Random group maker
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Letting children pick teams is how the same child ends up chosen last every single time. This deals the class out like a deck of cards instead: shuffled, even, and finished before anyone can lobby for their best friend. Change the number of teams and press again for a completely new arrangement.
- Age
- Ages 3–11
- Format
- Online tool
Add a few names to begin
Keep these two apart
They will always land on different teams.
Your class
0Add a few names to begin
How teachers use it
- Make four teams for a quiz, then keep them for the whole lesson.
- Set the number of teams to half the class and you have random speaking pairs.
- Reshuffle every week so friendship groups don't harden into the same corners.
Questions teachers ask
Are the teams really random?
Yes — the list is shuffled first and then dealt out one name at a time, so the teams never differ in size by more than one child.
Can I make pairs instead of groups?
Set the number of teams to half your class: twelve names split into six teams gives you six pairs, with a three if the number is odd.
All of them on one screen
Need the timer, the name picker and the quiet meter at the same time? The Classroom Screen puts every widget on one full-screen dashboard.
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