A simple deck of cards can cover so much ground with any group that you work with. Everything from mixers and get to know you activities, problem solving initiatives, powerful diversity activities and great debriefing activities can all be done with a deck of cards.Playing with a Full Deck: 52 Team Activities Using a Deck of Cards includes card games that engage players in classifying, ordering, reasoning, deducing, and devising strategies to solve a problem. These same skills help in science, math, and other studies. They help us concentrate, focus attention, hone motor skills, and become more sociable.Most of the card activities in Playing with a Full Deck: 52 Team Activities Using a Deck of Cards are geared towards groups of 10 or more, but there are some great ones you can do with small groups as well.Playing with a Full Deck: 52 Team Activities Using a Deck of Cards uses activities based on the theories and work around multiple intelligences and the 7 Kinds of Smart work done by Thomas Armstrong and Howard Gardner. At the bottom of each activity it will note the learning style that is relevant for each activity.
