Simon says: Pre-primary/primary.
Or "Hannah says.." The concept of Simon was a bit difficult for the younger ones to grasp, so I just used my name rather than confuse them.
I used this when we were practising parts of the body (Hannah says touch your toes) and when practising directions (Hannah says turn left/go down.)
Flashcard game: Pre-primary/early years primary
For this game I placed the flashcards of the topic at different points around the room. Play music and children dance, when the music stops I shout one of the items of target vocabulary ("shorts!"), the children have to then run to the part of the room where that flashcard is and touch it.
*Tip* Put the flashcard slightly out of reach otherwise smaller children will just pull it down.
Flashcard game 2: Pre-primary/early years primary.
For this game I stick the flashcards in a row on the board, and then show each one in turn, before turning them face-down. I then draw the picture (pre-primary) or write the words (primary) relating to the flashcard on the board. Then ask a student whether they can find the (apple). Student comes and turns over flashcard, if they get it correct they can then stick the flashcard with the corresponding word/picture.
*This game could be used with older primary students if different spellings of each word were written on the board and the student had to match the picture with the correct spelling of the word.
Flashcard game 3: Pre-primary.
I use this game to revise the vocabulary from a number of different topics. Sit students in a circle, lay out flashcards in the middle. Take a soft ball and ask "who can find the (dog)?", students put hands up, teacher throws ball to one student. If student chooses the correct card then he/she keeps it until the end. The student with the most cards at the end gets a sticker.
* To make this game harder (for early years primary) you could make the question less obvious, e.g. "who can find the fruit that is red?", "who can find the animal that says meow?"...
BINGO: Age 5+
Use to practise numbers. Give children an empty 3x3 (or bigger if they have learnt lots of numbers) and tell them to fill with numbers of their choice from 0-whatever. With my age 5 class we did numbers 0-15, but older children will know more. I gave stickers as a prize for lines, and a bigger sticker for a full house.
BINGO 2: Primary
Put flashcards for vocabulary learnt on board (I used vocab from 4 topics which was about 24 possible words) Children choose words to fill bingo squares. Take flashcards off board, shuffle and use these to select the words.
Person BINGO: Primary
Fill BINGO squares with questions, children have to ask each other questions and find someone who (has a sister/has brown hair...) They then write the name of that person in the square. This is important so that the teacher can check. First person with a full house shouts BINGO!
Below is a link to a bingo sheet I used with 4th grade of primary (age 9/10)
Categories: Primary
Split students into two teams and make two lines. Teacher gives a category e.g. food. Students set up a relay; one student writes a food word on the board, runs back to team and gives next student the pen, next student runs up and writes a word, and so on. At the end get students to sit back down and count points. Don't give points for words put twice or misspelt words. This tends to make excitement levels high so I usually do it at the end of the lesson as a treat for good behaviour.
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