There are so many cool videos of games being put up on the members‘ forum at the moment.
This is another one from Flossy on how to build a Baby Monkey board game to go with the rooms of the house theme. At first you are thinking “well that looks a bit simple” but watch how it all comes together at the end!
Also Roger has written a really cool “board game with no board” which sounds like one of the best games I’ve heard yet this year!
P.S. I’m in Singapore next week, it’s my first time there so does anyone have any recommendations of good (but not too expensive!) places to stay?
Flossy, I like your videos a lot. Amazing for me, I’m technically far behind. The timing is perfect as well. Just started this topic last week! Thanks for sharing!
And Roger, I love your games and the kids do so too. This one sounds especially simple and fun. Kids love to play with money, but I can’t do the shopping game again and again. So I’m really looking forward to play and will start the preparation right away.
Thank you!!!
Another way to play is with the family, especially if you are using pronouns with your classes. Where is Dad? He is in the bathroom. Where is Mum? She is in the living room etc. You can even put the whole family together for they. Works really well and for older children its more of a challenge!
Two great ideas, yet again. GenkiEnglish just grows and grows.
I totally missed this one! Looks great flossy. Do you have a game you play with it, or do you just use it for making sentences?
Hi Julian
Baby Monkey has blue tac on the reverse side. The idea is that the children look away as he is moved from one room to an other. When the look again and children guess they can come out to take a turn. You can really put anything into the rooms. You can use the whole family or even the items from the Where,Where,Where song. The options are endless.
I just played a combination of Flossy’s and Roger’s game, and can highly recommend it.
I put up all the house cards on a little white board, that I can put on the table. Baby Monkey and the other family members I put some little magnets on the back so that they stick neatly wheresoever.
Than I wrote on a different board the dollars to pay or get + TPRs, as Roger introduced, for each room.
Walking through the house from the garage to the attic (for token the kids took one family member each).
When stopping they had to make a sentence*” Grandma is in the living room” before checking what to get or pay.
I added some penalty rules:
for example: if other players are noisy or talking Japanese they have to pay 1 Dollar.
Thanks again for this brilliant idea. I think it will work with everything.
I did something very similar last year, but I still need to figure out how to teach it effectively, unless it was just the 6th graders not trying as usual. The flashcards look really clean and so does baby monkey. Thanks for everyone’s ideas and advice as always.