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it’s all children’s gamesplaying with pre-primary and primary learners
Masha Andrievich
Trendy English Games, April 2o17
What are we talking about today?
- how play in general reflects child development
- implications for teaching
- generic game types to offer to various age groups
- games for pre-schoolers and primary children
- resources
Why do children play at all?
👑 main child play researchers - J. Piaget, E. Eriksson, L .Vygotsky, F. Buytendijk, K. Gross 👑
play is an exercise
human beings play games because they are young
play is an essential vehicle for development
younger children (3.5 – 5 y.o)
– learn holistically
– have limited motor skills
– enjoy exploring the world of objects around
– more self-centred rather than interested in communication with peers
– in most cases, no literacy skills or just the beginning
how do we respond to these age needs?
– use movement
– ensure we offer games where speaking, listening and movement are all involved
– build up on the interest to objects
– help young students build social interaction skills
so, what are the games, then?
1 – Realia/ Single-object games
–> the idea is to create together an object to expose the language you’ve chosen
1. provide a model
2. help create an object
3. model the language (2-3-4 phrases)
4. practice!
2 – Movement games – Good old TPR
- Robots
- Animal party
- Yes/No Borderline
- Games with Picture Flashcards
*clear and short instructions
don’t forget to change roles!
3 – early stage Board games
– Memory (start with less pairs)
– Big Dice games
– Spinner games
– Domino
– Snap
*teach Classroom language for the game – “it’s your turn”, “no, sorry”, “I’m first!” etc
primary learners (7-9 y.o)
1a – Anything with pretty cards is game-ish
– matching
– grouping
– moving
– finding
– guessing
– describing
– hiding
1b – enhancing Resource pack games
1b – enhancing Resource pack games
2 more stages: language focus (pre) and recall (post)
1 choose an area to focus on before going into the Activity (potentially difficult/add more for vocab development)
2 set the task (“We’re going to play a game. But before let’s look at..”) and go through the language
3 Model the Activity + allow time
4 Feedback
5 Recap (learners use the language from the Activity and your language focus)
2 – Board games
– choose games that are rich in language
– chose games for skills development
- Happy families type
- BrainBox
- Guess who?
- DK games – Very Silly Sentences, etc
- Scholastic Games pack
- Djeco games
3 – Drama games
– Charades
– Statues
– Do the opposite
– Simon says
Recap?
– 3 types of games for younger children?
Realia gameBeginner board gamesMovement games
– 3+ types of games for older children?
Pretty cards activitiesResource pack games enhancedBoard gamesDrama games
Resources
Resources
+Carold Read’s list of flashcard “games”http://www.carolread.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/flashcards.pdf
Thank you for coming!
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