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[perkxplosion]

Hey everyone. I've been researching a lot on the internet about what flash card games I can do with my kids at my kindergarten. So far the majority of them that I have found don't work that well for my age range (4-8yrs). One problem I have run into is that my class times are in 30 minute segments. So, if the game takes too long to set up then it wastes a lot of time.

Two examples that I have found to work so far...

1. Tape cards all over the room and have the students run to touch the word when you say it. The first student to touch the card gets a point.

2. My kids are learning soft and hard right now. They grab the flashcard and say if the item is soft or hard. After that they grab a hard or soft item (depending on the card they chose) from inside a paper bag I put together.

These two games have worked well for me so far. However, I need a lot more in my arsenal. Any simple games similar to these are appreciated. Thanks!

[Ralphie]

1) Play "Bang!" -->teach the vocab; add some "Bang!" cards; shuffle. Sitting in a circle, kids take turns drawing a flashcard from the pile; they should say the word, then they can keep it. When a kid draws a "Bang!" card, he/she must return his/her cards to the bottom of the flashcard pile. The winner is the kid with the most cards.

2) Divide kids into equal teams. Give each team a die. Teach the vocab and have kids repeat as many times as you think necessary. "Rock-paper-scissors!" or roll die to determine which team goes first. First kid from a team rolls the die (ex. girl rolls a 6); T holds up a card; girl must say the vocab word six times; her teams earns six points - so if a die shows a 5, then kid must say a word five times, and so on... Teams continue rolling the dice and saying the words until all flashcards are gone or time is up. The add up the points. To make it more interesting, if a team rolls a 4, since this # is considered bad luck in SK, then that team doesn't get any points or four points are deducted from the team's total. Double the # of points if a team rolls a specific # on the die.

[perkxplosion]

Thank you. Both of these games are great. Keep em coming guys! Please!

[ddeubel]

One nice one is to make letter cards / word cards and they stick them up on things around the room. Name the room. (kind of like your number1)

Or ordering. Give a card (large) and they get in order. (months, days, numbers, amounts, adverbs etc...).

Look at my eBook on using Flashcards for lots more that might be useful for kindie. http://issuu.com/eflclassroom/docs/usingflashcards

DD
http://eflclassroom.com

[Whistleblower]

This idea works with pictures or famous people.

Shuffle the cards and then stick them on the back of each of the students. Ensure students do not shout out the picture etc on the back of the students. The students then mingle and have to explain to a partner what the card on their back is without telling them the word. For example;

Student A - Famous pop star who was black and then white.
Student B - Am I Michael Jackson?

Another game to review and recycle vocab is to stick all the pictures on the whiteboard. All the students put their heads in their laps and you take a card away. The students have to work out which one you have taken. You can customise this game by getting students to work in two teams, etc.

Hope it helps.

[lukas]

1) Teach Vocab
2) Put flashcards around the room
3) Make two teams of kinders.
4) Play a whisper game, where you whisper one vocab word to the end of the line of both teams. The students then need to whisper the word you said down the line until it gets to the last student, who then needs to find where the card is in the room.

I like this game since it gets all the kids speaking the word. Just make sure you listen to them and make sure they're not whispering in Korean

[perkxplosion]

Great suggestions! Thanks a bunch!

[Illysook]

Make alphabet flashcards and have them say a word that starts with that letter. They get to keep the letter if they come up with a word. Whoever gets the most cards wins...a BANG card is a good idea, I wish that I would have thought of that.

Occupation flashcards are fun and you can do a "point to your friend" game.

First student holds up card and says: "I am an astronaut" (points to friend) "What are you?"

Second friend "I am a rock star!" (I had a really funny picture of a cartoon rock star that would make all the kids giggle.)

[RufusW]

A game I use with any age group is pelmanisms - or a memory game. Firstly the kids can make mini-cards of the vocab (I usually split a piece of A4 into 32). Then in groups they can play a multitude of simple games.

Turn the cards upside-down and the kids could simply guess and say the vocab of a card they're about to pick up. This is good because they have to visualise the object first. Or they could find pairs of cards (apple/apple), or matching cards (tall/short).

Simple functions can also be introduced. I just taught 'What's this?'. One kid picks up a card, asks another kid the question and that kid needs to answer with "It's a ..(correct answer).."

An excellent function to teach with mini-cards is "Where is...?". The kids basically play 3 card-monte or somesuch and keep score.

I presume you're also using charades and pictionary a lot, these are possible with the youngest kids at elementary school. Also, everyone sit in a circle with a flashcard each, start a rhythm... slap knees, clap, click, click. Name your flashcard on the first click then someone else's on the second. Everyone can move after a while to different flashcards and then you can take the flashcards away.

(.....or what ddeubel posted :)

[matthews_world]

Flashcards are great with song lyrics. Play the last-man-standing game. Write a list of 10 or so vocab words from a song on the board. Students, using their own paper, copy a word onto it. Play the song. When the student hears the word, they stand up. In a large classroom, public school for instance, multiple students may stand up. Replay the song and have the students shuffle the cards amongst themselves.

[Troglodyte]

You can use vocab (with or without reading the words). Have a memory matching game. i.e. 2 sets of cards. you quickly spread them out on the floor and have the kids choose two cards. you can alternatively make 2 piles/clusters on the floor. kids choose one card from each. if they can't read, they have to say what's on the card. if they get a match, they keep them. at the end, you see who has the most cards.

if they can read or have basic alphabet skills, have a picture on one card and a word on it's matching card. so they have to match a written word with a picture. limit the number of cards in this case because they will really only be guessing based on the first letter of the word.

i've found that a group of small kids love the matching game. i've made a lot of flash cards for different topics. if you want some, PM me and i'll email them to you.

[mm]

I have a simple but fun jumping game, i played it when i taught kindergarten in China and the kids loved it. All you need are flashcards and a big rubber hammer, one that makes a noise when you hit something is best.

Have the kids stand up and look at you while you hold the flashcards. They look at the flashcard on the top (let's say it is apple), they have to start jumping and chanting "apple, apple, apple" as you flip through all the remaining flashcards. When it comes back to apple and they see that the word they are saying matches the word on the flashcard, they have to crouch down. The students who don't crouch down you can hit on the head with the hammer. They love it. It is fun because everyone in the class is involved.

Also, if you buy a hammer you can line the flashcards up in a row, give a kid the hammer and shout out the different words on the flashcards, as you shout out the words they can smack the flashcard with the hammer. You can go as fast or as slow as you want.

[yellowdove]

incorporate spin the bottle with flash cards. you can do this with just about any target. for example, my target today was "what do you eat for _(meal)_?" and i had 15 different types of food. their response was supposed to be "i eat __(food)__ for __(meal)__". i would ask them the question, choosing the meal at random, then they would spin the bottle. with all the cards laid out, the bottle points to one, then they would say the target answer regardless of what the food was. so it could have been "i eat spaghetti for breakfast". then, if it was actually right, they got the point. if the food was wrong, then no points. the kids were in two teams, so it wasn't a big deal if they spun the wrong one.

i also like to use stickers on the backs of flash cards. for example, have alphabet cards out, with stickers on the back of a few. (we use stickers as a reward system in my school, so those work well, but kids love stickers anyways, so any ones will do.) iplace them in a circle, then spin the bottle. if they can say the letter and the sound it makes, they can look on the back to see if there is a sticker. once you know all the stickers have been rewarded, replace the cards with new ones with new stickers on the back.