I love to use games for my students to practice their skills. Games bring into play several important concepts from Brain Based Learning. (Pardon the pun!) Plus, they're fun!
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1. Around the World
This is typically a game to drill basic math facts, but it really can be used in many different ways. The children sit in a circle. One person starts the game by standing behind another child. Those two children compete to be the first to answer a fact. Whoever wins, goes to stand behind the next child. The contests continue around the circle until someone moves all the way "around the world". Math facts on cards work well, but I've also used clocks, cards with money, or fraction cards. I've never tried, but I'm sure it can be played with sight words, too.2. Twenty questions
This game is older than I am, but really gets the kids thinking and asking questions. It's a great time filler. The only rule: all questions must be "yes or no" questions. After a few times through, the kids catch onto generalities such as "Is it an animal?" With my little ones, I try to limit it to general categories, and I have them write down what they've chosen for the others to guess. (Sometimes I'll even give them slips of paper to choose that are related to things we've been learning.)3. Jeopardy
There are so many possibilities with Jeopardy! It does take a little planning, but the kids love it! Here's a link to make your own game!
4. Yahtzee
This is a great way to practice those addition skills as well as add the thinking skills! It takes some strategy to play Yahtzee! Beware, it's addicting!
LOVE games for learning! Here are a few templates for some of our favorite repurposed games:
ReplyDeletehttp://www.kidzmet.com/files/candyland.pdf (use any of the Avery printable business cards)
http://www.kidzmet.com/files/sorry.pdf
http://www.kidzmet.com/files/trivial_pursuit.pdf