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June 24, 2014

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Roll a 6!
Did you ever play the Chocolate Game? It was a very
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rolled a 6 you would dress up in a silly costume &
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I used to love playing this when I was at school.
– Have a set of cards made up – all are blank except

for one that has a cookie drawn or printed on it.
– Have students sit in a circle & hand out cards, face
down, so no one knows who has the cookie card.
– Get the kids to start a beat by clapping their hands
& then their legs (hands, legs, hands, legs). Once in
unison start the song…
“Teacher: Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?

Lisa took the cookie from the cookie jar.
Lisa: Who me? (She will turn her card over, it’s blank)
Class: Yes you.
Lisa: Couldn’t be.
Class: Then who took the cookie from the cookie jar?
Lisa: Johnny took the cookie from the cookie jar.
Johnny: Who me? (Checks card & discovers he has

the cookie*)
Class: Yes you.

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Math Warm Up Game

Here’s a super short post about a quick little maths
game. I like it because it gets kids moving around,
while practicing basic math facts!
I find it works best for years 1-3 but I’ve even played
it with some year 6’s who thought it was a bit of fun! I
guess it depends on the class you have!
Here’s how you play:

– Have students move around/dance to music.
– When the music stops, call out a question (like 3 + 4
or 10 – 5).
– Students need to work out the answer & then touch
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music again for the next round.
See what happens when you say 5 – 5 or 0 + 0!!!
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October 31, 2013

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Still Waters
Still Waters – A game to quieten K-3 students quickly
*especially good to use before moving to a specialist
lesson or assembly*
1. Tell the class that you will be playing a game called

“Still Waters” throughout the day. They will know
when the game starts when you say, “1,2,3,3,2,1 Still
Waters has begun.”
2. When they hear this they are to freeze and not say
a word or move.
3. Time them to see how long they can stay still as a

whole class.The goal is for them to break their best
record.
4. You will hold your fist in the air and each time you
see someone move or talk, you put a finger up and
stop when you have all five up. Let the class know
how many seconds they lasted for!
5. By this time you will have their attention and can

give them instructions or directions for the lesson…
They don’t usually last long before someone moves!
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July 29, 2013
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Simon Says Draw!

This is a great listening & giving instructions activity.
It’s also a bit of fun.
Without letting the students see your work, draw and
call out instructions for them to copy. Try to make
some instructions more specific than others. Also
throw in a few instructions that don’t begin with
‘Simon Says’ to see how carefully the students are
listening!
Eg – Simon says draw a large blue rectangle

– Simon Says to draw eyes towards the top of the
rectangle
– Draw a yellow oval in the bottom right hand corner of
the rectangle
– Simon says to draw orange spikes coming out from the
top of the rectangle
– Simon says to draw a green triangle in the centre of the
rectangle
When you’ve finished your drawing get everyone to

reveal their pictures.
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Who didn’t?
Discuss which instructions were the easier or hardest
to follow & why.
This can also be done as a partner barrier game or in

small groups.
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July 28, 2013

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Pac Man
This is a simple game to revise facts. It can be used
for any subject & doesn’t require any equipment!
1. Students spread around the room.

2. Teacher calls out a question.
3. Students put their hands up if they know the
answer.
4. The first hand up to get it right moves one step
closer to the nearest person standing next to them
(or they can move away from someone!)
The goal is to tap the others on the shoulder and get
them out of the game.
5.Teacher continues to call out questions.
6. The last person standing wins.
Some ideas for this game:

– times tables
– math facts
– spelling
– vocabulary definitions
– geography questions
– foreign language practice (eg: say the word in
English, who knows how to say it in Japanese?)
– revision of a health, science or social studies unit
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July 12, 2013
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Shower Curtain Game Board
I love using plastic curtains or tablecloths in the

classroom because they are so easy to set up, move
around & store! I’ve used them for bulletin boards, to
section off areas like a reading corner, to cover tables
for messy work & also to make giant game boards.
Game boards can be easily folded up & stored away

in your relief teaching bag!
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To make the game board:
– Buy a cheap, light coloured shower curtain. This
one was only $5 from The Reject Shop.
– Draw a 7×4 grid with a thick black marker. I just
followed the fold lines, I didn’t use a ruler.
– Cut clear, plastic sleeve protectors in half.
– Tape the plastic sleeves in each rectangle.
– Cut A4 sized paper in half & write your review
questions, math problems or sight words on the bits
of paper.
– Place them in the plastic sleeves.
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GAME ONE
– Have a container of counters by the game mat.
– Students take turns throwing or rolling a counter
onto the grid.
– Whichever square it lands on they need to answer
the question (if it’s a sight word they need to read it
or put it into a sentence).
– If they get it correct they get to keep the counter. If
they get it wrong the counter stays in that square.
– If a player gets a question correct they get to keep
their counter plus any other counters that have been
left in that square.
– Students count up how many counters they have at
the end of the game. Whoever has the most counters
wins!
GAME TWO
– Colour code the cards (these can be in rows or all
mixed up.)
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– Divide class either in half or into 3 groups. Have the
groups line up in front of the grid.
– Students take turns throwing a beanbag onto the
grid. They answer the question & if they get it correct
they get the corresponding amount of points for
their team. Keep a tally on the whiteboard. If they
don’t get the question correct they don’t get any
points.
-Once everyone has gone through two or three
times, tally up the points. The team with the highest
score wins!
These are so versatile! I’ve only listed two ideas but

you could do so much more. It’s up to you how you
want to play & what skills you want your students to
practice.
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June 23, 2013
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Silent Ball Challenge!

Kids need a brain break? Not enough time or too cold
& wet outside for a fitness game? Here’s a quick
indoor game that kids love!
Objective of the game: to get every student to catch

& throw the ball, silently & without dropping it, in the
least amount of time.
-Students, standing up, spread around the room.

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they throw the ball they must sit down on the floor,
where they are.
-If anyone talks or drops the ball everyone must
stand up & the timer is set again!
-encourage team work & strategy so that they can
finish the challenge!
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June 23, 2013

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I’m Going Into Space

Packed up a little early? Have a spare 5 minutes?
Here’s a game that requires no equipment & can be
adapted to suit the class.
Tell the students that you’re going into space. You

have an empty rocket that has room to fit them all
but they need to bring something special on board if
they want to be allowed to come along.
This something special fits a special rule, that you
have predetermined, but cannot reveal. They need to
guess what it is!
Some Example Rules:

– needs to start with the letter ‘D’ (“Can I bring dog?”
” Yes you can come in my rocket into space.”
“Can I bring icecream?” “Oh! I love icecream! But no,
you cannot come in my rocket!”)
– needs to start with the same letter as their first
name
– has a double letter in the word
– has only 3 letters
– is something you can eat
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June 22, 2013
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Beetle Dice Game
Split class into pairs or groups of 3

1 dice for each group
Paper & pencil for each player
Students take turns rolling the dice.

If they roll:
1 – draw the body*
2 – draw the head**
3 – draw a leg (need six legs)
4 – draw a wing (need two wings)
5 – draw an antenna (need two)
6 – draw an eye (need two)
*need to roll a 1 & draw the body before they can

draw any other part!
**need to roll a 2 & draw the head before drawing
the eyes or antennae
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This game would go well with the book ‘Ten Little
Ladybugs’ by Melanie Gerth.
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June 22, 2013

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Boggle
Here is a free Boggle game from Teachers Pay

Teachers that you can put up on a Smartboard or
Data Projector screen.
Alternatively, you can draw up a Boggle grid on the
board. You can either do a timed challenge, to see
how many words students can find in a set amount
of time, or leave it on the board all day, for students
to work on when they’ve finished their set work.
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June 22, 2013
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Good Afternoon Judge

Choose one student to be the judge. They stand up
the front with their back to the class & their eyes
closed.
Without saying their name, choose another student
to say “Good afternoon Judge” in a disguised voice.
The student up the front then turns around & has
three guesses of who they think said it.
If they get it right they have another turn, if they can’t
guess the student who managed to trick them
becomes the new Judge.
Simple idea but kids love it!
They love being the detective but most of all they

love coming up with silly voices to try to trick the
Judge!
Great way to end the day after students have packed

up the classroom.
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June 22, 2013

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Read the Teacher’s Mind!

– You can have students play this vocabulary game
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– Teacher writes a category on the board (eg: ice

cream flavours, weather, animals that use
camouflage, types of transport, space)
– Teacher then writes 5 or 10 words associated with
the topic on a sheet of paper that students cannot
see. These can be typical words or a little obscure if
you want to be tricky!
– Then give students 5 minutes to write down as
many words as they can that relate to the topic.
– When time is up, teacher shares the words on their
list. Students circle any of the teacher’s words that
appear on their lists.
– Give each student/group a point for each word that
matches a word on the teacher’s list (you choose if
spelling needs to be correct).
– Play another round, keep a points tally. The group
or student with the most points is the winner!
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June 22, 2013

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The Ummm Game

The classroom teacher that I did relief work for
today, reminded me of this oral language game I
used to play when I was a classroom teacher.
-Write topics on small pieces of paper (eg: food,

weather, birthdays, homework) & place in a
container.
-Choose a student to come up to the front & select a
piece of paper without looking.
– The student then has to talk about this topic, as the
teacher times them.
– Time stops & the student is out as soon as they say
“um” or “uh”.
– Choose another student to come up to choose a
topic & have a go. Keep choosing students for as long
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– Winner is whoever can speak the longest without
saying “um”.
It’s harder than it sounds!!! I’ve had some students

who can’t believe that the first word out of their own
mouth is (yep, you guessed it!) “um!”
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ART & CRAFT FITNESS FUN LITERACY MATHS

PICTURE BOOK ACTIVITIES QUICK GAMES SIMPLE SCIENCE

SONGS TO SING TEACHER TIPS UNCATEGORIZED

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RELIEF TEACHING IDEAS

June 24, 2014

This is NOT that game but reminds me a little of it.

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REC ENT P OSTS

Keeping Track of Books

How to Play CATEGOR IES

Art & Craft

any other number you choose)

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– Have a set of cards made up – all are blank except

“Teacher: Who took the cookie from the cookie jar?

Class: Yes you.

Lisa: Couldn’t be.

Lisa: Johnny took the cookie from the cookie jar.

Johnny: Who me? (Checks card & discovers he has

Class: Yes you.

Johnny: Yes! I took the cookie from the cookie jar!

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November 10, 2013

Math Warm Up Game

Here’s how you play:

See what happens when you say 5 – 5 or 0 + 0!!!

Categories: Maths, Quick Games | Tags: classroom game, math

October 31, 2013

1. Tell the class that you will be playing a game called

3. Time them to see how long they can stay still as a

5. By this time you will have their attention and can

They don’t usually last long before someone moves!

Simon Says Draw!

Eg – Simon says draw a large blue rectangle

When you’ve finished your drawing get everyone to

Who had the same picture? Close and accept

This can also be done as a partner barrier game or in

Categories: Literacy, Quick Games | Tags: listening to instructions

July 28, 2013

1. Students spread around the room.

Some ideas for this game:

Shower Curtain Game Board

I love using plastic curtains or tablecloths in the

Game boards can be easily folded up & stored away

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Silent Ball Challenge!

Objective of the game: to get every student to catch

-Students, standing up, spread around the room.

Categories: Fitness Fun, Quick Games | Tags: indoor game, silent

June 23, 2013

I’m Going Into Space

Tell the students that you’re going into space. You

Some Example Rules:

If they get stuck you may need to give them a few

Beetle Dice Game

Split class into pairs or groups of 3