"Grab-an-Egg!" {Fun Review Game}

Hi!  Well - it happened last night.  The first grill of the season.  It might have been 39 degrees outside, but the sun was shining and we decided to go for it.  It was fabulous and it made me feel like summer was just around the corner.  Now if I could just get the mint in my backyard to start growing, then I could begin making mojitos and THEN it will be summer :)

Anyways - I want to tell you about a fun game we played in Sunday school this weekend.  The kids LOVED it!

I call it "Grab-an-Egg" (feel free to come up with a better game title)  I bought a set of 12 eggs for $1.99 each and on each egg I wrote one word for a Bible verse that I wanted my kids to learn.

Word to the wise:  tape the eggs close - this game can get pretty "physical" and you don't want egg parts flying when the grabbing gets going -haha!

To play:  place all the eggs in the centers of 3-5 students.  (If your whole class is playing at the same time, create several sets of the eggs.  We had two groups going, so I had to make 2 sets of the Bible verse.)

On a PowerPoint I had create several slides with the same Bible verse written out, omitting one word at a time:

 The students raced (and I mean RACED with conviction!) to grab the egg that had the missing word on it.

That's when the fun part happens.  :)  We checked the answer by revealing the missing word on the PPT.

The winner of that round gets a jelly bean to put in the points up.

 Let me tell you, these kids had memorized this Bible verse by the end of the game, that's for sure.  Mission accomplished :)

Now, if you don't teach in a religious school, you can use this game for:

1) math facts: put the answer on the egg, call out the math problem and have students race to find the answer egg.
2) vocabulary words: write a vocab word on an egg, write definitions on slips of paper and place in baggie.  Pick a definition strip to read aloud and have students race to find the vocabulary word.

The list can go on and on!  Got any ideas?  Feel free to share them in the comments below!

Happy Tuesday!

Easter Game Freebie for Little Kiddos!

Hi friends!

How was your weekend?  I know many of you are heading back to school today after spring break - my sympathies :)

But, there's nothing like a little freebie to brighten your day, right?

On my weekly game plan for this week, I said that I was looking for ideas on how to use this adorable Easter bunny clip art.  I had a suggestion to make a game for little kiddos (pre-K, early kinders, or students struggling with number recognition).  

So, I made a sweet little number matching game.

I don't make a lot of games for the primary students {sorry - I'm a 4th grade teacher at heart}, so I thought it was time.

Let's have a look shall we:

{game is provided in B&W as well}

Click the picture above to get your own copy.  It will also always be available in my holiday games archive under the Easter category in case you ever want it.  

Speaking of which - my upper elementary readers:  you can find an Easter-themed fraction game over in the archives as well. 

You can have students simply find the matches during an individual center, or have students play a partner game of "Memory."

I'd love to hear what you think if you print and use the game!  Since I'm so used to intermediate learners, any suggestions/feedback from my primary friends would be awesome for any future primary games I create :)