Intended for:
This free icebreaker can be used to help break the ice in a fun and relaxed way at the beginning of a training session or meeting.
The icebreaker can be used during training where you want to focus on listening skills or any training session that involves careful attention to sounds.
This icebreaker can also be used as an energiser throughout a training session.
Training course contents:
A set of instructions for the training icebreaker, ‘Frog, Dog, Monkey’ can be downloaded from the link at the bottom of this page or you can follow the notes below.
Instructions – prior to starting this icebreaker, the trainer should clearly explain the instructions to the group.
1. Ask participants to close their eyes (or give them blindfolds) and explain that the icebreaker will be carried out with their eyes closed.
2. Go around the group and whisper in the ear of the participants one of the following three animals – Frog, Dog or Monkey.
3. The participants should then make the sound of their own animal i.e. the Frogs would say, ‘Gribbit’, the Dogs, ‘Whoof’ and the Monkeys, ‘Ooh Ooh’.
4. The participants should now try and group themselves with their fellow ‘animals’, using only the sound of their call. They should end up in groups of frogs, dogs and monkeys.
The icebreaker ends when they have achieved the task or the trainer calls a halt to the proceedings.
The icebreaker can be reviewed by a discussion of what was important in listening out for the sounds etc. Of course the icebreaker is also a lot of fun and allows participants to relax, have fun and then review the serious points that follow.
Objectives:
The icebreaker can be reviewed by a discussion of what was important in listening out for the sounds etc. Of course the icebreaker is also a lot of fun and allows participants to relax, have fun and then review the serious points that follow.
