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It’s officially Christmas time, so it’s time to break out the Christmas games!
This one was originally sent in by Amy.
Preparation:
1. ย Teach the What would you like for Christmas? lessonย (and good luck getting the song out of your head afterwards!)
2. ย Get the kids to think about what they’d like for Christmas.
3. ย If you’ve done writing then they can write down “I’d like ….” ย or use the worksheet on this page to use pictures instead.
4. ย Whilst they are doing this, grab a paper cup and fill it with lots of bits of paper with either “naughty” or “nice” written on them.
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4. ย Then either you, or better still a co-teacher, pops outside and jumps back into the classroom dressed as Santa!
Ninja Tip: ย Obviously a full costume is better, but even just a Santa hat is cool!ย
The Game
Do a bit of a self intro for some extra practice e.g. asking the kids to guess what your name is (Santa of course!), where you’re ย from etc.
Then we do a modified version of the Lines Game
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1. Put the kids into two long rows.
2. Everyone asks “What would you like for Christmas?”
3. The front two kids each ask you (Santa!) what they’d like.
4. ย When they’ve said it correctly they can pick a piece of paper from the cup. ย If they get “nice!” they can sit down.
5. If they get “naughty” they have to go to the back!
6. ย Keep playing until everyone has got “nice!”
Of course some kids will keep going round & round until they get to be “nice” ๐
Ninja Tip: ย Adding in randomness like this works great in motivating the kids as ย otherwise the strongest kids always win. ย Here everyone has a chance.
It’s a great game so do give it a try and let us know what you think in the comments, ย or check out more Christmas games here!
Be genki,
Richard
P.S. ย Homework applications are now closed, ย I’ll be working through everyone’s applications this week, but there are quite a few so it might take a few days. ย Hope that’s OK!
Great idea, nice twist on What would you like for Christmas!
It worked wonderfully for my kids starting from 4 years till 10 years old. The song “What would you like for Christmas” as background while they were telling Santa what they wanted. Thanks a million!!!