Cup challenge team building

Stacking cups using a rubber band, pieces of string, and a group of teammates to practice working collaboratively and communicating productively in a team. This post also includes a discussion of actionable norms and complex instruction

Last year the cup stack was one of my FAVORITE team building activities (see post here). So, naturally, I wanted to give it another shot! The Cup Stack is a fun, yet challenging activity that promotes team work. The supplies are basic: cups, string, rubber bands. I go ahead and tie the string to the rubber bands so it is ready to go. I make a few for groups of 4 and a few for groups of 5, this way no matter what the numbers are in the classroom I can make it work. I start by asking students…

The Solo Cup Engineering Challenge is perfect for team-building. Students and adults love this activity for fun and learning.

A positive team building activity for any class. A great activity for Spanish class before Thanksgiving.

My teaching partner and I were asked to lead the staff in a team-building activity at our teacher institute day. Back in April we did an Egg Drop that was a huge hit and we were excited for an opportunity to plan another one! We came up with the red solo cup stack! This was super fun and easy to put together! Groups were given this handout (available on teacher's pay teachers-- Click here ---> Free Download! <3 Here are the supplies: Red Solo Cups (or any kind of plastic large cups) We used…

Team-Building in a Student-Led Classroom

I'm joining in with a fun linky hosted by Oz Curriculum HQ to share some tips for a fantastic first day of school. Be sure to head on over...

With the start of the school year coming Monday August 27th, I felt the urge to do a bit of planning of the first week to feel like I accomplished something. I also still want to blog about the 3-d…

In third grade we've spent a lot of time on building positive relationships with each other. We've noticed that the majority of conflict with these kiddos continues to happen outside at recess in less structured activities. After our last lesson on being good sports, I decided we needed to strengthen our teamwork skills. And what better way to do this than with the Cup Stack Challenge! We began by clearly defining what we thought TEAMWORK is. Then I broke the news that I was going to give…

5-minute and 10-miute qucik team-building activities and games to use in workplace training or for teaching students. #quickteambuilding