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UNIT SPECIFIC STUFF
Daily Questions
The Alphabet
Numbers
Commands &Phrases
Weather
Feelings
Pronouns
Like / Don't like
Have / Don't have
Fruits
Vegetables
Body
Animals
Opposites
Colors
Shapes
Classroom Items
In the kitchen
Prepositions
Actions (Verbs)
Food
Drinks
Jobs (Occupations)
Clothing
Places
Family & ROOMS
Family & ACCESSORIES
Transport
Can it ?
Halloween
Christmas
Daily Questions
ACTIVITY: QUESTION RELAY– Make a circle or sit on a row. Use something as a ‘baton’ (pen, card etc) Teacher asks S1 a question eg. “What’s your name?” and passes the baton. S1 says, “My name is …”, then asks S2 the question and so on. See how fast they can do it. If there are lots of people make 2 groups and race. Or have 2 batons going in opposite directions and see which one gets back first.
ACTIVITY: ROBOT RACE– Kids sit in a circle. Teacher asks S1 a question and hands them a ‘baton’ (pen, teddy-bear etc). S1 answers the question then asks the question to S2. At this time the teacher begins a slow, ‘robot-like’ walk around the outside of the circle. The aim is to see if the students can get the ‘baton’ back to the original position before the teacher does.
The Alphabet
SONG: ‘The Letter Sounds Song’- ‘A makes Aaa’ (KidsTV123) – Start with cards A to G. Give each student (or pair) one letter. The teacher sings the song but the student(s) have to make their sound. EG. The teacher sings, ” ‘A’ makes …..” and S1 sings, ‘”Aaa (the ‘a’ sound)”, etc.
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GAME: THE BOMB– Spread the Alphabet Cards face down on the table. Designate one (or more) of the letters to be ‘the bomb’. Take turns in taking a card and saying the letter and hope NOT TO GET ‘THE BOMB’. MULTIPLE BOMBS– Make as many BOMBS as there are players, play until there is one final winner.
GAME: ALPHA-POINTS – Designate points for each cards eg. (ABCDEFG)=10 points, (HIJKLMNOPQR)= 5 points, (S)=20 points and (TUVWXYZ)= -5 points.
GAME: GO&FIND IT- See COMMON GAMES.
ACTIVITY: SING – Choose a letter of the alphabet and then sing the ABC song up to that letter without going over it.
Numbers
SONG: Seven Steps- Numbers Song-(Sup. Simp. Eng).
ACTIVITY: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 – Make a circle and hold hands. Sing the song, and move clockwise as you sing 1-7, then anti-clockwise as you sing 1-7, then clap you hands, 1, 2, 3 then slap your thighs 123, jumping as you sing the final 1-7.
ACTIVITY: 1,2,3,4,5,6,7 – Ideal for 7 kids. If, more team them up or take turns. A4 NUMBER CARDS– Assign each kid a number and give them a card. Have them sing the song, with each kid singing their own number only. The teacher is the conductor to keep the tempo. IDEAS: Do it while standing in a circle. IDEAS: After the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd kids sing the “1,2,3” part have the ‘4567’ kids shout “HEY!” eg. “1,2, 3,HEY!, 1,2,3 HEY!, 1,2,3,4,5,6,7
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SMALL GROUP – GAME: How many fish do you have?– (Negative scoring- Stairway to hell) – The teacher has 5 items, eg. 5 coins. The teacher puts the coins in their pocket and then pulls some out and hides them in their hand. The kids guess how many coins the teacher has, (they write it down or choose a card that has a number on it). The kids chant, “How many coins do you have?” and the teacher reveals the answer. For every number they are off, they have to climb a stair to hell.
LARGE GROUP, 20 plus – Game: Musical Groups – (Like musical chairs) Play or sing the ‘7 step song’ and children sing and skip in a circle around room. Pause song or loudly say *Stop!* and say a number. The students have make a group of the that number (hold hands and sit down. Example: “3”, so they make groups of three. The left-over kids are ‘losers’ Boo Boo! If you shout, ‘one’, the students have to squat on the ground as quickly as possible. The last one to do so is the ‘loser’.
Commands &Phrases
You should be trying to incorporate as many of these into your lesson as possible.
GAME: SHOW ME and LIAR LIAR – See COMMON GAMES
TRY TO USE THESE COMMANDS IN THE CLASSROOM. Some words can be added to your ‘Stand Up – Sit down’ routine. Eg. ‘Listen Carefully’ (Hand cupped to your ear), ‘Be quiet’ (finger over your lips) as well as ‘Stop’ and ‘Come here’ gestures’.
GAME: Come Here, Let’s go – Stand in the corner of the room and say, “Come here, come here’. Have the kids come over to you. Then say ‘Freeze’. They have to freeze while you relocate to a different part of the room. Repeat. Now introduce, ‘Let’s dance/ jump/ eat rice etc. and do the actions. If you say, ‘Let’s go!’ the kids have to run away while you become the Oni. Repeat.
Weather
SONG: How’s the weather today?- (SupSimpEng) – Narate the song, (“oTenki wa dou?), Do the actions “let’s look outside” and have them answer the questions prompted in the song, eg. “Is it sunny?” “Yes”, “Is it rainy?” “No” etc.
GAME: CORNER ROULETTE– (A4 weather cards, 2 sets or 1 set and Ipad) Place a ‘weather card’ in the corners of the room. Kids choose a ‘weather’ corner of the room then ask the teacher, “How’s the weather today?” The teacher shuffles the other weather cards and answers, “It’s sunny/rainy etc”. Winners get a point- repeat. SPECIAL- To prevent the ‘sheep’ mentality, use chairs and limit the amount of people able to choose the same location. ie. 12 kids, put 3 chairs under each weather card. Kids can receive a chip for winning. Ask them, “What color do you want?
WEATHER BOARD GAME – Pink Book Split kids into groups, 1 book per 4-5 kids) Kids place their bets on the book’s page using chips. The teacher then visits each group, the kids say, “How’s the weather today? The teacher rolls the dice (It’s sunny) and pays out to the winners. (This is HOMEWORK)
GAME: Is it Sunny?– Team A chooses a weather card. Team B guesses, “Is it sunny?- team A answers, “Yes/No it is/isn’t”. If they guess correctly the first time they get 5 points, on the 2nd time=4 points, 3rd time= 3 points etc.
MINI PACK – game available
HIGH LEVEL- SMALL GROUP
Mini Grid Game – (eg. Find the turtle) 1= Spain, 2 =France etc. Kids roll a dice. How is it in Spain? Kids guess. ‘Its rainy.” etc
Feelings
MORNING KINDY- FEELING GAMES
ideal for KAGAI too.
GAME: SIT DOWN , TURN AROUND -ONI – (Trigger WORDS): The kids ask the teacher repeatedly (chant/rhythm style), ‘How are you?’, The teacher says, I’m…..’. If certain words are said, namely, ‘happy, cold & scared’, the kids do a particular action. If the teacher says, ‘ANGRY’ then the kids run away and an ONI game starts. Eventually get kids to be the ONI.
GAME: STEPPING STONES: Lay the A4 Feelings cards out on the floor like ’stepping-stones’ crossing a river. S1 tries to ‘cross the river’ by saying the word as they stand on the card. If they don’t know the word, teach it to them and make them swim back to the ‘shore’. S2 then tries. Hopefully they’ll collectively learn from their mistakes and get across the river.
Materials: Large A4 sized FEELINGS crads, 2 sets or 1 set and the pad.
GAME: HORSESHOE JANKEN: Place the A4 Feelings vocab cards on the ground in a giant horseshoe shape. Make 2 teams which start from opposite ends of the horseshoe. A player from each team walks onto the horseshoe saying the words of the cards as they go. When they met, they JANKEN (Rock, paper, scissors) The loser is out and the next member of the loser’s team has to begin their journey to prevent the winner from reaching the end and receiving a point.
GAME: CHARADES – 1 kid is chosen from the crowd and is shown a ‘feelings’ card. The Group asks, “How are you?” ,The kid acts it out and the audiences guesses. You’ll have to practice all the gestures first.
GAME: Are you happy?– SMALL FEELINGS CARDS– A simple, NEGATIVE SCORING (Stairs to Hell) Game. Student 1 (or Team 1) chooses a feeling card for one set. eg. ‘hungry’. S2 (or Team 2), using the other feeling set as a guide, asks, Are you ..sleepy..? etc. S2 says, Yes/No I am/not etc. For every wrong guess, S1 gets a negative point. Continue until found then swap.
Small Group Lessons
GAME: Memory – SMALL FEELINGS CARDS (2 sets) – 2 sets of cards , shuffled and placed on the table. Take turns revealing 2 cards (3 cards OK too in the beginning or for little kids) and try to match the pairs.
GAME: Memory – SMALL FEELINGS CARDS (2 sets) – 2 sets of cards , shuffled and placed on the table. Take turns revealing 2 cards (3 cards OK too in the beginning or for little kids) and try to match the pairs.
Small Group Lessons – See ORANGE BOOK unit 8 ‘FEELINGS’
GAME: Feelings Dominoes– SMALL FEELINGS DOMINO CARDS– Simple Version, deal-out all the cards, take turns adding cards to the first by matching the ends, to make a chain. Eg. 1st Card, (He is hot/She is cold), S2 can add their, (He is cold/She is hungry) card by placing the 2 ‘colds’ end to end. S3 can now add onto the ‘hot’ or the ‘hungry’ end. DOUBLE CARDS, eg. (sleepy/sleepy) act as a T-Junction and should be placed perpendicular to the other cards. If you can’t play a card say, PASS. 1st to finish is the winner.
GAME: Feelings Dominoes– SMALL FEELINGS DOMINO CARDS– Simple Version, deal-out all the cards, take turns adding cards to the first by matching the ends, to make a chain. Eg. 1st Card, (He is hot/She is cold), S2 can add their, (He is cold/She is hungry) card by placing the 2 ‘colds’ end to end. S3 can now add onto the ‘hot’ or the ‘hungry’ end. DOUBLE CARDS, eg. (sleepy/sleepy) act as a T-Junction and should be placed perpendicular to the other cards. If you can’t play a card say, PASS. 1st to finish is the winner.
Small Group Lessons – See ORANGE BOOK Unit 8 ‘FEELINGS’
Proper version- This is a 2 player game, with only 7 cards each. It often ends in a ‘stalemate’ in which the person with the least cards is the ‘kind-of-winner’. 1 set of Domino Cards (28 cards) can allow 2 games to operate simultaneously. Students should have a ‘Round-Robin’ competition each playing each other an equal amount of times. Scores are given for, TOTAL WIN (all cards gone)=4 points, KIND-OF-WIN (Stalemate but has the least cards)=3 points, KIND-OF-LOSS (Stalemate but has the most cards) =2 points and TOTAL LOSS (other player got rid of all their cards)=1 point. A stalemate draw =2 points. Students should ‘janken’ to start, this often determines the winner of the game.
Proper version- This is a 2 player game, with only 7 cards each. It often ends in a ‘stalemate’ in which the person with the least cards is the ‘kind-of-winner’. 1 set of Domino Cards (28 cards) can allow 2 games to operate simultaneously. Students should have a ‘Round-Robin’ competition each playing each other an equal amount of times. Scores are given for, TOTAL WIN (all cards gone)=4 points, KIND-OF-WIN (Stalemate but has the least cards)=3 points, KIND-OF-LOSS (Stalemate but has the most cards) =2 points and TOTAL LOSS (other player got rid of all their cards)=1 point. A stalemate draw =2 points. Students should ‘janken’ to start, this often determines the winner of the game.
Small Group Lessons – See ORANGE BOOK unit 8 ‘FEELINGS.’
GAME: Here you are! Memory- SMALL ‘FEELINGS & CURE’ CARDS– Start with ½ set. (12 feelings & 12 Cures). Spread the ‘cure’ cards face down on the table, put the feelings cards face down in a pile. S1 says to S2, “How are you?, S2 picks up a feeling card from the pile and says, “I’m ..sleepy..”. S1 attempts to chose the correct ‘cure’ card (ie. the pillow), If incorrect (likely on 1st attempt) he gives it (ie. the apple) to S2, says,
GAME: Here you are! Memory- SMALL ‘FEELINGS & CURE’ CARDS– Start with ½ set. (12 feelings & 12 Cures). Spread the ‘cure’ cards face down on the table, put the feelings cards face down in a pile. S1 says to S2, “How are you?, S2 picks up a feeling card from the pile and says, “I’m ..sleepy..”. S1 attempts to chose the correct ‘cure’ card (ie. the pillow), If incorrect (likely on 1st attempt) he gives it (ie. the apple) to S2, says,
Small Group Lessons – See ORANGE BOOK unit 8 ‘FEELINGS.’GAME: HOW ARE YOU? HERE YOU ARE. You’ll need small feelings cards and cure cards. Half the group have a feeling card each and wait by the wall. The other half have the corresponding cure cards. The ‘cure’ kids run over to the ‘feeling’ kids and ask, “How are you?” If they have the cure to their ills, then they give them the card, “Here you are”- hold hands and run to the finish line. eg, “I’m hungry”= kid gives ‘apple’ card.
Pronouns
The ‘PRONOUNS’ were added to the kindy book to help connect it more to the Junior Series textbooks. We don’t really expect the kindy kids to undersatnd it well. Try to focus on the ‘I’ and ‘You’ as mentioned in the previous unit ‘How are YOU?, I am… ?‘ and the next unit, ‘What do YOU like?’, ‘I like …‘
GAME: The Bomb Game – LARGE A4 Pronoun Cards– L & R the vocab, show the BATSU (X) cards. Mix them up and spread them on the floor. In turns, kids go up and retrieve a card hoping not to get the BATSU card. If found, set up again and repeat..
GAME: Run & Name Challenge – (Scrap paper) Tickets – Spread the kids out in a line or circle in the room. One by one, the kids take turns trying to name everyone in the class, as they pass them. S1 starts at one end and has to name all the kids as the pass, ‘He is ..Kenji., She is ..Yumi.., She is .Sara…’, finally they say, ‘I am …..’ and (if possible), ‘You are …TEACHER’s NAME….’ Perhaps S1 should collect something from each student (a ticket) as they name each student and then present them to the teacher at the end when they say the teachers name. Also, in the beginning you may want to have all the students make the sentences as S1 runs along and collects the tickets.
Like / Don't like
SONG: Do you like broccoli? Yes I do./No I don’t. -SupSimpEng.
GAME: 50/50 DO YOU LIKE..? (corner roulette) – One side of the room is YES, the other is NO. Use the ‘LIKE/DON’T’ LIKE’ cards (IPAD available), “Do you like this? Have the kids run to either side of the room. Now, cover the card so they can’t see it Collect points for guessing correctly.
HIGH LEVEL – SMALL GROUP Game : Karuta #SNG-21# – using #YEL-118# – What do you like? cards. The cards are face down on the table. A ‘Category-Prompt’ is left face up. eg FRUIT. The kids chant/ask, ‘What fruit do you like?’, ‘The teacher says, ‘I like koalas’. The koala is not a fruit so the kids shouldn’t slap the ‘koala’ card. Change ‘Categories’ and repeat eventually saying a correct response. The first to slap down on the right card gets to keep it as a point.
HIGH LEVEL – SMALL GROUP
Game : Lucky Dip – Similar to the Karuta game except that the cards are spread out, FACE DOWN on the table. A ‘Category-Prompt’ is left face up. eg. ‘FRUIT’ and is rotated each turn. The kids chant/ask, ‘What fruit do you like?’, S1 takes a card from the pile and says, ‘I like …’. If it’s a fruit they get to keep it as a point. If not, put it back and mix it in. Rotate the PROMPT eg. ‘What color do you like?, for S2.
Have / Don't have
Use the ‘Do you like brocoli?’ song to practice the ‘Yes, I do’, ‘No, I don’t.’ part.
GAME: 50/50 ‘Do you have this? the same as the ‘LIKE/DON’T LIKE’ lesson in PINK BOOK.
Fruits
GAME: THE BANANA GAME – (Trigger Word) – Kids line up at one end of the room. Teacher in the middle. Kids shout, “What do you like…?”, Teacher says, “I like …”. If the teachers says the magic word, “Banana”, then the kids have to run to the other side without being caught. Later kids can be ‘oni’s’.
MORNING KINDY- FRUIT GAMES
There are several games for FRUITS in the Morning Kindy section of the manual. Check them out too.
HIGH LEVEL- SMALL GROUP Game : Find It! Taken from People’s Junior card collection. There are various games that can be played. See People’s Manual in the Special Games sections. Recommended, #SPC-19#- Bye Bye game etc. Materials: #CBS-601#- Find it! cards
Vegetables
Any of the ‘FRUIT’ games should work here especially, THE BANANA GAME (Trigger Word).
GAME: The Bomb Game #SNG-01# – using small sized Vegetable cards with Pink Backing. You can see the ‘GARLIC’ cards have BATSU marks (X) on the corners. Place them face down, Have everyone chant, ‘What do you like?’ Then S1 for Team A, draws a card and says, ‘I like ….’ hoping not to get the BATSU. You can make it one card= one point or use the scores that are printed on the cards. Each team continues until they find their BATSU card. Keep score. Reset and repeat.
HIGH LEVEL or SMALL GROUP GAME: (Push your luck- Russian Roulette) – Borrowing the same game as used to teach PRONOUNS in People’s Junior curriculum. See the People Teacher’s Manual in the SINGLE CARD section. Recomended #SNG-29# Slow Burn- Push your luck (Russian Roulette) , #SNG-27– Group – Push your luck- Russian Roulette, NOTE: To keep things simple, ignore the POINTS printed on the card and just make it that 1 card equals 1 point. NOTE: This is the same game as in the DRINKS unit. MATERIALS: Small sized VEGETABLES Cards (Paired Set with Push your luck scoring on the corner.)
HIGH LEVEL- SMALL GROUP Game : Find It !, Taken from People’s Junior card collection. There are various games that can be played. See People’s Manual in the Special games sections. recommended, #SPC-19# – Bye Bye game. etc.
Body
GAME: BODY PARTS BOARDGAME (Small groups 2 to 6 kids) Spread the small body parts and monsters cards face down around the big baby board game. Take turns choosing a card. Hopefully you`ll get a body part and can place it on the board. If you get a MONSTER card, Boo Boo to you!
GAME: BODY PART RELAY BOARDGAME – Similar to the previous game above except you have to run to the other end of the room to get a card (spread face down on the floor) and run back to the end of the line of kids. Pass the card along, each kid saying the word. The last kid then places it on the board and runs off to get another card. When they understand the concept make 2 groups (2 board games and 2 sets of cards) and have a race. No searching for good cards! If you chose a MONSTER, so be it, bring it back, pass it along and discard it. Materials: Small body parts and monster cards
GAME: BODY PART CORNER ROULETTE – Place the ‘A4 Body Parts’ cards (Head, Shoulders, Knees, Toes, Eyes, Ears, Mouth, Nose) face down around the room or put each card in an envelope so that they can’t be seen. You’ll (the teacher) have to remember where each card is yourself, so that you know where they are. Draw a map or stick the cards in alternating order around the room as per the song, eg. HEAD EYES SHOULDERS EARS KNEES MOUTH TOES NOSE, so that you can find them to reveal the answer. Now, Sing the song with the students and then stop on a word, ‘nose’. The students have to guess where ‘nose’ is by choosing a card and running to it. Then reveal the answer after adding a bit of suspense. The kids who chose correctly, win a point. The card is then left face up and the game repeated. The odds get easier each time as more cards are left face up so each student will win at least 1 point.
FOR BLUE BOOK
Game: Dice game – Draw a monster. Do this in class. Nominate a body part eg. ‘Eyes’, then roll a dice eg. ‘6’ the kids now have to draw ‘6 eyes’ onto the monster. You can do this as a group or individually such that each kid has a different monster.
Animals
GAME: CHARADES – (see ACTIONS)
GAME: SHOW ME – (see ACTIONS)
GAME: STEPPING STONES – (see ACTIONS)
GAME: DOUBLE LINE BATTLE – (see ACTIONS)
GAME: HORSE SHOE JANKEN – (see ACTIONS)
GAME: CATS vs. DOGS – 2 straight lines of kids, 1m apart in the center of the room. One line are the CATS the other are the DOGS. The students ask the teacher, “What’s that?” pointing to the pile of animal cards that the teacher is holding. The teacher reveals the card and says, “It’s a monkey” etc. kids repeat until either CAT or DOG is said. When said, that group become the Oni’s and chase the other group to the safety of the wall.
GAME: Liar Liar – Act out the animal gestures as done in the STAND UP and JUMP around warm up activities. Occasionally say a different ‘animal’ to the one that you are acting out and see if you can trick the kids.
Opposites
GAME: HANTAI GAME (A4 opposites cards-later, nothing)- Introduce the cards and act them. Then tell they kids that they have to do the opposite adjective that you act out. See ‘ANIMAL ADJECTIVES’ in the ‘MORNING KINDY’ folder for more info.
GAME: FIND SOMETHING – the teacher chooses an adjective eg: “big” and the students run to find and touch something in the room that has that quality. Inspect each student’s choice and say, “Great, yes, it`s big” etc. You can combine adjectives, small and dirty etc.
GAME: GO & FIND IT (see common games) (SMALL ADJECTIVE CARDS 1 &(or) 2) – Find the pair then advanced level, find the opposite.
HIGH LEVEL – SMALL GROUP GAME: SAMSIES & DIFFERENCIES – (ADJECTIVE CARDS 1 &(or) 2) – For large groups you’ll have split them into smaller groups and need more sets of cards. This game can be hard to manage and police. Materials: #CBS-201# or #CBS-202# – Opposite Adjective Cards – Older versions of these cards (for destroying) can be found in the drawer.
Colors
GAME: GO & FIND IT (see common games) – Small sized color cards.
GAME: STEPPING STONES (see common games) Large sized Color cards.
MORNING KINDY- COLOR GAMES
There are several games for COLORS in the Morning Kindy section of their manual. Check them out too. Eg. ‘Ticket to Safari Park ‘ and ‘Color Sumo’.
Shapes
GAME: GO & FIND IT (see common games)
WE NEED A BETTER GAME FOR HERE : In the works is a SAMSIES and DIFFERENCIES style game.
Classroom Items
SMALL GROUP – GAME: FIND THE PENCIL– (Lucky Dip) – Negative Scoring- 12 x SMALL STATIONARY CARDS facedown. ‘Pencil’ is chosen as the ‘lucky’ card. S1 (who is ideally BLINDFOLDED) flips them over, one by one saying, ‘What’s this?’ The other students answer, ‘It’s a ….p..p….p…..eraser’. For every WRONG card, S1’s character moves up a step on the ‘stairs to hell’ scoring system. Reset Repeat.
BIGGER GROUP – FIND THE PENCIL– Lucky Dip – For large groups you’ll want to split them into 2-4 teams (4-5 kids each). Each group will need 12 stationary cards face down on the table. Members from each team take turns, flipping over cards and saying, ‘What’s this?’ until ‘the pencil’ is found. Some groups will find it quickly, some later. Penalize each group for their failed attemps by moving their character up the ‘stairs to hell’ scoring system.
HIGH LEVEL- SMALL GROUP Game : Find It! Taken from People’s Junior card collection. There are various games that can be played. See People’s Manual in the Special games sections. recomended, #SPC-19# – Bye Bye game etc. Materials: #CBS-601#
In the kitchen
The same as the CLASSROOM ITEMS games from PINK BOOK
WE NEED A NEW COOL GAME FOR THIS!.
Prepositions
SONG: In, on under- (Busy Beaver’s) – The chorus is the most important. Do gestures with the words otherwise its meaningless eg. ‘IN’-hands in pockets, ‘ON’ -hands on head, ‘UNDER’-hands under your butt etc. ‘BETWEEN’-squeeze your face.
BIG GROUP – GAME: WHERE IS THE BEAR? – (corner roulette) – BEAR ON THE BOX – PREPOSITIONS CARDS (2 sets) – The ‘in/on/under/next to’ cards are put up around the room. The teacher chants, ‘Where is the bear?’ 3 times while the students chose a corner. The teacher shuffles the corresponding cards, reveals the answer and the winners get a point (CHIP etc.)
SMALL / BIG GROUP – GAME: WHERE IS THE TURTLE?– (dice memory) – NEED 6, SMALL, ANIMAL CARDS WITH MAGNETS and DICE – With big classes you’ll need to split them into 2 or 3 Teams with 4 to 5 people a team. Draw a tree and a house on the blackboard then, stick the animal cards face down, ‘in/on/under/next to’ the house and tree. Write the numbers 1- 6 down the board with an animal next to each number eg. 1= elephant, 2 = monkey. S1 from Team 1 rolls the dice, eg. ‘2’. Everyone chants, “Where is the monkey?” S1 guesses and says , ‘on the house’. The card that’s ‘on the house’ is revealed. If correct that team receives a point, the card is removed and the ‘2’ is erased from the black board. If incorrect eg. ‘sorry, its an elephant’, the card is put back. Now it’s Team 2’s turn. They will be hoping to roll a ‘1’ as they now know where the elephant is. If they roll a ‘2’ its bad luck as the monkey has already been found. Once they have all been found start again. erase the house and tree and draw a rocket and a toilet etc.
SMALL GROUP LESSONS- 1 to 6 students
GAME: WHERE IS THE TURTLE – #GRD-05# – (dice memory) – Small groups can use the ‘Where is the turtle?’ board game and ‘Where is the turtle?’ cards from the People Junior cards set – The cards are hidden in, on, under, in front of and behind the car. Roll the dice to determine what you are looking for.
Actions (Verbs)
SONG: Walking in the Jungle – SupSimpEng.– learn the song-act it out .- Watch the song. Then line up, single file and act it out as you walk around the classroom. Do the ‘one step, two step.
GAME: SHOW ME– (Simon says) – Make up actions for the verbs. Don’t limit yourself to just the verbs in the PINK or BLUE book. Mix them together. Say, ‘Show me” before each action. Occasionally leave the ‘Show me’ out. Anyone who does the action loses.
GAME: CHARADES – Once the students are familiar and confident with the actions, act one out and see if they can guess what it is. The correct guesser can then have a turn. If the kids are shy or lack confidence, do it with them or have them come up as pairs or triples and act it out. Even better, just split the class and have half ‘act out the verb’ while the others guess, then swap.
SMALL GROUP – HIGH LEVEL
GAME: VERBO – From People Junior Series cards.- #CBS420# –
GAME: What is he doing? Board Game – #YEL-127# – From People Junior Series cards.
Food
GAME: Eat the kids- (Trigger Word) – A5 sized cards with FOODS on 1 end and DRINKS on the other – This is the same game and uses the same cards as the DRINKS game in BLUE BOOK. Don’t uses the DRINKS ‘end’ when doing PINK book. This game is similar to ‘WHAT’S THE TIME MR. WOLF.’ Each student has a CARD with FOOD on it. They stand at one end of the room. They shout to the teacher, “What do you want?”, The teacher, pretends to look at a menu and says, “I want ..cake..” Anyone with that FOOD has to take one step forward. Repeat. This continues until the teacher says, “Everything!!” and chases them all back to the start. Later, recruit some kids to join you as oni’s. Use the book as a menu and point to the item so that the oni’s know what to say.
GAME: SHOPPING RELAY– 1 student is a ‘shop keeper’ and stands at one end of the room with 1 set of the A4 FOOD CARDS (2 sets) spread out in front of them. The other ‘shoppers’ line up at the other end of the room. A ‘shopper’ runs to the ‘shop keeper’ and they ideally have a dialogue, “What do you want?” “I want …”-“Here you are”-“Thank-you”. The shopper runs back to the group and tags the next person who then goes to shop. Continue until all the cards are gone. Once they understand the game, split them into 2 groups with a shop keeper each using 2 sets of food cards. have them race to see who can buy all the food first.
GAME: SHOPPING – Janken– Split into 2 teams and have them line up, on either side of the room. The teacher is in the middle with the A4 FOOD CARDS (2 sets) spread out in front of you. A kid from each team runs to the teacher, they JANKEN, and the winner says, “I want ….”.”here you are’, ‘Thank-you’, ‘You’re Welcome’. They return to the group and the next 2 come. The team with the most cards wins.
SMALL GROUP LESSONS GAME: Karuta Shopping – SMALL FOOD CARDS-SCORING (CHIPS) are face up on the table. Kids say, “What do you want?” Teacher says, “I want ….”- The kids race to slap their hand down on the card (There maybe 2 or more cards of the same thing)- The teacher pays them for the food, then puts the cards back on the table.
GAME: Face down- Lucky Dip– Food cards are placed face down on the table. S1 says to S2, “What do you want?, S2 Looks at the menu (the textbook page) and says, “ I want …donuts..” Then S1 chooses a card, hoping to get the ‘donut’ card. If they do, they give it to S2 and S1 recieve a chip, as a reward for being so helpful. If not, S3 chooses a card. This continues until someone has found the ‘donut’ card and given it to S2. The ‘donut’ is now out of the game and the game continues, S2 asks S3 ‘What do you want?” etc.
Drinks
GAME: Drink the kids- (Trigger Word) – A5 sized cards with DRINKS on 1 end and FOODS on the other – This is the same game and uses the same cards as the FOOD game in PINK BOOK. Don’t use the FOOD ‘end’ when doing BLUE book. This game is similar to ‘WHAT’S THE TIME MR. WOLF.’ Each student has a CARD with FOOD on it. They stand at one end of the room. They shout to the teacher, “What do you want?”, The teacher, pretends to look at a menu and says, “I want ..cola..” Anyone with that DRINK has to take one step forward. Repeat. This continues until the teacher says, “Everything!!” and chases them all back to the start. Later, recruit some kids to join you as oni’s. Use the book as a menu and point to the item so that the oni’s know what to say.
GAME: The Bomb Game #SNG-01# – using small sized DRINK cards with Pink Backing. You can see the ‘WINE’ cards have BATSU marks (X) on the corners. Place them face down, Have everyone chant, ‘What do you want?’ Then S1 for Team A, draws a card and says, ‘I like ….’ hoping not to get the BATSU. You can make it one card = one point or use the scores that are printed on the cards. Each team continues until they find their BATSU card. Keep score. Reset and repeat.
HIGH LEVEL or SMALL GROUP GAME: (Push your luck- Russian Roulette) – Borrowing the same game as used to teach PRONOUNS in People’s Junior curriculum. See the People Teacher’s Manual in the SINGLE CARD section. Recomended #SNG-29# Slow Burn- Push your luck (Russian Roulette) , #SNG-27- Group- Push your luck- Russian Roulette, NOTE: To keep things simple, ignore the POINTS printed on the card and just make it that 1 card equals 1 point. NOTE: This is the same game as in the VEGETABLES unit. MATERIALS: Small sized DRINKS Cards (Paired Set with Push your luck scoring on the corner.)
SMALL GROUP LESSONS
GAME: Karuta Shopping – SMALL DRINK CARDS-SCORING (CHIPS) are face up on the table. Kids say, “What do you want?” Teacher says, “I want ….”- The kids race to slap their hand down on the card (There maybe 2 or more cards of the same thing)- The teacher pays them for the drink, then puts the cards back on the table.
GAME: Face down- Lucky Dip – Drink cards are placed face down on the table. S1 says to S2, “What do you want?, S2 Looks at the menu (the textbook page) and says, “ I want …cola..” Then S1 chooses a card, hoping to get the ‘cola’ card. If they do, they give it to S2 and S1 recieve a chip, as a reward for being so helpful. If not, S3 chooses a card. This continues until someone has found the ‘cola’ card and given it to S2. The ‘cola’ is now out of the game and the game continues, S2 asks S3 ‘What do you want?” etc.
Jobs (Occupations)
GAME: Push you Luck or The Bomb Game #SNG-01# – using small sized OCCUPATIONS cards with Pink Backing. You can see that 2 of the ‘occupation’ cards have BATSU marks (X) on the corners. Place them face down, Have everyone chant, ‘Who is he?’ Then S1 for Team A, draws a card and says, ‘He/She is a ….’ hoping not to get the BATSU. You can make it one card= one point or use the scores that are printed on the cards. Each team continues until they find their BATSU card. Keep score. Reset and repeat.
SMALL GROUP HIGH LEVEL
You can also play any of the ‘Push Your Luck’ (Russian Roulette) style games with these cards. eg.
#SNG-25#- 1/10 Russian Roulette
#SNG-27# Group Russian Roulette
#SNG-29#- Slow Burn – Russian Roulette
Clothing
GAME: Whose jumper is this?- KIDS vs. TEACHER, using the paired set of A5-sized CLOTHING CARDS and 2 FAMILY MEMBER cards eg. mother and father. From one set of clothing cards, secretly assign 6 items to MOTHER and 6 items to FATHER. Now with the other set, ask different students about the clothes, ‘Whose jumper is this?’ either ‘It’s his or hers’ and place the ‘jumper’ card near the person of their choice. Once all have been allocated, reveal the actual answers and see how many they got right. To make it exciting, use a ‘Stairs to heaven’ (McDonalds)’ scoring system,where each correct guess propels them 1 step closer to the goal. You may have to play several games to get there.
THIS GAME WILL PROBABLY BE DISCONTINUED SMALL GROUP Small, Pink- Back, Occupation Cards and HATS GAME: Match the correct ‘hat’ to the ‘occupation’. Various options available. 1) Lucky Dip: Leave one hat up. Occupations are down. Chant, “Whose hat is this?’ Take turns choosing a card hoping it matches the hat. 2) Split memory: All the hats face down on one side, occupations face down on the other. Choose a hat then chose an occupation hoping it matches.
Places
GAME: Where are you going?– (Corner Roulette) (A4 PLACES CARDS & small PLACE CARDS or IPAD) – 3 large place cards a placed on the wall.
GAME: CATS vs. DOGS – See ‘Common Games’- Have the kids ask, ‘Where are you going? If their word is said, eg. “Im going to the BANK!”-then one line chases the other.
GAME: DOUBLE LINE BATTLE– 2 lines of kids. A card is flashed, the 2 kids at the front of the lines race to say the word.
Family & ROOMS
Song: Family Finger Song (Kids Academy)
GAME: 1 in 6 Corner Roulette – WHERE IS MOTHER? . You’ll need 2 sets of the Six, A4 sized ROOMS in the HOUSE cards 1 set of the B5 sized ‘Family Cards’. One set of the , Room Cards are on the blackboard ledge each with a family member hidden behind. The pairs of the ROOM CARDS are placed around the room. The teacher asks, ‘Where is mother?’ The children guess by standing under a card . eg ‘In the kitchen.’ The teacher reveals where mother is is (You’ll have to remember where each person is) and those who guessed correctly win a point. Repeat until all have been revealed. Repeat.
GAME: 1 in 6 Corner Roulette.- WHO IS IN THE LIVING ROOM?
NOT REALLY THE TARGET LANGUANGE!! This is the same as the game above excpet we are guessing the FAMILY MEMBER instead of the ROOM. Six, A4 sized ROOMS in the HOUSE cards and a pair of the B5 sized ‘Family Cards’. The six, A4 sized, Room Cards are on the blackboard ledge each with a family member hidden behind. The pairs of the Family Members are placed around the room. The teacher asks, ‘Who is in the kitchen?’ The children guess by standing under the corresponding ‘card’. eg ‘Mother is in the kitchen.’ The teacher reveals who is in the kitchen and those who guessed correctly win a point. Repeat until all have been revealed. Repeat.
SMALL GROUP – GAME: ‘Where is the turtle? style – Dice memory game. Hide the six medium sized FAMILY cards under the A4 sized ROOM cards. Now, on the board or just using the book, explain that 1 = father, 2 = mother etc. S1 rolls the dice, eg. ‘1’ and we all say, “Where is father?” S1 guesses and says, “In the kitchen.” We check who is in the kitchen and show it to everyone. If correct, ‘Yeh!’ – Congratulations! ‘Father’ is now out of the game and if anyone rolls a ‘1’ again, its ‘Boo Boo Bad luck’. If it’s incorrect, then put them back under the card. Now S2 rolls the dice.
Family & ACCESSORIES
Song: Family Finger Song (Kids Academy)
GAME: 1 in 6 Corner Roulette. Six, A4 sized Accessory Cards (bag, watch, ring, belt etc.) and a pair of the B5 sized ‘Family Cards’. The six, A4 sized, Accessory Cards are on the blackboard ledge each with a family member hidden behind. The pairs of the Family Members are placed around the room. The teacher asks, ‘Whose ..hat.. is this?’ The children guess by standing under the ‘card’. eg ‘This is mother’s hat.’ The teacher reveals who the owner is and those who guessed correctly win a point. Repeat until all have been revealed. Repeat.
SMALL GROUP – GAME: ‘Where is the turtle? style – Dice memory game. Hide the six medium sized FAMILY cards under the A4 sized ACCESSORY cards. Now, on the board or just using the book, explain that 1 = watch, 2 = belt etc. S1 rolls the dice, eg. ‘1’ and we all say, “Whose wtch is this?” S1 guesses and says, “Its fathers.” We check who the owner of the watch is and show it to everyone. If correct, ‘Yeh!’ – Congratulations! ‘watch’ is now out of the game and if anyone rolls a ‘1’ again, its ‘Boo Boo Bad luck’. If it’s incorrect, then put them back under the card. Now S2 rolls the dice.
Transport
Song: Driving in my Car (Super Simple) Use gestures with the verbs used
GAME: JiJi Nuki – A5 sized SPLIT- Transport cards. Check how many students you have and adjust the cards accordingly. Spread those cards out face down at the end of the room. Students run to end of the room, choose a card, find the student who has the matching half of the card and run back to the teacher as a pair, saying the vocabulary, eg. ‘ bicycle ‘. With an ODD number of students, one kid won’t have a partner, ‘Boo Boo, you lose.’ With an even number of students, make sure there are 2 x ‘un-pairable’ halves, and there will be two losers. Eventually play a ‘CHAMPION GAME ‘ where those who can’t find a partner are out. Reduce the amount of cards and repeat until there are 2 winners.
HIGH LEVEL CRAZY NEW GAME – UNTESTED GAME: Criss-Cross-Chain Reaction – You’ll need to arrange the cards such that this will work out. Create 2 Teams, A and B and have them line up on opposite walls. Give each student two ‘half of a vehicle’ cards, EXCEPT FOR STUDENT 1 FROM TEAM A. They will only have 1! S1 from Team A (Let’s call them TA1) runs over to Team B and finds a student who has the other half, of their vehicle. That student, from Team B (Let’s call him, ‘TB1’), gives TA1 the half to complete the vehicle. T1A is now safely out of the game and can sit down somewhere. TB1 then runs over to Team A and and finds a student who has the other half of their card. TB1 is now safely ‘OUT’, having given one card away and having received one card to complete their vehicle. They can sit out of the game. Now TA2 runs over to Team B to find the other half of their vehicle. Etc, etc. The last people are the winners or losers depending on how you want to play it. Odd and Even number of students may affect how this is played. OPTION: You may want to have the original first player, TA1, have two cards at the beginning. After receiving a card to pair their vehicle, they would stay on Team B’s side of the room as they are yet to give a card away.
Can it ?
SONG: Yes, I can – Animal Song (SupSimpEng)
GAME: 50/50 Can it? -(corner roulette) (ANIMAL ABILITY CARDS, small or on IPAD) – Students bet on the abilities of animals. One side of the room is, “Yes it can” the other is “No, it can not.” A verb is presented eg, ‘swim’ the teacher asks, “Can it swim?”, pointing to a covered card of an animal. The kids choose sides, the card revealed and the winner receive a point.
Halloween
Recommended SONGS: Hello, Trick or Treat (Super Simple Songs) Knock Knock, Trick or Treat (Super Simple) Trick or Treat | Give me Something good to eat (Super Simple)
MORNING KINDY
GAME: Where is the candy?- Corner Roulette– Look in the PREPOSITIONS to find 2 sets of the cards, CAR, BUCKET, BAG and HOUSE along with the CANDY and MONSTERS cards. This is the OPPOSITE of the ‘Where is the bear?’. The candy is hidden in one place. In the other places there are ghosts, monsters etc. Place one set of CAR, BUCKET, HOUSE and CAR cards around the room. To keep things together, use 4 open side plastic pockets and place the other set pf CAR, BUCKET etc cards along with either the CANDY or the MONTERS. Chant 3 times, ‘Where is the candy?’ and have the kids run and chose an option. Ask the kids one more time, ‘Where is the candy?’ some kid will say, ‘In the bucket’, go to the plastic pocket with ‘Bucket’ and reveal what’s inside.
BLUE BOOK – GAME: PERSONAL BINGO – (MINI CARDS of Halloween Things, Ghost, skeleton etc.) – No cards yet! Photocopy the page and cut out the sqaures to make mini-cards. This is BINGO but as everyone has the exact same BINGO SHEET in their book, it is played slightly differently. Instead of calling out a card eg. “Santa’s sleigh” and having everyone circle it, each student is given a different card. Make rounds of the classroom handing each student a card. Let them keep the card until you visit them again. Collect the card and give them a new one. Keep shuffling the cards that you have in hand, so there is a random outcome. When a student gets BINGO, give them a Candy. Keep playing until everyone gets a candy. If time, play again. Have the students swap pens to a different color. Instead of drawing a circle, have them draw an ‘X’ to keep track.
PINK BOOK – GAME: ‘What’s the time Mr. Wolf?’ Styled ‘Trigger Word’ – Special HALLOWEEN MONSTER cards exist with 3 pictures of MONSTERS on each card, eg. witch, goblin, warewolf etc. Each student has a CARD with MONSTERS on it. They stand at one end of the room. They shout to the teacher, “Trick or Treat, Trick or Treat, ‘Who’s at the door?”, The teacher says, “A VAMPIRE! ” Anyone with a ‘VAMPIRE’ on their card has to take one step forward. Repeat. This continues until the teacher says, “Everyone” and chases them all back to the start. Later, recruit some kids to join you as oni’s. Let the ‘Oni’ children have turns saying what the ‘MONSTER’ is. Give one of them the signal when it’s time to say ‘Everyone!’
Christmas
Song: Santas on his Way – ‘What do you want for Christmas?’ (super simple songs)
Song: I’m a little Snowman (Simple Songs)
PINK BOOK –
GAME: PERSONAL BINGO – (MINI CARDS of XMAS PICTURES, COLOR PENCILS or CRAYONS & CANDY FOR PRIZES) – No cards yet! Photocopy the page and cut out the squares to make mini-cards. This is the same game that we played for Halloween in Blue BOOK!. This is BINGO but as everyone has the exact same BINGO SHEET in their book, it is played slightly differently. Instead of calling out a card eg. “Santa’s sleigh” and having everyone circle it, each student is given a different card. Make rounds of the classroom handing each student a card. Let them keep the card until you visit them again. Collect the card and give them a new one. Keep shuffling the cards that you have in hand, so there is a random outcome. When a student gets BINGO, give them a Candy. Keep playing until everyone gets a candy. If time, play again. Have the students swap pens to a different color. Instead of drawing a circle, have them draw an ‘X’ to keep track.
BLUE BOOK –
GAME: ‘What’s the time Mr. Wolf?’ Styled Trigger Word – Special TOYS cards exist with 3 pictures of TOYS on each card. Each student has a CARD with TOYS on it. They stand at one end of the room. They shout to the teacher, “What do you want?”, The teacher, “I want ..a teddy bear..” Anyone with a ‘teddy bear’ has to take one step forward. Repeat. This continues until the teacher says, “I want everything!!” and chases them all back to the start. Later, recruit some kids to join you as oni’s. Let the ‘Oni’ children have turns saying what they ‘want’. Give one of them the signal when it’s time to say ‘I want everything.’
