How it works
These fall icebreaker questions are 60 cards about the season itself: leaf piles, soup season, the clocks going back. Twenty are multiple choice for a show of hands, and only the 12 Halloween cards name a holiday.
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Pick the topic that fits the room
Fall at work holds the fall icebreaker questions for work: the last quarter of the year, the layer that lives on the back of a chair, whether it is dark when the day ends. Back to school suits the first weeks of term, while a class is still learning names. Fall flavors and Leaves and weather fit any room.
Why only one topic names a holiday
Not everyone marks the same days, so fall themed icebreaker questions that lean on holidays leave people out. Here 48 cards are about weather, food and routine. The Halloween topic keeps to costumes, candy and pumpkins, nothing scary. South of the equator fall runs from March to May, so Back to school will not fit every calendar.
- For fun fall icebreaker questions on a Friday, deal the scarecrow card: what would you build one from, using only things in this room?
- Halloween themed icebreaker questions are one press away: the Halloween topic deals only its 12 cards.
- Teaching sound words? The card about the sound of stepping on a dry leaf doubles as an onomatopoeia warm-up.
Questions and answers
Are these fall icebreaker questions safe for a work meeting?
Yes. No card asks about family, faith, health, money or holiday plans. Fall at work stays on shared office life: the break room snack, the view from the window, the last quarter of the year.
How do I run the deck with a class?
Press Back to school, read the card and go down the rows. A multiple-choice card works as a stand-up vote with one corner of the room per option: an orchard, a farm, a corn maze or a nature trail for the fall field trip.
Is it fall or autumn?
Both are right. Fall is the North American word; it began in 16th-century England as a short form of phrases such as fall of the leaf. One card asks which word your group says, a good opener for a team spread across countries.