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Alphabet Tic-Tac-Toe

By the time a student reaches Kindergarten, they know how to play tic-tac-toe. Well, instead of using Xs and Ox, why not use the letters of the alphabet? 

At the beginning, one student can use the capital version, and one can use the lower case. 

As they learn more of the letters, you can review the letter of the week, and the letter from last week. 

Later in the year, they can choose which letter they prefer.

Plus, as they write it, you can make a rule that they have to pronounce it as they write it. (Ex. b = buh).

Life-size Game Teaches Kindergarten Students Recycling

The non-traditional tokens were bags of recyclable materials.

Art teacher Kecia Garcia, who is also head of the school’s recycling program, created a game similar to Monopoly called Recycle Rally to celebrate its completion of the PepsiCo Recycle Rally.

The life-size board game, created with paint and chalk that wrapped around the school’s courtyard, had students starting on “GO” with the opportunities to draw chance and treasure box cards.

The PepsiCo Recycle Rally is a free nationwide program that directly benefits K-12 schools and students by providing valuable incentives and resources to help make recycling easy, fun and rewarding.

Read more about it here.

Blow the Ball (2 Versions)

Even More End-of-School Games

SUCK IT UP:

Players place a straw in their mouth and use suction to transfer a pile of 25 M&Ms or Skittles from one plate to another in under one minute. Only one hand may be used to hold the straw. Everyone gets to eat their candy when the round is finished!  This game also works well with 3 players competing in each round.

More Fun Games and Activities

You will need craft sticks, some mega blocks (or legos).

Put craft stick in your mouth and start stacking blocks one by one. 

Fun Games and Activities

You will need thick straws (thin ones work too), small sheets of paper.

Using straw players will need to suck the paper sheets and transfer them from one pile to another. Whoever does this first WINS the game.

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Beating the Box

This game would work so well with Pre-Kinders and Kindergarten students! And it doesn't have to be seasonal. You could do also it at the end of the school year.

To prepare:
Place a small but "worthy" and unbreakable item in a box. Wrap it. Place it in a bigger box. Wrap it. Repeat however many times you wish.

You also need two oven mitts and a pair of dice.

To play, everyone gathers in a circle. For a classroom, I suggest sitting on the floor.

The first person tosses the dice. First person to roll a pair gets the first "whack" at the box. They put on the oven mitts and try to open the package any way they can (without using their teeth!) In the meantime, the dice keep getting passed from person to person until another pair is rolled. Then that person puts on the mitts and has their turn beating on the box.

This rolling and beating continues until the prize is eventually recovered. But, warning! This does eat up a lot of time!

Toma Todo, a Neat Little Counting Game for Cinco de Mayo!

 Fellow teachers introduced me to this neat little game that is very much like the dreidel game played by Jewish children. Except, in this case, this is the hispanic version.

It's called TOMA TODO, and it's played this way.

The "top" is six-sided. Each side has a phrase.

Toma means to take. Pon means to put. So Toma Uno means to Take One, Pon Dos means to Put Two. 

Todos means all. So Todos Ponen means to Put All. And Toma Todo means to Take All.

Here's how the game is played. Each child begins with 10 tokens. (In many cases, these tokens are pieces of candy. For adults who play the game, they use nickles, dimes, or quarters.) Everyone puts one token in the middle of the table, or "pot".

Each person twirls the top and follows the directions that end up, putting in or taking out however many they're told. If a person luckily gets the Toma Todo, or Take All, they get everything in the pot, and the game is over.

To say this game is addictive is putting it lightly. It's a lot of fun, and makes an excellent center activity, too! Furthermore, it's a super way to celebrate Cinco de Mayo!

* Note: You can get these tops at Amazon.

Playing Hide and Seek

Show What You Know!

Before this last school year began, I'd bought several of these from Target to use in small groups. I found a neat way to use them in game format, thanks to catching an old rerun of "The Newlywed Game".

We played "Show What You Know!"
Basically, I divided up the class into groups, and gave each group one of those laminated boards and a write on/wipe off pen. Then I gave the question - anything on any subject that we've been studying. Gave them a few seconds to huddle and come up with an answer. Then I called out, "Show what you know!" They would show their answer they'd written on the board. I'd give a point to each group with the correct answer.

Winning group got a reward.

The Sequencing Game

As promised, here's the sequencing game I thought of, which will give me an additional use out of these cards. The neat thing about this game is that I can use any set of sequencing cards to play.

To play:

* put all the puzzle pieces/game cards (separated) into a large tissue box, or any container where the child can't look inside to find what he needs.

* shake the penny cup (heads = pick, tail = lose turn) - see below

* child pulls out a puzzle piece from the box and looks to see if it matches another puzzle piece he has (keep the piece whether it does or not)

* the object is to be the first person to complete ONE sequencing pattern correctly

Here's the penny cup, in case you need a reminder.

Happy Fourth of July! And a Website That Will Help You Celebrate!

Happy Fourth of July, Everyone!

And to help you celebrate, go here to the 4th of July Game and Activies for Kids page at "LoveToKnow"!

Happy Valentine's Day!

After we made a Valentine card for our mother...

We played a game of "Racing Hearts" where teams blew their paper hearts across the tables using a straw...

Passed out our Valentines, then finished off with pizza, cupcakes, and punch.

It was an awesome day!

New Teacher Site! MAKE LEARNING FUN

Ideas, games, activities, and all categorized by holidays, topics, etc. There's Language Arts, Math, Science, Social Studies... I could go on and on, but you check it out here!

As always, if you lose track of the site, I've included it on my list of teacher sites here on the left.