Great board games
Nov 7, 2014 17:49:25 GMT 9
Post by Judit on Nov 7, 2014 17:49:25 GMT 9
I really like Orchard’s Toys from Amazon.
I have been using them to teach English for the last 6 years with hundreds of kids at nursery and they’re a huge hit. Still in excellent condition which says it all about their quality too.
The number one favourite is the Shopping List game.
You get 4 shopping trolleys and 4 shopping lists, on each list there are 8 everyday items from the supermarket such as eggs, milk, toothpaste, baked beans etc. These (4x8) 32 items are on little cards that the players basically have to collect and put them in their trolleys according to their list. I actually got the other two booster packs (clothes-2 lists / fruit and vegetables-2 lists) so can play it with bigger groups and now I have 64 words to teach. It can be played by very young children with no reading ability. I start with 3 year olds, and after a couple of months they usually manage to recognize most of the items.
The words on the lists are in English but can be adapted to any languages (first because they can’t read, later maybe rewriting and sticking over the words).
I have also tried this with my two-and-a-half year old son, and as soon as he got the hang of it he became addicted.
Another great game which can be played by older children is “Tell the Time”.
Again, there are 4 boards, on each of them there are 6 illustrated familiar activities such as dinnertime, play on the computer, walk the dog, time for a picnic etc showing the time as well, and 24 little cards showing the same activities. I use these to teach the English phrases for the activities with the 5/6 year olds at nursery and also to teach the time with older students.
Also from Orchard’s: “Pop to the Shops”, “Crazy Chefs”, “Lunch Box”, Tummy Ache” and lots more. I highly recommend these if you’re into educational, fun games.
I have been using them to teach English for the last 6 years with hundreds of kids at nursery and they’re a huge hit. Still in excellent condition which says it all about their quality too.
The number one favourite is the Shopping List game.
You get 4 shopping trolleys and 4 shopping lists, on each list there are 8 everyday items from the supermarket such as eggs, milk, toothpaste, baked beans etc. These (4x8) 32 items are on little cards that the players basically have to collect and put them in their trolleys according to their list. I actually got the other two booster packs (clothes-2 lists / fruit and vegetables-2 lists) so can play it with bigger groups and now I have 64 words to teach. It can be played by very young children with no reading ability. I start with 3 year olds, and after a couple of months they usually manage to recognize most of the items.
The words on the lists are in English but can be adapted to any languages (first because they can’t read, later maybe rewriting and sticking over the words).
I have also tried this with my two-and-a-half year old son, and as soon as he got the hang of it he became addicted.
Another great game which can be played by older children is “Tell the Time”.
Again, there are 4 boards, on each of them there are 6 illustrated familiar activities such as dinnertime, play on the computer, walk the dog, time for a picnic etc showing the time as well, and 24 little cards showing the same activities. I use these to teach the English phrases for the activities with the 5/6 year olds at nursery and also to teach the time with older students.
Also from Orchard’s: “Pop to the Shops”, “Crazy Chefs”, “Lunch Box”, Tummy Ache” and lots more. I highly recommend these if you’re into educational, fun games.