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[inthewild]

The games that are most popular in my classes are as follows:
Bingo
Hangman
Stop the Bus
A few ball games (alphabet, spelling, sentence making, words starting with ABCDEF etc).
Chair Showdown (I write something on the board. Kid sits in chair with back to board, class tries to explain to him what is written on the board and he has to say the word/sentence on the board).

I Spy and Hot/Cold are both marginally successful games.

These games are all good because it gets the kids talking and listening. Any more games like these that I might not have found on the forum / is not listed above that are easy to explain and easy to conduct in the classroom? Thanks.

[lza]

Simon says seems to work well for teaching prepositions. This isn't a game, but I like to describe something to my students and then have them draw it. After they are finished with their drawing, they present it to the class and explain what they drew and why. Most kids really love this.

[lza]

What's "Stop the bus" ?

[dbee]

My best games ... hands down! ... in this order

Buzzer Game : everyone loves the buzzer game !
Questionnaire : I've said it once, I'll say it again...thank god for questionnaire
King of the castle (Teacher game): if you want your kids to love you ...
Duck duck goose : make sure they don't hurt themselves
XO Game : can't beat a classic
Charades : great, if the class get into it
Spelling World Cup : It may not have anything to do with anything, but it eats up the minutes.

WARNING: SHAMELESS PLUG! I have done a games library (on my hobby site) at the address in my sig. hope you can get some use out of it (it's still a bit of a work in progress!) ...

[lza]

for some reason my mind has gone blank when it comes to games ever since I've come to korea - this may help me be a cool teacher. thanks!

[jajdude]

I give out a lot of puzzles. Crosswords actually have some English value. The word searches don't but the kids usually like them -- I only use them occasionally. They seem to get bored with anything used often!

I also like "Go Fish" with regular poker cards. (Got in trouble once for using those cards--- the parents didn't like the "gambling" cards). At least they learn "Do you have a ______?"

I still find it funny kids never know how to play cards. They don't know how to shuffle or distribute or play in order.

[mindmetoo]

I posted this some place else but let me repeat it. I call it Classroom Olympics.

Put a bunch of random objects on a desk: dixie cups, a ball, a board eraser, a plastic spoon, etc. Just a lot of junk from your desk. Call up a student. Tell him he can use one or more objects to invent a sport. Then he has to explain how the sport is played. If you have a good split between boys and girls you can get each to select a champion and play the sport. The winner gets to invent the next game. Select two more champions...

It stokes up their little creative juices, makes them practice a wide range of English skills, and plays to their natural competitiveness. And eats up time. It can be really fun.

[mindmetoo]

[dbee]

there a great word search program on the discovery channel website, you might like to check it out.

http://puzzlemaker.school.discovery.com/WordSearchSetupForm.html

[jajdude]

[quote="mindmetoo"] Then he has to explain how the sport is played. quote]

That might be a problem. "Explain" would be a tough one for many kids. But I guess they might try...at least they might manage some English..

I can imagine something like, "The notebook is bat, hit eraser, hit wall, point!" ======== or something like that.

(not making fun of course.... just seeing how hard it might for many kids to verbalize in English how to play their game)