🎒 What’s in the bag? There is / There are game

Elisa was asking for a game/song for “there is” and “there are”   This seemed to be the most popular one!

  1. Prepare a fun looking bag with lots of mini cards (or relia!) of words the kids already know.
  2. The kids sing the “What’s in the bag?” jingle.
  3. You pull out either one item or several of the same item.
  4. The kids have to correctly say “There is “  or “There are”  plus the name of the item(s)!
  5. The fastest kid to say it correctly is the winner. 
  6. Repeat from step 2,  this time the winner picks the new items! 

Do give it a try in your class and let us  know how it goes!

Richard Graham

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