Good day! Now, I will share some information about games that you can use to teach English for Children. Below is two examples of games for children. Hopefully, it can be useful for you! See you on my next posting. :)
HELLO GAME
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Game Type
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Movement Game
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Aims
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Language: Names, basic introductions and greetings
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Age
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4+
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Group Size
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6-15
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Time
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10 minutes
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Materials
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A drum, whistle, or other noise-maker; a soft ball (Follow-up 1)
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Procedure
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1. All the children
sit on chairs in a circle. You are in the middle.
2. Go up to a
child, shake hands, and say Hello, my
name is . . .
3. You and the
child now introduce yourselves to other children. Then they stand up and
introduce themselves to other children.
4. When all the
children are up and moving about make a noise with your drum or whistle, you
and the children must run and find a seat. There will be one seat too few.
5. The child who
doesn’t find a seat goes to the middle and starts the game again. You sit on
a seat like the other children.
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Follow-up 1
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After they have introduced themselves, the children sit in a circle
and one throws a soft ball to another, who has to say Hello, I’m . . .
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Follow-up 2
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Child 1 throws the ball to Child 2, calling out Child 2’s name. Child
2 says Hello . . . , how are you?
They then change places.
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Variation 1
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Instead of Hello, you can
choose Good morning or Good afternoon.
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Variation 2
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Instead of My name is . . .use
I’m . . .
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Variation 3
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The children have to answer It’s
nice to meet you or My pleasure.
After each round, the child in the middle can introduce new phrases: for
example, I’m six years old or I live in or I live in Rome.
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ANIMAL NOISES
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Game Type
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Role-play and guessing game
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Aims
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Language: Animal names; Am I . .
.? Yes, you are/No, you’re not; I’m . . .
Other: Sound imitation; miming.
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Age
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6-10
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Group Size
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6-12
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Time
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10 minutes
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Materials
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Post-it stickers (or paper with sticky tape or safety pins) with
pictures or written names of animals (one per child); (for Variation 1) names
of vehicles or other sound-making objects.
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Preparation
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Prepare post-it stickers with pictures or the written names of
animals. The children should already know many animals and their English
sounds. The children can also draw their own animals.
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Procedure
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1. The children
stand in a line, side by side. Go along the back of the line, sticking one
post-it sticker on to the back of each child.
2. Bring the
children to the front and show them how to ask each other questions such as Am I a . . .?but instead of saying the
name of the animal, they imitate the sound that this animal makes. They may
also mime. The child being asked checks the back of the other child, and
answers Yes, you are!or No, you’re not! The children mingle
and try to find out which animal they are.
3. Monitor to
make sure everyone is either asking or being asked. If necessary, pair off
the children and change the pairs after about a minute. As soon as children
have found out their animal, they run to you and say I’m a (horse)!this time using the word for their animal. Check
the children’s backs. If they are right, they take the post-it sticker off
their back, stick it on their front and then go to help the other children
who are still playing. If they are wrong, the game simply continues. The game
finishes when everyone has found out their animals.
4. Use the same
post-it stickers for a second round. Stick them on different children’s
backs. After two rounds include some new animals.
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Variation 1
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This game also works with vehicles or using any sound-making objects
the children know.
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Variation 2
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Instead of using sound imitation, reduce the game to simple mime. Any
topic is suitable, for example, classroom objects. The children ask Have I got a . . . and try to describe
the object using mime, for example by pretending to use the object. The
answer is either Yes, you have or No, you haven’t.
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Comments
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Remember that animals make different noises in different languages!
For example, a cock says kikeriki in German, coquelicot or cocorico in French,
and cock-a-doodle-doo in English.
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