Looking for some ice breakers to start off your meeting? Here are 10 ice breakers to get your parent council meeting started?
- How long have you lived in our neighbourhood?
- How many kids do you have at this school, and what grades are they in?
- What is your favourite TV show?
- What is your favourite parent council event?
- What movie did you see this year that your whole family loved?
- Where do you grocery shop?
- What was your favourite part of elementary/secondary school?
- What do your kids like about this school?
- Is this your first parent meeting?
- What is your families favourite past time?
Bonus Parent Council Ice Breakers
If you can’t do all the ice breakers above and have time for only one ice breaker per meeting, here are some more ice breakers that you can do for each meeting.
- September: favorite activity or memory from the summer
- October: favorite fall activity or favorite Halloween costume growing up
- November: favorite elementary school teacher and why
- December: favorite holiday tradition
- January: favorite activity or memory from winter break
- February: favorite winter activity
- March: favorite free time hobby
- April: favorite spring activity
- May: activity most looking forward to this summer
Have some more suggestions to add?
This is just a short list of ice breakers you can use to start off your next parent council meeting. Do you have some ice breakers that you think would be great to add to this list? Share them with us by visiting our parent engagement forum. We would love to hear what ice breakers you use at your parent council meetings.
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