Sunday 31 January 2010

Tiger Tiger!!

An easy, simple game that kids always request, though it has limited use.

  1. Place a pile of flashcards on the floor at the front of the classroom and mix in a tiger card (i.e. a flashcard with a picture of a Tiger on it!).
  2. As the come to the front, each one takes turns to draw a flashcard and say the vocabulary or grammar pattern.
  3. When the Tiger card is exposed, I usually shout "TIGER" as loudly as I can and chase the students back to their seat.  Any I catch gets suitably 'mauled.'
Variations:

A more popular version I play is to draw a circle at the head of the class on the floor with the marker pen and fill it with tiger teeth.  Each student then comes and places one foot inside the 'mouth.'  While holding the flashcards, the teacher shows each to the students one at a time until the Tiger card appears whereupon I attempt to grab as many as possible and tickle to death!

Whilst I like this game, kids do get a little too excited by it and may not concentrate well on the vocabulary you are trying to teach. Good for occasional use.
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