioned regionally, but we share the work. This means I often have a team that is scattered throughout all our offices.
This has become easier each year.

Some offices form teams for each project that comes along like mine does. I get to do so many different types of projects, from high rise condos to high end retail; from Military housing to luxury residences.

Some offices form Studios and sometimes a whole office is a studio. These often tend to specialize in one type of project and they try to dominate a project type. I have avoided studios. I like the divcersity in projects.

Of course the majority of Architects work as sole practitioners or in small partnerships. Residential architects often workthis way. I've seen offices where there are 3 people crowded in a room togather, and that is the office. I have avoided these with a passion. I like people too much.

People in architecture offices are generally very creative people, work is generally never boring. In a given day as a Project Architect I am the head of two or three teams which means I have 4 to 10 people working with me in my office excluding interior designers. I also usually have a Structural Engineer, Civil Engineer, Landscape Architect, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Lighting Designer, Specification Writer, Cost Estimator, and sometimes an Environmental Engineer working on each of my teams. I now have 12 to 35 people working under me. I also get to work closely with clients and contractors as well as suppliers and product reps. I also specialize in sustainable design and coordinate that for this office. This means each week I am involved in a few meetings outside of my own projects.

You can guess that a successful architect has to love working with people and be goods at maintaining relationships on top of having "skills."

Our designers are a whole different story. They will work closely with the Project architect and generally get to build stronger relationships with clients. Theirs is the life of short deadlines and presentations. This really appeals to a lot of architects, but it is really not always the glamorous work it is made out to be. Sometimes it really is though.

I have traveled the world for my work, although some never leave their town for work.

Basically if you discover what it is you like about architecture there is no telling where it will take you.

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I'm a consultant with the Pampered Chef & I've been having a great time meeting people and selling products, but I have yet to find any recurits. Does any one have any suggestions on how I can find people interested in joining my team?

Are you informing people at the show about the opportunity? Are you asking each guest if they would like more information about the Pampered Chef opportunity? You need to treat the opportunity just like you treat asking about hosting a show. Or you can think of the opportunity as another product you have to sell, if that makes it easier for you. From the training sessions I've attended at National Conference, you should ask each guest if they'd like more information about the opportunity first and then ask about hosting. If they aren't interested in hosting a show, it doesn't make as much sense to then ask them if they are interested in the opportunity.

It's really all a numbers game. The more people you talk to, the more people you'll find that are interested in joining your team. It's also important to keep in touch with those guests that have expressed an interest, but now is not a good time. I have had 3 recruits that signed up at least one year after I first talked to them about the opportunity.

Also, remember not to prejudge your guests. You never know who might need the PC opportunity.

I wish you the best of success!

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We have a new guy on our squad for the fall and he's got shoulder-length hair. He's been practicing this summer with a high ponytail, just like the rest of us, and the question is how should he do his hair for games and competitions? Some of the girls on the squad think he should just do a low "guys" ponytail, but the co-captains (including me) & the sponsors think he should wear it up in a high curly ponytail with a ribbon, or in braids, to match everyone else especially at competitions. We put a lot of emphasis on teamwork & uniformity, & he's game for anything including sleeping in curlers before games like we all do.

Please no smart-ass answers! I'd really like to hear from other cheerladers out there. Thanks!
His uniform is almost identical except instead of an A-line skirt he wears this "skort" thingie (looks like a skirt with a front panel but is actually shorts). Since he's the only guy he carries pompoms and does the same routines as the girls.

The update is he's slept in curlers for practices a couple of times, and it looks cute, but we're leaning toward a regular, lower ponytail, with matching ribbon, for games (and for school on gamedays) but for competitions he'll probably do a high curly ponytail w/ a bow like the rest of the squad.

Thanks for the suggestions!

I'm not a cheerleader (dressed up like one once though for Halloween ) but I think he should wear it low and not curly (since he's a guy not one of the girls) but still in a pony-tail and with a matching ribbon. That way he's slightly different but still matches the squad. The uniformity would be great but maybe too much.

What does his uniform look like? Is it exactly like the ones the girls are wearing? If so, then identical hair might be the way to go so there aren't any differences at all. If his uniform is a little different, then I think it's ok if his hair is too.

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I teach high school, science in particular.
The first day of school is coming up and I'm looking for something interesting to do. I've done ice-breaker/name game activities before, but I'd like to hear if there are any other ideas.
I would like to get ideas about teamwork building activities (maybe teams race to complete a puzzle or something).
I would ESPECIALLY love some activity about the importance of following directions (I like the "test" where the first direction is to read all the directions first and the last is that you don't need to follow any directions, but many of the kids will have seen that before). Maybe something about following directions for making a project, and if they don't read carefully, the project comes out totally wrong in a funny way? (I may have seen something like this before, like if you fold wrong and then cut the whole thing falls apart, something like that.)
Sorry for the tough question; I'd just love any ideas!
Thanks a bunch.

My AP Calc teacher threw AP Calc BC book (this book is really big, even bigger that my US History book) in front of every student and said "This class is heavier than this book."

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This video show how to. The last viking is a bit hard, you should be quick to cut it correctly.

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when most regular-season games are at night

During spring training no one really cares about the games, so they don't put them at night when everyone is home to watch. They are in Florida too so why not play baseball on a nice day?

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I've made up an icebreaker game for about thirty 5th – 12th graders. Some know each other -and some don't.

I've made up a sheet with a bunch of squares. In the squares are things like…

"knows how to play a musical instrument"
"has been to Europe"
"is really good at skateboarding"

The kids have the sheet of paper – and walk around asking each other the questions – and filling in names on each square. (They can only have a person's name on their sheet once)

I need more stuff to put in the squares. Things that pre-teens and teens will relate to, but will not apply to everyone in the room.

Can you help?

plays sports
has a sibling
good at swimming
good at bmx
good at board games
has a certain game station
has good grades
has broke a bone
has or had braces
likes to go to cedar point
goes on vacation every year
has been out of state
likes sponge bob
has met someone famous
has a mac computer
likes ice cream
pizza is their favorite food
has their own laptop
good at mental games such as chess
loves to read novels

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When it comes to sports and training, sports training equipment is a great idea to take advantage of. There are so many different brands and types to choose from, but once you find one, the advantages are amazing. Just make sure you choose sports training equipment that is geared towards the sport or sports that you are training for. This is because some are geared towards only one sport, while others can be used for several, if not all different kinds of sports.

Besides the many different kinds of sports training equipment that are out there, there are also many benefits and reasons to take advantage of them. Some people use the equipment to prepare for big games or any competitions that may be coming up. This is an excellent advantage to using this type of training equipment. This will help you do better in the game, especially if you choose the right equipment. If you choose the right equipment, you will get just the right workout geared towards your specific sport. You can use this equipment for certain games, you can use it in the off-season to train, and so you won’t have to train as hard during the season.

When it comes to sports training equipment it may also help you feel better prepared for the games. Being better prepared for the games, you will tend to do better in the game. This can only make a good difference in the end. Winning more games and doing well for the team is a huge advantage of taking advantage of this type of equipment. Some athletes like to use the equipment to train right before the game. This will help your endorphins get going and be pumped, as they say, for the big game.

Another thing that is good about sports training equipment is that they can be geared for a specific part of the body that may be used in certain types of sports, for example, the legs for soccer or track or the arms for tennis or golf. Getting a trainer may help you figure out which equipment is best for you and how to use it to your best advantage.

Now that you are familiar with sports training equipment and what you can benefit from it, you are ready to go out and find one. Finding one and using it to your advantage can be a great thing when it comes to winning games and being a stronger part of your team. In the end, using this type of equipment is a pretty good idea and one that should be taken advantage of.

Mike Singh
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