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Leadership and Team Building

Leadership and Teamwork

23 Activities

Leadership and Team Building

Mizzen Education, Inc.

K - 12

14 Hours 55 Minutes

Great things happen when leadership and teamwork come together! This collection of engaging K-12 activities help youth awaken their inner leader while strengthening the skills that make collaboration meaningful. Through playful challenges, cooperative tasks, and reflective moments, learners build communication, problem-solving, and shared responsibility. Whether someone is stepping into leadership for the first time or refining their strengths, each experience encourages confidence, connection, and positive group dynamics.

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Great things happen when leadership and teamwork come together! This week, keep the energy going with the games, physical play, and creative movement in the Leadership + Team Building collection. From obstacle courses and catapults to interplanetary diners and mock business pitches, your students will practice collaboration, coordination, and confidence while growing their leadership muscles. Get youth moving, competing, and working together: dive into this week’s activities below!

Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Follow the Leader

K - 2

45 Minutes

Follow the Leader is a classic activity that many generations of children have enjoyed. In this activity, children take turns acting as leaders and followers. Children practice motor skills and following directions.

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Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork, Stories and Perspectives

Action Packed ABC

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children read Curious George Learns the Alphabet and come up with movements to go with each page. Then, they invent their own movements for the letters of thalphabet.

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Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

K - 12

20 Minutes

To learn how to play "Ship to Shore," click the link below to watch an easy-to-learn tutorial video.

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Wild Game Tournament

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Wild Game Tournament

3 - 5

45 Minutes

Students will be part of a team competing in a wild-game tournament. They will be playing a variety of games one-on-one, while working to collect wins for their team. In the end there will be a winning team, and 1 student will be the grand winner of the entire tournament!

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Dribble and Dazzle

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts in Action

Dribble and Dazzle

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students use found objects, such as basketballs, to create fun, rhythmic performance pieces.

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Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

3 - 12

20 Minutes

In this activity, students practice presenting a provided pitch. The goals are to become more comfortable presenting to a group; start to establish a safe space by practicing constructive feedback with peers; develop or refine presentation skills such as pace, volume, tone, eye contact and confidence.

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Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Put on your detective's hat as you and your group decode a series of emoji puzzles and translate them into everyday sayings!

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Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Students recognize diverse skills and strengths, prompting the building of well-rounded and collaborative teams.

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Follow the Leader

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Follow the Leader

K - 2

45 Minutes

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Action Packed ABC

Leadership and Teamwork, Stories and Perspectives

Action Packed ABC

K - 2

45 Minutes

Children read Curious George Learns the Alphabet and come up with movements to go with each page. Then, they invent their own movements for the letters of thalphabet.

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Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Ship to Shore (Team Building) Game

K - 12

20 Minutes

To learn how to play "Ship to Shore," click the link below to watch an easy-to-learn tutorial video.

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Wild Game Tournament

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Wild Game Tournament

3 - 5

45 Minutes

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Dribble and Dazzle

Leadership and Teamwork, Arts in Action

Dribble and Dazzle

3 - 8

1 Hour

Students use found objects, such as basketballs, to create fun, rhythmic performance pieces.

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Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

Leadership and Teamwork, Future Ready: Learning and Earning

Elevator Pitch Practice: Scripted Pitch

3 - 12

20 Minutes

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Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Emoji Detectives (Team Building) Game

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Put on your detective's hat as you and your group decode a series of emoji puzzles and translate them into everyday sayings!

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Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Building Well-rounded Teams: Step in the Circle If...

6 - 12

30 Minutes

Students recognize diverse skills and strengths, prompting the building of well-rounded and collaborative teams.

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Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

Battle Ball Relay (Team Building) Game

3 - 12

10 Minutes

Each round is a new, tougher challenege as teams race to get their ball across the finsh line first!

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More Tools Are Better Than One

Leadership and Teamwork, Belonging and Community

More Tools Are Better Than One

3 - 5

45 Minutes

In life, there are many tasks that cannot be completed without the help of a team. In this activity, students will attempt to separate a mixture of things by themselves using only a single tool. They will come to find that when they all put their tools together and communicate, the work becomes much easier.

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