Taboo Icebreaker Game - staff meeting / training

I made this game as an ice-breaker task for some training I did for new teachers, but this would also work really well at the beginning of a staff meeting or training day. The game is based on the party game ‘Taboo’.

How it works

Print out the resource and cut into cards which show a word or phrase in bold at the top followed by 5 associated words underneath (all related to teaching). Split staff into small teams (or pairs could work as well) and give each team a set of cards. Staff take it in turns to try and get their team or partner to guess the word at the top of the card without saying any of the words underneath. You could give everyone a set amount of time to see how many cards they can get through or say that the first team or pair to guess all the cards wins.