FUN ENGLISH FOR KIDS PROJECT GAMES E-BOOK
NUMBERS
Name of the game: Missing Numbers Materials: Numbers flashcards Skills: Recognising, Memorising. Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Numbers from 1 to 20 HOW TO PLAY? 1. Before the game, students prepare numbers flashcards from one to twenty. 2. Each student holds the number he/she has prepared. 3. One of the students goes out of the classroom and one of the students in the game hides. 4. The student who has gone out of the classroom, is called. He/she comes into the classroom and tries to find which number is missing. Tuğba ASLAN ÇUKUR Hacı Nadire Mersin Cumhuriyet Primary School DENİZLİ/ TURKEY
Name of the game: I learn English by Jumping Materials: A small stone Skills: Motor skills, cognitive skills Vocabulary: Numbers from 1-10 HOW TO PLAY? The teacher draws a hopscotch on the floor and writes the numbers. Students jump on the numbers one by one and while jumping, they count numbers in English. ESRA ASLAN Sülek Primary School ANTALYA/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Rhythmic Count Match Materials: Rings, pompoms, colored tongue sticks, plastic cups, colored papers, scissors, number cards Skills: cognitive skills, language skills, psychomotor skills Vocabulary: Numbers from 1-10 HOW TO PLAY? 1.Before the game, the teacher places the 1-10 number cards in the rings with the children. 2. They leave the glasses with the numbers they learned from one to 3 and the objects for matching in front of the rings. 3.Children count rhythmically from 1 to 10 through the circles. 4. After the rhythmic count is over, he puts the appropriate number of objects in the glass with the number on it. 5. The game continues until all children have played. Ayşegül ÇETİNER Polatlı İnkılap Primary School ANKARA/TURKEY
Name of the game: Numbers on the table Materials: Table, pencils Skills: Writing/reading , Ordering numbers Vocabulary: Numbers from 1 to 10 HOW TO PLAY? The numbers are written from 1 to 10 on the table. Number hunt is played with music. The English pronunciations of the numbers hunted are asked and answered by the children. Büşra Ceren HAN Dr. Cavit Özyeğin Kindergarden ŞANLIURFA/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Numbers on the Sticks Materials: Sticks, pencils Skills: Writing/reading skills on numbers, Ordering numbers Vocabulary: Numbers from 1 to 20 HOW TO PLAY? The numbers are written on one side of the sticks. And on the other side the numbers are written. Play1: In Pairs Student picks a stick one by one. And say Turkish of the numbers if s/he chooses written form; or the english form of the number if s/he chooses the number. Play2: Individual Students put their sticks on the desk. They try to order them like a puzzle. Duygu KEMAL YANAR Ayşe Tokur Primary School ANKARA/TURKEY
Name of the game: Jumping Numbers Materials: Written numbers on the balls Skills: Recognising, Memorising, Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Numbers from 1 to 20 HOW TO PLAY? 1. Before the game, students write the numbers on the balls. 2. Each student chooses a ball from the box. 3. Then he/she says the number. Student jumps according to the number written on the ball. Esra DEMİREL Vali İsmail Fırat Primary School OSMANİYE/TURKEY
Name of the game: Numbers Puzzle Materials: Number puzzle (printed or own made) Skills: Reading, speaking, writing, counting Vocabulary: 1 to 10 numbers HOW TO PLAY? We can find number puzzles on the internet or we can make our own number puzzle with the items we want, for example: we need 10 rectangular cardboard cards to make our animals puzzle, so we have to stick a number 1 (on the left side) and 1 cat (on the right side of a card), a number 2 (on the left side) and 2 cats (on the right side) in another and so on. Then we can cut the cards into halves so that way we have the pictures in one of the halves and the numbers on the others. After making the puzzle, we can mix the pieces and our students have to make pairs and say the numbers. Also if we want, they can write the numbers on the board. Laura Villastrigo CP Carmen Ruíz- Tilve (Oviedo) Asturias - SPAIN
Name of the game: Find the match Materials: Cards with numbers and colours in English and native language Skills: Language skills, motor skills Vocabulary: Revision of numbers from 1 to 10 and colours HOW TO PLAY? 1.Children are divided in pairs using matching cards. Each child draws a card and has to find a partner with the same picture as soon as the teacher counts to 5. 2.Each pair gets a set of cards. 3.Children try to match the pairs of words as quickly as they can. 4.After children find all the pairs, they turn over English cards and reading Lithuanian words they have to say English words. If some children find it difficult to say the word, she/he can turn the card and have a look. Lina Šniepytė-Caltabelotta Šiauliai Salduve Progymnasium LITHUANIA
Name of the game: Numbers hunt Materials: Numbers cards Skills: Recognising, Memorising, Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Numbers from 1 to 5 HOW TO PLAY? 1) Two tracks are established 2) English numbers are told to the children who comes to the table by passing the parkour obstacles. 3) The first child to find the said numbers wins the game. Merve SARIYOL KIRKLAR Nene Hatun Kindergarden AFYON/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Jump on the Number Materials: Numbers Flashcards Skills: Recognizing, Memorizing,Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Numbers from 1-10 HOW TO PLAY? 1.Before the game students write the numbers on the cards. 2.Each student puts the numbers on the ground. 3.One of the students listen the number. 4.Then he or she tries to find which number is said and jumps on it. Neslihan ÖZER Atatürk Primary School İSTANBUL/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Follow the numbers from the steps Materials: materials from nature, falls, plastic, papers, balls Skills: application route , remembering different way of walking, jumping Vocabulary: 1 to 10 numbers HOW TO PLAY? The kids will follow the steps and indication from START to END. They will use differently ways of steps and jump. They will walk, run, jump on the application route. We will using the timer and the observations about the correct steps in the application routine. SIMONA MIREA CIOROIANU Gradınıta CU Program Normal NR. 4 Caracal, ROMANIA
Name of the game: Find The Number Materials: Number Cards Skills: ·Memorising, Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Numbers from 1 to 5 HOW TO PLAY? 1) Pre-game: numbers are learned by watching educational videos. 2) Numbers 1-5 are written on large paper. 3) A move is determined for each number together with the students. ·4) A student holds number cards. 5) The other students say whichever number card they have in English first, and then they do the move. The game continues in this way until all the numbers and students have done it. TUBA YILDIRIM Nene Hatun Kindergarden AFYON/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Bingo Materials: Laminated cards and chips Skills: Recognizing, Memorizing,Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Numbers from 1 to 10 HOW TO PLAY? 1.Each student gets a bingo card. 2.The teacher says numbers one by one. Each time a student hears a number he’s got on his card, he puts a chip on the number. 3.The first student with four chips says “bingo”. 4.To be sure that he understood the right numbers, he says his four numbers and the teacher checks out. If he’s got the right numbers, he’s the winner. 5.Once the game is understood, a student can take the place of the teacher to say the numbers. Virgi nie OYANCE Ecole élémenta ire Europe Adriatique FRANCE
FAMILY MEMBERS
Name of the game: Who is this? Materials: Pictures of family members, A table bell Skills: Recognising,Memorising, Listening, Speaking,Pronunciation Vocabulary:Names for family members HOW TO PLAY? The game is played in groups of three students. Children are sat facing each other and a bell is placed between the students on the desk. One student asks questions showing the pictures of family members. He/she asks ‘Who is this?’ for each picture. The first student to ring the bell deserves to answer the question and say the name of the family member. Tuğba ASLAN ÇUKUR Hacı Nadire Mersin Cumhuriyet Primary School DENİZLİ/ TURKEY
Name of the Game: Family members fınd Materials: Pens that family members are adhesive Skills: Cognitive skills, language skills Vocabulary: Family members ( father, mother,sister, brother, grandfather, grandmother,aunt, uncle) HOW TO PLAY? The teacher tells the English names of family members in order. Family members find on the table and the children remove the pens to the family members, according to the named family members. The game is ended after all family members are mentioned. ESRA ASLAN Sülek Primary School ANTALYA/TURKEY
Name of the Game: Family Puzzle Materials: Picture cards of family members, cube puzzlee cards, family puppets Skills: cognitive skills, language skills, psychomotor skills Vocabulary: family members HOW TO PLAY? *Children are watched and repeated videos introducing family members. * Family members finger puppets and pedigree cut and paste art works. *Animation is done with puppets. *Pictures containing family members in the game activity are pasted on the cube. *The child throws the cube and says the name of the incoming family member. *Finds and combines the family member from the puzzle cards we prepared earlier. Ayşegül ÇETİNER Polatlı İnkılap Primary school ANKARA/TURKEY
Name of the Game: Family Dice Game Materials: Dice,pencils,cardboard Skills: Seeing and reading dice on family members Vocabulary: Father,mother,grandfather, grandmother,sister, brother HOW TO PLAY? Animation about family members was watched. The songs were listened. We made dice out of cardboard. Photographs of family members were pasted on the surfaces of the dice. The dice were thrown by the children. Whichever photo came, was sung by the children in English. Büşra Ceren HAN Dr. Cavit Özyeğin Kindergarden ŞANLIURFA/ TURKEY
Name of the Game: Guess the letter, find the member Materials: Board,board marker,flashcards Skills: Reading,writing, Cognitive skills,memorizing, speaking Vocabulary: Father,grandpa,grandma,mother,aunt, uncle,cousin,sister,brother HOW TO PLAY? The teacher draws a catterpillar on the board. She hides some of the letters of the target words. Studens try to find out the letter. If they say the correct Word then they choose the flash card and make a sentence. (ex: This is my mother./ He is father. Etc.) Duygu KEMAL YANAR Ayşe Tokur Primary School ANKARA/TURKEY
Name of the Game: Find the family members Materials: Family members cards Skills: • Recognizing, Memorizing, Listening, Speaking, Asking a question: Vocabulary: Mother, father,sister,brother, aunt, uncle, grandmother, grandfather HOW TO PLAY? 1. All the cards are on the table, they try to seperate them female or male 2. Then they say their names 3. The other game is the family members are on the board.The teacher says one of family members name,one of students try to take it from the board quickly. 4. At the end of the game, the student who has more family cards than the others wins the game. Esra DEMİREL Vali İsmail Fırat Primary School OSMANİYE/ TURKEY
Name of the Game: Guess Who? Materials: Family Flashcards Skills: Cogntive skills Vocabulary: Mum, dad, brother, sister, baby HOW TO PLAY? One student chooses a flashcard without being seen. He or she has to act like the person on the flashcard. The student who guess it, wins and has to take another card to do the guessing game. Laura Villastrigo CP Carmen Ruíz- Tilve (Oviedo) Asturias - SPAIN
Name of the game: Gender game Materials: A piece of paper, a pen Skills: Writing skills Vocabulary: Family members, words male, female, gender HOW TO PLAY? 1) Children divide a piece of paper into two columns. On the top of one column they write FEMALE on the top of the second column – MALE. 2) Teacher says the words – mother, father, daughter, son, grandfather, grandmother, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew. Children have to write the words in the correct columns. 3) Points are given for the correct spelling and correct selection of the column. In total each child can get 20 points. However, teacher can give more points for spelling, for instance, 2 points for each correctly written word. So, a child can get 3 points for one word and 30 points in total. 4) One more option (an easier one) – children see the full list of words on the board and have to group them. The first child wins the game. In addition, there can be three winners Lina Šniepytė-Caltabelotta Šiauliai Salduve Progymnasium LITHUANIA
Name of the Game: Fun Family Cube Materials: Cube with family pictures Skills: Recognizing, Memorizing, Listening, Speaking, Asking a question Vocabulary: Mother, father,sister,brother,aunt ,uncle,grandmother,grandfather HOW TO PLAY? 1. The playground is established. The children who come by overcoming the obstacles on the track are thrown a cube containing the pictures of their family members, and the child who is the first to say the English equivalent of the family members wins the game. Merve SARIYOL KIRKLAR Nene Hatun Kindergarden AFYON/TURKEY
Name of the Game: Guessing the family members Materials: Finger Puppets Skills: Recognizing, Memorizing, Listening, Speaking, Asking a question Vocabulary: Mother, father,sister,brother,baby HOW TO PLAY? 1.At first we prepare the puppets and wear our fingers. 2. Second, we ask each other ‘ Who is she?’ and ‘Who is he?’. 3. Third, the students try to guess the family member. 4. Finally, they say the name of members. Neslihan ÖZER Atatürk Primary School İSTANBUL/ TURKEY
Name of the Game: Family Tree Materials: Family Members Cards, Family Tree Skills: Recognizing, Memorizing, Listening, Speaking, Asking a question Vocabulary: Father, mother, brother, sister, babysister, grandfather and grandmother HOW TO PLAY? Before the game, family members are learned with finger games. 1) Two family tree and family members pictures are prepared for the game. 2) Two students prepare for the game. The teacher speaks the English of a family member. The children find it and place it in the appropriate place. The game ends when all family members are said and done. 3) The game continues in this way until all family members and students do it. TUBA YILDIRIM Nene Hatun Kindergarden AFYON/TURKEY
Name of the Game: Memory Game Materials: Laminated cards Skills: Recognizing, Memorizing, Listening, Speaking, Asking a question Vocabulary: Mummy, Daddy, brother, sister and Baby HOW TO PLAY? 1. All the cards are on the table, members of the family can’t be seen. 2. One student chooses two cards and turn them over right on the spot. 3. The teacher asks “are they the same?” and the student answers “yes” or “no”. If he says “no”, he turns the cards back on the table. If he says “yes” he has to say the member of the family in English. If he can’t say the word, another student can raise his hand and say the answer to win the cards. 4. At the end of the game, the student who has more cards than the others wins the game. Virginie OYANCE Ecole élémentaire Europe Adriatique FRANCE
CLASSROOM OBJECTS
Name of the game: Guess What? Materials: Some classroom objects, a mask Skills: ·Recognising, Memorising, Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Pencil, pencil case, pencil sharpener, book, notebook, scissors, eraser, ruler, pen, school bag, crayon HOW TO PLAY? One student is chosen for each time. The student’s eyes are closed. A friend of the student gives a classroom object to him/her and asks ‘What is this?’. The student, whose eyes are closed, tries to guess what the classroom object is. Tuğba ASLAN ÇUKUR Hacı Nadire Mersin Cumhuriyet Primary School DENİZLİ/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Show the true one Materials: Real classroom objects Skills: Cognitive skills, language skills Vocabulary: classroom objects HOW TO PLAY? Children are informed about the rules of the game. The teacher says the names of classroom objects in English. The students immediately raise the classroom object, whose name is mentioned, on the table. ESRA ASLAN Sülek Primary School ANTALYA/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Touch and Tell me Materials: Photos of school equipment, coloring papers, school equipment materials Skills: cognitive skills, language skills, psychomotor skills Vocabulary: Names of classroom objects HOW TO PLAY? *Children are watched and repeated videos introducing school equipment. *School supplies coloring pages are distributed and they are asked to paint. *Classroom equipment in the classroom is examined. * In the game activity, school equipment is placed on a table. *Children are blindfolded. * They are asked to confirm by touching and say the meaning in English. Ayşegül ÇETİNER Polatlı İnkılap Primary School ANKARA/TURKEY
Name of the game: Recognizing classroom items Materials: Classroom objects Skills:· Recognising, Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Pen, Book,notebook,school bag, ruler,pencil,scissors HOW TO PLAY? 1.Before the game,teachers put in the classrrom objects on the table 2.One of the students told of the classroom and the teacher in the game. 3.The student who has gone out of the classroom, is called. He/she comes into the classroom and tries to find which number is missing. Büşra Ceren HAN Dr. Cavit Özyeğin Kindergarden ŞANLIURFA/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Guess What? Materials: Classroom objects (real), a scarf Skills: Guessing, comparing, speaking, tpr Vocabulary: Classroom Objects Words HOW TO PLAY? All the objects are put down on the table. One student is choosen and his/her eyes are tied with a scarf. S/he touches the objects and tries to find out its name in English. Then another student comes and this goes on. Duygu KEMAL YANAR Ayşe Tokur Primary School ANKARA/TURKEY
Name of the game: Missing Classroom objects Materials: Classroom objects flashcards Skills: Recognising, Memorising, Listening, Speaking Vocabulary: Book, notebook, eraser, ruler, pencil, scissors, pen, pencil HOW TO PLAY? 1.Before the game,teachers stick the classrrom objects on the board 2.One of the students goes out of the classroom and the teacher in the game hides. 3.The student who has gone out of the classroom, is called. He/she comes into the classroom and tries to find which number is missing. Esra DEMİREL Vali İsmail Fırat Primary School OSMANİYE/TURKEY
Name of the game: Write me Materials: School objects (we can have a mat with the pictures) Skills: Speaking , writing Vocabulary: Pen, rubber, ruler, pencilcase, scissors, chair, table, ABC HOW TO PLAY? One student thinks about a classroom object (from the ones we choose before). He or she has to write as many spaces as letters are in the word. Pupils take turns and tell a letter. İf the letter appears on the word, the student will write it, if not, we can draw a line and the wrong letter (we have six opportunities). The game ends when a student guess the word or when the class looses its opportunities to guess the word and the student has to reveal the answer. Then, another student is chosen to write a word. Laura Villastrigo CP Carmen Ruíz- Tilve (Oviedo) Asturias - SPAIN
Name of the game: Simon says... Materials: Flash cards with school objects Skills: Language skills, motor skills Vocabulary: School objects HOW TO PLAY? The game can be played as a warm up at the beginning of the lesson Children stand up. Teacher shows the flashcard and say Simon says + any school object, for example – Simon says a ruler. If the word matches the flashcard, children have to jump. If the word differs from the flashcard, children have to squat down or stand still and do nothing. Children who make a mistake leave the game, sit down and wait. Instead of a teacher, any child can come in front of the class, show the flashcards and say the words. In such case a teacher is only and observer/advisor. Lina Šniepytė-Caltabelotta Šiauliai Salduve Progymnasium LITHUANIA
Name of the game: Find class items Materials: Classroom Objects Skills: Recognizing, Memorizing, Listening, Speaking, Asking a question Vocabulary: Pen, pencil, book, desk, chair, scissors, ruler, eraser, schoolbag HOW TO PLAY? Cards related to classroom items were prepared. Two children came to the table and said the English of a classroom item and the kid who found the right card won the game. Merve SARIYOL KIRKLAR Nene Hatun Kindergarden AFYON/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Matching Classroom objects Materials: Classroom flashcards Skills: Recognising, memorising, listening,speaking Vocabulary:Book, notebook, eraser, ruler, pencil, scissors, pen, pencil, Glue,pencil, sharpener, pencilcase, school bag, crayon HOW TO PLAY? 1.Before the game,teachers stick the classrrom objects’ flashcards on the board 2.One of the student comes to the board and opens one of the flashcards. 3.Then, the student tries to find the match of the card. Neslihan ÖZER Atatürk Primary School İSTANBUL/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Who's the Fastest Materials: Classroom Objects Skills: Recognizing, Memorizing, Listening, Speaking, Asking a question Vocabulary: Pen, pencil, book, desk, chair, scissors, ruler, eraser, school bag HOW TO PLAY? • Before the game, the items used in the classroom are taught with songs and educational videos. • Items are placed on the table for the game. • Two students are called to the table. The first to find the item that is said in English wins the game. The activity is completed when all students participate in the game. TUBA YILDIRIM Nene Hatun Kindergarden AFYON/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Happy Families Materials: Laminated cards Skills:·Recognizing, memorizing, listening, speaking, asking a question Vocabulary: Have you + colour + noun ? Yes, I have. / No, I haven’t. HOW TO PLAY? 1.Choose 6 colours : there are 6 objects, they have to be different and you choose one colour for the first object and you colour the circles with the colours left. For example: a blue pen and the circles will be red, yellow, green, pink and purple. It refers to the items that are left to create an entire family 2. For younger kids: all the cards are on the table (picture visible) and they ask the card they want to a kid nearby the card. They can steal a card to another student (once they have it). The goal is to get an entire family (the 6 pens, pencils...) 3. For older kids: Each kid gets 6 cards and they have to ask the card they want without knowing who has it. The goal is to get an entire family (the 6 pens, pencils...) Virginie OYANCE Ecole élémentaire Europe Adriatique FRANCE
FEELINGS
Name of the game: Feelings Guessing Game Materials: Feelings Cards Skills: Memorising, listening, speaking, Vocabulary: Angry, happy, unhappy, energetic, sad, good, bad, okay, tired, hungry, thirsty, relaxed, surprised HOW TO PLAY? The game is played with the whole class. One of the students come to the teacher’s table and chooses a card. Then, he/she tries to describe the feeling on the card to other students without saying it. He/she just acts and the other students try to guess it. Who guesses the feeling is the new student that will come to the teacher’s table and choose a new card. Tuğba ASLAN ÇUKUR Hacı Nadire Mersin Cumhuriyet Primary School DENİZLİ/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Let's throw cube find the same feeling Materials: Emotion cube, emoticons coloring pages Skills: Cognitive skills, language skills Vocabulary: Feelings vocabulary HOW TO PLAY? 1) Children are given emotion cubes they made and facial expressions that they painted and cut in the shape of flowers. 2) The cube is thrown, the resulting emotion is said in English, and it is matched with the expressions on the flowers. ESRA ASLAN Sülek Primary School ANTALYA/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Wheel of emotion Materials: emotion cards, emotion wheel, emotion puppets Skills: Recognising, memorising, listening speaking Vocabulary: happy, sad, confused, angry HOW TO PLAY? 1) Children are shown English emotion cards 2) Children make emotion puppets 3) animation with puppets 4) wheel is created for the game 5) Child spins the wheel 6)nSays the name of the incoming emotion and finds it from the emotion cards and shows it. Ayşegül ÇETİNER Polatlı İnkılap Primary School ANKARA/TURKEY
Name of the game: Matching Game Materials: Feelings cards, worksheets Skills: Seeing and matching pasted on worksheet Vocabulary: Happy, sad, confused, nervous HOW TO PLAY? Animation about feelings was watched. The songs were listened. We made matching and pasting of worksheet. Photographs of feelings were pasted on the surfaces of the worksheet. Büşra Ceren HAN Dr. Cavit Özyeğin Kindergarden ŞANLIURFA/ TURKEY
Name of the game: Sing, dance and ask Materials: Music, finger puppets,crayons Skills: Ask-answer, tpr , comprehension, listening,speaking Vocabulary: How do you feel? I feel…. How are you?I’m ….. HOW TO PLAY? The t hand outs the kids finger puppets. They colour,cut and paste it. Then the T starts the music and kids wonders around by dancing. When the music stops, they ask the feeling question tho the friens that is the Nea rest to her/him. Duygu KEMAL YANAR Ayşe Tokur Primary School ANKARA/TURKEY
Name of the game: Finding the feelings Materials: Feelings Flashcards Skills: Recognising, memorising, listening, speaking Vocabulary:Sad,energetic, happy, angry,tired, sleepy,thirsty HOW TO PLAY? 1. Before the game,teachers stick the feelings flashcards on the board. 2. One of the students says one of the feelings . 3. The student who finds the feeling ,she/he says makes sentence about that feelings. Esra DEMİREL Vali İsmail Fırat Primary School OSMANİYE/TURKEY
Name of the game: The Colour Monster Materials:- The colour monster book (by Anna Llenas) (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6wIEp-M4tg) Pictures of people showing different emotions, boxes Skills: Cognitive skills, speaking, writing Vocabulary: Happy, sad, angry, scared, calm. HOW TO PLAY? After watching the video. We can talk about the feelings. Then we can write the words describing the feelings and attach them into different boxes, like it is said in the story (yellow, happy; red, angry; green, calm; blue, sadness; black, scared). And now we can distribute the pictures of the feelings on the right box. Laura Villastrigo CP Carmen Ruíz- Tilve (Oviedo) Asturias - SPAIN
Name of the game: Matching the Emotions Materials: Emotion Cube, Emotion Matching Cards Skills: Recognizing, memorizing, listening, speaking, Asking a question Vocabulary: Happy, sad, angry, surprised, scared, bored HOW TO PLAY? 1) A cube with emotions and puzzles with emotions are prepared. 2) 2 children come to the table. The cube is thrown and the first child to complete the puzzle of the emotion wins the game. Merve SARIYOL KIRKLAR Nene Hatun Kindergarden AFYON/ TURKEY
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