Words game for kindergarten

20 Best Word Games for Kids Recommended by Teachers

English word games are a fun way to get kids to learn new vocabulary skills, sharpen their existing reading skills, and develop their writing skills all in one go. There are tons of fun games to help foster a love for language at a young age and teach them valuable literacy skills along the way.

Here is a look at 20 cool games that put a new twist on classic word games or introduce you to some new approaches to learning vocabulary skills.

This word game for kids is easy to set up. Simply write words across the 2 popsicle sticks of the same color and let kids match up the two halves of the sticks. Use colored sticks for young readers or one color to make it a bit more difficult.

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Wordle is the online word game that has taken the internet by storm. Create custom wordles for kids using words they know or might be learning at school. This DIY version is quick and easy to use and a favorite educational game among learners.

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This is a classic classroom game that can also be played at home with just a piece of paper. Kids get assigned a letter and must produce one word in each category starting with that letter. It is a game of speed so their language skills are truly out to the test and truly the easiest paper game to set up.

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Hangman is one of the best classic word games out there but this fun online version puts a new spin on it. The man is floating above a hungry monster and each incorrect guess pops one of his balloons, bringing him closer to his doom. Don't miss the chance to play this fun new version of one of the most popular word games of all time.

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Bananagrams is a must-play word game for kids of all ages. It uses Scrabble-like letter tiles and players grab tiles and form words. Adding the element of time really puts their spelling skills and concentration skills to the test.

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Create a custom word search for kids using words from their in-class theme or that link to a theme at home. You can even throw some silly words in the mix to make it more difficult or add their names for a fun surprise. This classic paper-based puzzle game remains a firm favorite word game.

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Storytelling games are a great way for kids to use their spoken word skills. A spinner or story dice will give prompts for the story and dictate which direction it must go in. Kids can only use one word or one sentence at a time in this conversational game, forcing them to think quickly and creatively.

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This should be a new addition to family game night as Wordicle combines a card game and a dice game to form the ultimate educational board game. Players roll the dice for random letters and use the letters on the cards in their hands to make the highest scoring word possible.

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To start this sight word game, write a collection of words on a balloon. Toss the balloon in the air and let your child catch it. Whichever word is facing upwards should be read out loud and used in a sentence. Prompt kids who can write to write the words on the balloon themselves. This fun vocabulary game will have kids jumping for joy as they try to catch the balloon.

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Word Connect is a fun spelling game that kids can play online. Simply connect the letters in the circle to create words using the same letters. Each level adds one more letter to the circle increasing the game difficulty. This game for kids helps build kids' vocabulary as they discover new arrangements for the same letters.

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This classic game was a popular parlor game but can still be played to teach kids all about adjectives. Each player recites the phrase "The minister's cat is a ..." and adds an adjective to describe the cat, moving along the alphabet. An adorable cat, a bouncy cat, a cool cat, and so on. This is a great way to work on listening skills and memory skills as they cannot repeat words and hone alphabet skills as they should determine which letter to use next.

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This fun word game for children is all about rhyming. One player must think of a rhyming phrase like "flat hat" or "wet pet". They should then use another phrase to describe it like "smashed fedora" or "soaked dog". It is up to other players to guess the rhyming 2 words.

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Boggle is a fun and educational game that has unlimited replayability. This handy online version allows you to play this challenging word game without buying the board game and is always handy on a mobile device.

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Blurt is a fun new board game, perfect for players who always feel the need to blurt out an answer. One player reads out a description from a card and other players need to blurt out the word in question. Correct guesses will move you forward on the game board.

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When it comes to word-based board games, few are as popular and well-known as Codenames. Players must call out a word that connects to one or more of the words on the playing cards. Their team must guess the word without accidentally guessing words assigned to the opposing team. This fun online version is free and lets kids play on their own too.

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If you already own the Candyland board game, this adaptation is the perfect simple word game for your kids. This game works on literacy skills and minimizes screen time simultaneously and all you need to do is print out these free game printables. There are also cards for different grade levels so kids of many ages can play together, making it the perfect game for family time.

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A couple of fly swatters quickly turn a normal sight word game into a very competitive word game.  Write words on papers, laminated cards, or sticky notes, and let kids slap them with their fly swatters as you call them out. It is guaranteed to be a lively game as kids rush to show off their fundamental reading skills.

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Write parts of a sentence on some Jenga blocks and let kids build sentences as they pull the pieces out in a hilarious game of Jenga. This printable word list will give you a good foundation for the game or you can replace them with your own words according to a theme or what your children like to learn about.

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This vocabulary game for kids is great for language development. Print out cards that spell out a word using simple pictures to spell out a word. An apple would represent an "a" and a ball will represent a "b" for example. Kids can use magnetic letters, letter blocks, or scrabble tiles to decipher the secret words.

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Even the most reluctant learner will love going on a word treasure hunt. Put some sticky notes all over the house with words printed on them. Give kids a square grid with the matching words written in each block. Kids must find the sticky notes and complete their grid to win the game.

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40 Word Games for Kids (To Nurture Literacy Skills)

Word games have the advantage of being both boredom busters and literacy boosters. There is a word game out there for every child and situation. Whether it’s a spoken word game for impromptu play on a rainy day or an online word game when you’re out and about, we’ve got you covered.

We’ve got online games to play on the go, word game printables, and board games as well as the traditional games you played as a kid.

Table of Contents

• Classic Word Games for Kids
• Word Board Games for Kids
• Printable Word Games for Kids
• Online Word Games for Kids
• Benefits of Word Games for Kids
• Not Just A Game

Classic Word Games for Kids

This list of classic word games begins with those you can play verbally, without any preparation.

Then we move onto those that can be played spontaneously but need a pen or pencil and paper.

I-Spy

A perennial classic, I-Spy can be played with kids of all ages and interests. The “spy” begins by saying “I-Spy, with my little eye, something beginning with….” and the other players must guess what the item is. The first person to guess correctly becomes the spy.

For younger children, you can adapt the game by “spying things” of a particular color.

I Went To The Zoo

To begin, the first person says, “I went to the zoo and I saw a…” and they choose an animal. The next person says “I went to the zoo and I saw a …” and they say the first player’s animal and then add one of their own. Players take turns until someone recites the string of animals incorrectly.

You can play by either:

• Using a single letter. If you choose L, all of the animals would begin with L.
• Using all of the letters of the alphabet, in order. So the first person chooses an animal beginning with A, the second an animal beginning with B, and so on.

For older children, you can restrict the animals from a particular continent or eco-system. To be able to play with younger kids, your child will need to learn the alphabet or at least some of the letters and their sounds.

The Prime Minister’s Cat

To play The Prime Minister’s Cat, children should have a vocabulary large enough to include plenty of adjectives.

The first player begins by saying, “The Prime Minister’s Cat was a ?? Cat” and they add an adjective beginning with A. You might say “The Prime Minister’s Cat was an attentive cat.” The next player repeats the process, but with the letter B, and so on.

Hink Pink

Hink Pink is a word rhyming game. The first player thinks of two words which rhyme, such as “Big Rig” but they do not tell the other players what their words are.

The player then gives a clue to their words. So, using “Big Rig,” the clue might be “large truck.” Other players must then try to guess the rhyming pair.

The first person to guess then takes a turn. This game is best suited for those 4 years and older.

Shopping List

To play this game, the first player says they’re going to the store to buy X, and names a grocery item. They then turn to the player on their left and ask if they “want anything at the store.”

The second player must ask for something that begins with the last letter of the previous item. If the first item is dog food the next person chooses something beginning with D.

The first player then says “OK, I need” and lists the two items. This continues until the “shopper” makes a mistake on their list. The shopper’s role then passes to the person on their left.

Words In Words

Each player needs a pencil and paper. One player chooses a word and everyone writes it down. Players then write down as many words as they can within an agreed-upon time limit, using the letters in the first word.

One point is awarded for each correct word, and the winner is the one with the most points.

This game is best for children who are at least in their early elementary school years. Adjust the game difficulty to match the age of the players.

Meanings

Each player has a pencil and paper, and one player chooses a word. Players then write down as many words as they can think of, which have the same meaning as the chosen word. Everyone gets a point for each word and the person with the most points wins.

This is better suited for middle school students and older.

Tutti Frutti

Each player is given a pen and paper. All players take turns to think of a category such as animals. Each player writes down as many of those things they can think of in a set time.

The winner is the person with the most items.

A child must be able to write to participate in this game. If you want to play with younger children, you can do an oral version where you write down their answers in a separate room from the other players, so they don’t hear the answers.

Make it more difficult for older children by narrowing the category, such as animals that begin with the letter P.

Mouse And Cheese

Begin by drawing a zig-zag line to represent steps. Then draw a mouse at the bottom of the steps.

One player thinks of a word and draws a series of dashes, one for each letter. Other players take turns naming a letter. If they’re correct the letter is written on the corresponding dash.

If the guess is incorrect, you draw an arrow to represent the mouse climbing the stairs. The first player to guess the word wins, or, if the mouse gets to the top, the game is over.

Letter Ladders

Give each player a basic ladder diagram with a word of your choice at the top. Players then change one letter to make a new word and write the new word on the next rung. The winner is the person who gets furthest down the ladder.

Make the game more difficult by writing one word at the top, one at the bottom, and challenging your child to get from one to the other by changing a letter at a time.

Word Board Games for Kids

There’s an extensive variety of word-based board games for kids. They range from basic junior versions of well-known family board games to quirky high-energy games played with word or letter tiles.

We’ve also thrown in a couple of card tricks rather than board games, but they’re both so good we couldn’t leave them off the list.

Boggle Junior

Boggle Junior consists of a set of stands, 30 word and picture cards, and eight dice with a letter on each face. You can play one of four ways, each of which helps to build a different literacy skill. Begin with the letter matching and work up to the spelling game.

This game is best suited for those who are 3 to 6 years.

Zingo Sight Words

Each player is given a Zingo card. Push the slider on the Zingo machine to deliver two tiles. If a tile matches a square on their card, the player calls out and is given the tile.

The first player to cover all of the words on their card wins. The best age range for this game is 3 to 6 years.

Scrabble Junior

On one side of the board, players take turns to match their tiles to pre-written words and move their token one place per point. The first to the finish wins.

On the reverse, there is a board with a blank grid for a more traditional game of Scrabble, but without the double and triple score options.

The recommended age range is 4 to 8 years.

Blurt!

This award-winning game for 3 to 13 players builds listening skills as well as vocabulary.

A player reads out the definition of a word, from one of the Blurt! cards. The first person to “Blurt” out the correct word moves their game piece along the board.

This game is best for those 4 years and older.

Sequence Letters

Players take turns to match the letter on one of their cards to the initial sound of a picture on the board. When they do, the player places one of their tokens on the picture. The object is to get five tokens in a row, which is not as easy as it sounds.

Children ages 4 to 7 years are best suited for this game.

Bananagrams

Players use tiles to make as many words as possible in a crossword-style grid. The beauty of this game is that speed is more important than having a large vocabulary or strategically arranging tiles on a board.

For regular Bananagrams, the suggested player age is 7 years or older. For Bananagrams Jr., players can be 4 years and older.

Goliath WordSearch

To play, one of the 20 pre-printed word search puzzle discs is placed in the game board. The board is then rotated to reveal one of the words hidden on the disc. Players must then race to find the hidden word and lay their colored markers along it before anyone else.

This game is recommended for players 7 years and older.

Upwords

Each player starts with seven tiles. The first player lays them on the board to make a word and the next player adds some of their own tiles to make another word. Unlike Scrabble, you can stack tiles on top of each other.

Points are awarded for each tile laid. The recommended age for this game is 8 years and older.

Wordical

A challenging spelling game for 2 to 8 players, Wordical players are dealt a hand of random consonants cards. Roll the vowel dice and the players must use the letters on the dice and the cards in their hand to make words.

The player with the highest scoring word wins the round. Wordical is best suited for those 8 years and older.

Quiddler Word Game

The great thing about Quiddler is it can be played together by children and adults. It is also highly portable, so it’s well-suited for travel.

It’s often compared to Scrabble with cards instead of tiles, but we find Quiddler much friendlier and more relaxed than its distant board game cousin.

It’s a game best suited for 8 years and older.

Printable Word Games for Kids

Looking for some informal and fun learning opportunities? Or if you need low cost or no-cost resources for homeschooling or a way to keep your child’s brain nimble, printable word games are an excellent literacy booster.

They are portable, and you can reprint them as many times as you like. Most of these are best for school-aged children.

Word Searches

You can find word searches that are suitable for kids of all ages and interests. These staples of the word game world also range in difficulty. There are simple versions that only have words written forwards, horizontally and vertically, and harder ones that hide the words backward and diagonally.

Anagrams

Print out a list of mixed-up words, then challenge your child to rearrange the letters and discover what they should say.

My top tip is to look for sheets that have lots of room for your child to try writing down the letters in different arrangements. This is especially useful for kids new to anagrams.

Word ladders

Setting up word ladders can take a bit of time and effort, especially if you’re using longer words. If you don’t have the time or the inclination, there are numerous printable word ladders to be found online. However, they are usually for younger children.

Secret Codes

Part word game and part undercover shenanigans, secret codes are a good choice for kids who are not yet confident with their independent reading and writing skills.

Rather than requiring them to know how to spell, these substitution codes help your child to focus on the process of replacing symbols with letters.

Word Bingo

Print on cardstock and you have a game that can be played in two ways.

With option one, play it like a traditional bingo game with a caller and kids covering up the words they have to make a line. With option two, let your child tick off the words as they hear them while watching a show.

Sight Word I-Spy

We are especially fond of this example of printable I-Spy because of the empty space on the side of the sheet. This large blank space gives our kids room to write down the items they find. They can then focus on finding the other item to make the rhyming pair.

Mad Libs

Free-form Mad Libs you write yourself can be fun, but they can also take time to prepare. If your child expresses an interest in doing a Mad Lib activity, and you don’t have the time to prepare, printable Mad Libs can be a life-saver.

They’re also great if your kids have interests that would make a good Mad Libs theme, but you don’t know enough to create one yourself.

Printable Boggle

Although you can play Boggle alone, it’s more fun with family and friends. Consequently, suggesting your child makes words alone with the Boggle game can fall flat. That’s where printable Boggle comes in.

It’s the same principle, but for some reason, it doesn’t fall flat in the same way as a solo game of “proper” Boggle.

Word Match

A word match printable can be simple, with words down one side and pictures down the other.

Using a printable that has more complex words to match to pictures can help your child make the leap from sounding out the entire word to making an educated guess based on the initial letter sound.

Crosswords

Again, you can find printable crosswords for kids of all ages and abilities. Beginners can have crosswords with pictures as clues and three-letter answers while older kids can have direct written clues and answers.

Finally, for those with a strong vocabulary, you can try crosswords with complex and or cryptic clues.

Online Word Games for Kids

While we should keep our kids’ screen time within suitable limits, it doesn’t mean all screen time is bad. Spending time with your child while they use educational apps and other online resources also helps them learn healthy online use habits ⁽¹⁾.

We have chosen ten games that are free, and do not require any memberships or sign-ups to play.

Audio Words

Audio Words presents a series of cards on the screen. Kids click a card, the card turns over, and the game reads aloud the word on the card. You then click a second card and the same thing happens.

The aim of the game is to find matching pairs. It’s excellent for emerging readers.

Word Wipe

To play Word Wipe, children have to click on letter blocks in a grid and then link them to adjoining letter blocks to form a word. Once used, the letters disappear and the blocks above fall down to fill the gap. The game gets progressively harder as children work through the levels.

Letter Dash

Start the game and a series of dashes appear. Try to guess the letters that go in the place of each dash, before the time runs out. A box on the screen lets you see which letters you have used and the game gets progressively harder in response to a win.

This game does require Adobe Flash Player.

Animal Crosswords

This is a bright, colorful, animated crossword game for kids in second grade. The answer to every clue is the name of an animal which narrows down the possibilities for kids who are overwhelmed by crosswords without a subject focus.

Crosswords are randomly generated so it can be played multiple times. It also requires Flash Player.

PBS: Vocabulary Games

PBS has an entire page of word games for kids, each of which is linked to a specific PBS children’s program. This is useful if you have a reluctant learner who is a fan of a particular show.

However, you don’t have to have watched a program to play the associated game.

Free Words

Open Free Words and you are met with a game board that has six letters. Above the game board, there are a series of columns with a space for each word you can make from the letters provided. See how many of the words you can make before the timer runs out.

Word Hunter

Word Hunter is an online word search game with three levels of difficulty. This game is one of many educational games by CBC, the Canadian national broadcaster.

Games are themed and categorized which makes it easy to find something for your sports fan, animal lover, or budding adventurer, no matter what their literacy level.

Freerice Vocabulary

Free Rice is a site hosted by the United Nations World Food Program. This game tests your child’s vocabulary by providing a word and four possible definitions. If the correct definition is chosen, rice lands in a food bowl, and the object of the game is to fill the bowl.

Another incentive to play this game is that your child will be feeding the hungry as they play. For every right answer, a small donation is made to fight world hunger.

Woodshake

Press play and the game will generate a 4×4 grid of letters. Your child highlights letters to make a word and presses enter. The number of letters determines the points awarded.

There is a three-minute timer, so there is an element of pressure that some children enjoy, but others don’t.

Word Unscramble

This multi-level game combines anagrams with a puzzle strategy for kids from kindergarten to grade 5.

A series of letters appear in circles at the top of the game area. They slowly sink to the ground while the player swaps pairs of letters with each other. The aim is to get the letters in the correct order before they hit the ground.

Benefits of Word Games for Kids

Literacy is about much more than being able to read and write. It is about understanding that words are labels and then knowing how to use those words to convey information, our thoughts, and our feelings ⁽²⁾.

Word games can help our kids lay the foundation for reading and writing, but they also help to develop the vocabulary to express themselves clearly and precisely.

Any game that helps a child focus, take turns, learn to live with losing, manage frustration, and consider others can only be a good thing.

Not Just A Game

Games were once considered a simple way to pass the time.

Now we know there can be significant social, emotional, and cognitive benefits for children who play games.

By providing word games for kids, you are not just putting an educational twist on a frivolous activity.

You are helping your child become a healthier, more rounded human being. And that’s something to feel good about.

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Word games and exercises for children in kindergarten, Card file of word games in kindergarten

Playing activities of a preschooler > Games for children round, what is oval?

Game progress: The teacher asks the child to name as many round and oval objects as possible. The child starts the game.

If he cannot name, the teacher starts: “I remembered that an apple is round and a testicle is oval. Now you go on. Remember what shape is a plum, and what is a gooseberry? That's right, the plum is oval, and the gooseberry is round. (Helps the child name objects and compare them in shape: ring-fish, hedgehog-ball, cherry-cherry leaf, watermelon-melon, acorn-raspberry, tomato-eggplant, sunflower-seed, zucchini-apple) .

In case of difficulty, the teacher shows the child a set of pictures and together they arrange them into two groups.

“Flies - does not fly”

Game progress: The teacher invites children to quickly name objects when he says the word “flies”, and then name other objects when he says the word “does not fly”.

The teacher says: “Flies”.

Children call: “Crow, plane, butterfly, mosquito, fly, rocket, dove”, etc. Then the teacher says: “Does not fly”. Children call: “Bicycle, chamomile, cup, dog, pencil, kitten”, etc. The game continues: the words “flies”, “does not fly” are called by one of the children, and the teacher names the objects together with the children. The game can be played while walking.

"Edible - inedible"

The game is played by analogy with the previous one.

"Alive-non-living"

Game progress: First, we explain that we call all living objects "WHO", and inanimate objects "WHAT". Here are some examples.

Then we play questions and answers. You can use picture books.

What is growing? Who is growing?

Who flies? What flies?

Who swims? What is floating?

Who is the biggest? What is the biggest?

Etc.

“What happens below and what happens above?”

Game progress: The teacher invites the children to think and name something that happens only upstairs.

If the children find it difficult, he prompts: “Let's look up, above us is the sky. Does it happen below? No, it always happens only at the top. And what else happens only at the top? Where are the clouds? (stars, moon) . Now think about what happens only below? Look at the ground. Where does the grass grow? Where does she go?” (plants, ponds, earth, sand, stones, etc.) .

After that, the children independently enumerate the objects of nature that exist only above and those that exist only below.

"What can be sweet?"

Game progress:

The teacher offers the children: Listen carefully, I will name something that is sweet. And if I make a mistake, then I must be stopped, I must say: “Stop!”

The teacher says: "Sugar, marshmallows, raspberries, strawberries, lemons."

The children listen attentively and stop him on the word where he "wrong". Then the children themselves name what is sweet.

“Answer quickly”

Game progress: The teacher, holding the ball in his hands, becomes a circle with the children and explains the rules of the game: “Now I will name some color and throw it to one of you ball. The one who catches the ball must name an object of the same color. Then he himself calls any other color and throws the ball to the next one. He also catches the ball, names the object, then his color, etc.”

For example, “Green,” says teacher (makes a short pause, giving the children the opportunity to remember green objects) and throws the ball to Vitya.

"Grass", - Vitya answers and, having said: "Yellow", throws the ball to the next one.

The same color can be repeated several times, as there are many objects of the same color.

The main feature for classification can be not only the color, but also the quality of the object.

The beginner says, for example: "Wooden", and throws the ball.

“Table,” answers the child who caught the ball and offers his word: “Stone”.

"Home" - the next player answers and says: "Iron", etc.

The next time the form is taken as the main feature. The teacher says the word "round" and throws the ball to any player.

"Sun" - he answers and calls another shape, for example "square", throwing the ball to the next player.

Thoth names a square object (window, handkerchief, book) and suggests some form. The same shape can be repeated several times, since many objects have the same shape. When repeating, the game can be made more difficult by offering to name not one, but two or more objects.

“How are they similar?”

Game progress: The teacher invites the children to look around and find two objects that are somewhat similar to each other.

He says: “I will call: the sun-chicken. How do you think they are similar to each other? Yes, that's right, they are similar in color to each other. And here are two more items: a glass and a window. How are they similar to each other? And now each of you will name your two similar objects.

Games to eliminate the fourth "extra" word

“Be careful!”

Game progress: The teacher says to the children: I will name four words, one word does not fit here. You must listen carefully and name the "extra" word. For example: matryoshka, tumbler, cup, doll; table, sofa, flower, chair; chamomile, hare, dandelion, cornflower; horse, bus, tram, trolleybus; wolf, crow, dog, fox; sparrow, crow, dove, chicken; apple, tree, carrot, cucumber.

After each highlighted "extra" word, the teacher asks the child to explain why this word does not fit into this group of words, i.e., to explain the principle of grouping.

“Listen carefully!”

Game progress: The teacher says to the child: “I will name the words, and you will say which word does not fit: cat, fox, horse, cow; tractor, car, rocket, bus; pear, turnip, beet, carrot; book, pencil case, ball, notebook; water, thermometer, medicine, cotton wool.

In case of difficulty, he slowly repeats a certain set of words and helps the child to highlight the unsuitable for some reason.

Find out!

Game progress: What berries do you know? Now I will name the words, if among them you hear the word for a berry, then clap your hands.

Presentation words - cabbage, strawberry, apple, pear, currant, raspberry, carrot, strawberry, potato, dill, blueberry, lingonberry, plum, cranberry, apricot, marrow, orange.

"Now I'm going to name the words, if you hear a word related to berries, clap once, if it's about fruits, clap twice."

(Words can be used the same, you can come up with others.)

As a basis for systematization, there can be a theme - tools, furniture, clothes, flowers, etc.

Tell me, what are the similarities in taste? color? size?

- lemon and pear

- raspberry and strawberry

- apple and plum

- currant and gooseberry

What is the difference in taste? color? size?

Divided into groups

Game progress: "What groups do you think these words can be divided into? Sasha, Kolya, Lena, Olya, Igor, Natasha.

What groups can be made from these words: dove, sparrow, carp, titmouse , pike, bullfinch, zander".

“Pick up the words”

Game progress:

1. Match as many words as possible that can be attributed to the wild animals group (pets, fish, flowers, weather phenomena, seasons, tools and etc.) .
2. Another version of the same task.

Use arrows to connect words that match the meaning:

ball | furniture

poplar | flower

cabinet | insects

plate | wood

coat | clothing

ant | crockery

pike | toy

rose | fish

“Similarities and differences”

Game progress: Invite the child to indicate the similarities and differences of the following pairs of words:

Book - notebook | Day - night

Horse - cow | Tree - bush

Telephone - radio | Tomato - cucumber

Airplane - rocket | Table - chair

"Find the opposite object"

Game progress: Calling any object (for example, sugar) , you need to name as many others as possible that are opposite to this one. It is necessary to find opposite objects according to the function "edible - inedible", "useful - harmful", etc., on the basis of (size, shape, condition) , etc.

"Search for an analogy"

Game progress: A word is called, for example, a briefcase. It is necessary to come up with as many "analogues" as possible, i.e. other items similar to it in various essential features (bag, sack, backpack, etc.) Game progress: Invite the child to name a group of objects in one word. We call many specific objects with one word. For example, birch, pine, oak, etc. we call trees.

d) clock and thermometer 900 Devices)

D) Kit and Lev (animals)

E) Echo and mirror (reflection)

“Words-twin”

Course of the game: This exercise is associated with this a phenomenon of the Russian language, like homonymy, that is, when words have different meanings, but are the same in spelling.

Which word means the same as the words:

1) a spring and something that opens the door;

2) the girl's hair and a grass cutter;

3) a branch of grapes and a drawing tool.

Think of words that are the same in sound but different in meaning.

Additional tasks for the exercise:

4) a crying vegetable and a weapon for shooting arrows (burning vegetable and small arms) ;

5) part of a gun and part of a tree;

6) things to paint on and greenery on the branches;

7) a construction site hoist and a mechanism that must be opened to allow water to flow.

"What is needed"

Game progress: The car runs on gasoline or other fuel; tram, trolleybus or electric train are powered by electricity. All this together can be attributed to the group "transport".

Seeing an unfamiliar car (e.g. truck crane) , they ask: what is it? Why?

Similar exercises are performed with other concepts: tools, utensils, plants, animals, furniture, etc.

"Why?"

Game progress: Now I will tell you words, and you will answer me, which is more, which is less, which is longer, which is shorter.

- Pencil or pencil? Which one is shorter? Why?

- Cat or whale? Which one is more? Why?

- Boa constrictor or worm? Which one is longer? Why?

- Tail or ponytail? Which one is shorter? Why?"

The teacher can come up with his own questions, focusing on the above.

"Choose the main thing"

Game progress: An adult says to the children: Now I will read a series of words. From these words you will have to choose only two, denoting the main features of the main word, i.e., without which this object cannot exist.

Other words are also related to the main word, but they are not the main ones.0003

For example, a garden... What do you think, which of these words are the main ones: plants, gardener, dog, fence, earth, i.e. something without which a garden cannot exist? Can there be a garden without plants? Why?. .. Without a gardener... a dog... a fence... land?.. Why?

Each of the proposed words is analyzed in detail. The main thing is that children understand why this or that word is the main, essential feature of this concept.

Sample tasks:

a) Boots (laces, sole, heel, zipper, shaft)

b) River (shore, fish, angler, mud, water)

c) City (car, building, crowd, street, bike)

d) Barn (hayloft, horses, roof, livestock, walls)

e) Cube (corners, drawing, side, stone, wood)

f) Division (class, dividend, pencil, divider, paper)

g) Game (cards, players, fines, penalties, rules)

h) Reading (eyes, book, picture, seal, word)

and) War (plane, guns, battles, rifles, soldiers)

“Dunnet”

Two games: The host thinks of a word or tells the conditions of some completely unusual situation, and the players (children or adults) must guess the word or explain the situation by asking questions that can be answered with one of five answers: "yes"; "No"; "Yes and no"; "there is no information about it"; "it's not significant. "

For example: "I thought of a plant in the middle zone. In ten questions, determine the plant that I thought of."

Themes for "danetok" and possible continuation of the game.

What vegetable did I have in mind?

- Is it a root vegetable? (Carrot, beet, radish)

- Is it a leafy vegetable? (Cabbage, lettuce)

- Is it a fruit vegetable? (Tomatoes, cucumbers)

What name did I think of?

- Is it a male name?

- Does the name begin with a vowel?

- Is there such a name in our group?

What piece of clothing did I have in mind?

- Is this outerwear?

- Are these men's clothes?

What fairy tale did I have in mind?

- Is this a Russian fairy tale?

What historical figure did I have in mind?

- Is this a man?

What must I do in the morning?

What color do I have in mind?

What property of ice cream, light bulb, watermelon, pencil did I guess?

What country did I have in mind?

What kind of writer, storyteller, poet, scientist did I have in mind?

What famous battle did I have in mind?

"Black box"

Game progress: Children are shown a "black box" or just a bag, briefcase and are asked to guess what is there in 10 questions? Etc.

- Is there a man-made object? Is there something soft? Is there something metallic? Etc.

List the items

Game progress: One leader is selected from the group of children. He leaves the room for 2 minutes. At this time, 7 objects are placed on the table in the room and the situation is thought about. For example, children think of the situation "I'm going for a walk", then 7 items of clothing should lie on the table.

The driver is invited, the situation is told to him and he is allowed to inspect the table for 1-2 minutes. Then he turns his back to the table and faces the group of children and starts listing the things on the table. After each correct answer, the group says "Correct!", after the wrong - "Wrong!". If the driver has not listed all the items, the group says which items he forgot.

"Opposite"

Game progress: The leader calls the group of children a word. The task is to name a word denoting the opposite object.

For example, the facilitator says the word "cup". Children can name the following items: "board" (the cup is convex, and the board is straight) , "sun" (the cup is made by a person, and the sun is part of nature) , "water" (water is a filler, and a cup is a shape) etc.

Each child in turn offers his answer and always explains why he chose that particular subject.

"Come up with a riddle"

Game progress: A leader is selected from a group of children. His task is to come up with a riddle. The group must solve this riddle. Then another child comes up with a riddle, and so on. Children of 6 years old love to come up with riddles, the game is lively.

“Who is whom (than) will be?

Game progress: The game is good because you can play with the company and together with the child anywhere. Ask each other questions, make sure that the baby answers the question correctly.

Who will the egg be? (may be a chick, a crocodile, a turtle, a snake.)

- a chick - a rooster;

- a boy - a man;

- calf - cow or bull - paper - book;

- snow - water;

- water - ice;

- seed - flower;

- flour - pancakes;

etc.

Reverse game: "Who was who?".

- horse - foal

- flower - seed

"Third extra"

Game progress: Adult says three words - owl, crow, fox. The child should quickly analyze these three words in his mind and determine that all three words refer to wildlife, however, an owl and a crow are birds, and a fox is not. Therefore, the fox is superfluous here.

More examples for younger preschoolers:

- milk, juice, bread - all three words mean edible. But they drink milk and juice, but eat bread;

- car, horse, tram;

- hat, scarf, boots;

- rose, birch, tree.

For children aged 5-7 the tasks become more difficult:

- rain, snow, river;

- doctor, tourist, driver;

- shadow, sun, planet;

- frost, blizzard, January;

- stone, clay, glass;

- door, carpet, window;

- sea, river, pool.

“What happens?”

Game progress: First, the adult asks questions, and the child answers. Then you need to give the child the opportunity to express themselves.

Examples:

- What is high? (tree, pole, man, house) . Here it is appropriate to ask which is higher - a tree or a house; person or pole.

- What is long? (short)

- What is wide (narrow) ?

- What is round (square) ?

A variety of concepts can be included in the game: what is fluffy, soft, hard, sharp, cold, white, black, etc.

“What is outside, what is inside?”

Game progress: The adult names a couple of objects, and the child says what can be outside and what can be inside. House - closet; book - cabinet; purse; wallet-money; pan - porridge; aquarium - fish; booth - dog; nora - fox.

Then switch roles - let the child think of pairs of words.

Who is this?

Game progress:

Option 1: We ask questions: who treats the sick? Who teaches children at school? Who is preparing dinner? Who is working on the tractor? Who delivers letters and newspapers? Who sews the dress?

Option 2: Questions: what does the janitor do? What does the doctor do? What does an electrician do? What does the teacher do? What does the driver do? What does a painter do? What does a hairdresser do?

3rd option: We come up with riddles. For example: this person works on the street, he has a broom, a shovel.

4th option: "Who needs what?" What does the postman need? What does a hairdresser need? And vice versa: who needs scissors? Who needs a needle?

"Guess the object by its parts"

Game progress: Children name the parts of the object. The first person to guess what it is about gets one point. This option is good because you can play together with your child anywhere. For example, on the way to kindergarten, while waiting in line to see a doctor, etc.

Examples:

Four legs, backrest, seat.

Numbers, arrows.

Letters, pictures, sheets.

Trunk, branches, leaves.

Root, stem, leaves, petals.

Screen, buttons, electric cord, remote control.

Spout, handle, lid, electric cord.

Paws, tail, collar.

Paws, tail, trunk.

Does everything seem too simple at first glance? But in fact, not all children can describe objects. Try it!

"Guess the item from the description"

Game progress: Game conditions are the same as in the previous one. But the task here is more difficult. It is necessary not only to find the correct definitions of objects, but also to correctly coordinate adjectives and nouns by gender, as well as to know such concepts as furniture, vegetables, fruits, insects, domestic and wild animals, etc.

Wild animal, lives in the forest , big, shaggy, likes honey.

Wild animal, sly, red, with a fluffy tail.

Insect, with colorful wings, similar to a flower.

Transport, large, heavy, with wings and tail.

Vegetable, red, round, put in salads and soups.

Sweet, small, in a beautiful paper.

“Think and choose!”

Game progress: Now I will read you a proverb, and you try to find a suitable phrase for it that reflects the general meaning of the proverb, for example:

Measure seven times, and cut once

a) If you cut it wrong yourself, then do not blame the scissors

b) Before you do it, you need to think carefully

c) The seller measured seven meters of fabric and cut it off

The right choice here is "Before you do, you need to think carefully"

Example tasks:

1. Better less is better.

a) One good book is more useful to read than seven bad ones.

b) One delicious cake is worth ten bad ones.

c) What matters is not quantity, but quality.

2. If you hurry, you will make people laugh.

a) The clown makes people laugh.

b) To do a job better, you need to think about it well.

c) Haste can lead to ridiculous results.

3. Strike while the iron is hot.

a) A blacksmith forges hot iron.

b) If there are favorable opportunities for business, you should immediately use them.

c) A blacksmith who works slowly often gets more done than one who is in a hurry.

4. There is nothing to blame on the mirror, if the face is crooked.

a) You should not blame the cause of failures on circumstances, if the problem is in yourself.

b) A good quality mirror does not depend on the frame, but on the glass itself.

c) The mirror hangs crooked.

5. The hut is not red in the corners, but red in the pies.

a) You can't eat pies alone, you have to eat rye bread too.

6) A case is judged by its results.

c) One tasty cake is worth ten bad ones.

6. Done the job - walk boldly.

a) If you did a good job, you can rest.

b) The boy went for a walk.

7. Skilful hands do not know boredom.

a) Petr Ivanovich never gets bored.

b) A master of his craft loves and knows how to work.

8. Don't get into your sleigh.

a) If you don't know the job, don't take it on.

b) In winter they ride on a sleigh, and in summer on a cart.

c) Ride only on your own sleigh.

9. All that glitters is not gold.

a) The copper bracelet shone like gold.

b) Outward brilliance is not always combined with good quality.

c) What seems good to us is not always good.

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Fun games in kindergarten - Kindergarten and child

This article contains fun games in kindergarten. The games were prepared by Natalya Prishchepenok, a methodologist at the Kirov Children's and Children's Educational Institution. Illustration by Anna Lukyanova.

Kindergarten fun game "Guess the syllable"

This is an active fun game that can be played in the kindergarten on a walk or in the gym. The main thing is that the players have a flat surface under their feet.

Any fun game in kindergarten is not just for fun, it sets a number of developmental goals and objectives.

The purpose of the fun game "Guess the syllable" is to train children's attention, ability to listen and perform actions only after they understand what is being said. Also during this fun game in kindergarten, children get acquainted with new words and concepts. Each time, giving the teams words, the teacher should ask the children if they know the meaning of a particular word, and if not, introduce the children to an unfamiliar concept.

A line is drawn on the floor or on the ground, along which the participants of the game stand. Up to twenty people can play, divided into two teams. You need to stand up as follows: the toe of one leg is at the line, the second leg is slightly behind.

The task of the team members - after hearing their word, which the host will say, cross the line and hit someone from the other team. Then everything is repeated from the beginning.

Words can be different, meaning that each time both pairs of words begin with the same syllables. Each pair of words can be repeated five or six times. The host pronounces the word, deliberately stretching the first syllable to give the game intrigue and interest the children. Before each change of words, the leader agrees with the teams who will have which word.

Examples of pairs of words: cow - crown, butterfly - grandmother, camel - helicopter, plane - scooter, cheburek - Cheburashka, transition - pass, dam - carpenter, change - break, desert - emptiness, ball - scarf, mittens -

Fun game for kindergarten "Dandelions"

Fun game "Dandelions" is held in kindergarten to develop children's coordination, develop attention.

Up to twenty people can participate in the fun game "Dandelions". All children stand in a circle. The right palm is raised up, and the index finger of the left hand is placed on the neighbor's open palm.

The facilitator says that everyone is now becoming a dandelion, and dandelions have this feature: when the sun is shining, their flowers are open, and if it starts to rain, all the flowers are closed. The left hand of all the players symbolizes the bee, which must be sure to quickly fly away from the flower when it closes so that it does not close in a dandelion.

If the leader says: “Sun”, all palms are open, and the “bee” fingers of each are on the palm of the player on the left. When the host says: “Rain”, everyone should close their palms and try to simultaneously catch the neighbor’s finger with their right palm, and quickly remove their finger from the neighbor’s palm on the left to prevent him from catching it.

This fun game always brings excitement. You can also play it for the winner: each time those who are caught leave the circle.

Fun game for kindergarten “What do you take with you?”

This fun game can be played standing or sitting in a circle. The leader tells each player where he is going. The player must say which item he will take. The subject must begin with the same letter as the place where the player is going. For example:

- You go to the cinema and take with you ...

— Envelope.

- You go to the theater and take with you ...

- Cake.

Anyone who cannot name a word starting with the corresponding letter is out of the game.

Second option. The players throw the ball to each other, saying where to go. The one to whom the ball was thrown catches it and says that he takes it with him. Then he throws the ball to the next player.

For example:

- You go to school and take with you ...

- Chocolate.

— You go to kindergarten and take with you…

- Bag.

This fun game for kindergarten always brings joy to the children.

A modification of this fun kindergarten game is the Knock-Knock-Knock Train Game.

Fun game for kindergarten "Tuk-tuk-tuk"

All players stand in a circle. The host goes in a circle with the words: “Tuk-tuk-tuk, the engine makes a cheerful sound!”. After that, the train stops in front of someone and the host announces: "Station ...", pronouncing the name of the city. The one in front of whom the train stopped says: “I take with me ...”, naming an object whose name begins with the same letter as the name of the station. He then joins the train, becoming a trailer, and they continue to walk in circles together. This continues until all participants in the game join the train..

Fun game for kindergarten “A walk in the zoo”

Children are divided into two teams. Each team has the task of pulling out a figurine of an animal from a box or bag and depicting it in such a way that the other team guesses what kind of animal it is. You can show animals individually. When showing, you need to depict the characteristic features of animals.

A variant of this fun game is the animal relay race. Teams pull animals out of the bag at the same time and, at the command of the host, move to the finish line in the same way as these animals move. Sounds cannot be produced.

Animal examples: frog, hare, cat, deer, horse, bear, snake, fox, tortoise, squirrel, chicken.

Variant of the game: one team, having taken an animal out of the bag, depicts how it moves, and the second team, having guessed this animal, voices it, imitating the voice of the animal. This game can also be paired and individual.

Fun game for kindergarten "Singing Zoo"

The game develops creativity.

Task - sing (grunt, croak, hum, etc.) a famous song in the voice of an animal.

The task can be executed individually or by commands. The animal, with the voice of which the children will sing, can be pulled out of the bag, as in previous games - in the form of a toy.

Fun game for kindergarten "Chorus from the Zoo"

The game develops attention, the ability to hear. Everyone is divided into groups of three. Everyone in the group thinks of some kind of animal (or the leader whispers the names of animals in everyone's ear). Then, at the signal of the host, all together in a trio loudly make sounds with which the hidden animal “talks”. Everyone else guesses which animals were guessed. And so each group in turn.

A more complex version - the sounds are made not by one group, but by several.

Fun game for kindergarten "Logic chain"

The game develops logical thinking, creative imagination, enriches vocabulary. In the game, children learn to build sentences, argue their point of view.

Both two teams and children divided into pairs can play.

Each team makes a chain of objects, and the other team explains how these objects are sequentially connected to each other. Then the teams change. The same process occurs in pairs. The explanation may be similar to a logically built story, or it may be based solely on the description and parameters of objects. For example, a toy dog ​​is made of the same material as a toy apple - plastic. The car is the same color as the apple - red. The doll is also plastic, and her dress is red. The cube is square, like the body of the typewriter.

There may be a creative logical explanation. For example: on the table there are a toy dog, an apple, a car, a doll, a cube lined up in a row. The explanation can be, for example, this: the owner of the dog loves to eat apples and always takes them with him when he walks the dog. Apples are brought to the store by a car. And next to the store that sells apples, there is a toy store that sells dolls and blocks.

Do not limit children with any rules and algorithms for finding a logical connection between objects, let them think for themselves. This game will also be a little diagnostic - during it you can see how children think, who has more figurative thinking, and who has practical.

Fun game for kindergarten “Find the object”

The purpose of the game is to study or repeat letters, enrich vocabulary, develop the ability to act quickly on a task.

Can be played indoors and outdoors.

Task - within a certain time to find in the kindergarten for a group or in the area objects whose names begin with the letter that the leader calls. Everyone must either bring an item or go up to it and show it to the host, naming this item.

Fun game for kindergarten "Guess the details"

Task - Guess the subject by one of its details drawn in the picture or presented in the photograph.

You can play both in teams and individually. The game develops observation, attention and imaginative thinking.

Sample items:

Bicycle (handle can be shown)

Skis (ski bindings)

Hat with earflaps (ears)

Watermelon (watermelon tail)

Cat (tail)

Car (headlight, wheel or steering wheel)

Moon (lunar craters)

House (roof, chimney, porch)

Elevator (buttons)

Computer (mouse)

Lock (keyhole)

Key (key beard)

Skates (skate blades)

Boots (laces)

Shoes (heels)

Boots (zipper).

Fun game for kindergarten "Fly away - stay"

This game is also suitable for direct-educational activities in the educational area "The World Around".

The task of children is to guess which birds are wintering and which are migratory, waving their hands like wings, when the host calls the birds that fly away to warm countries for the winter, that is, migratory birds, and stay in place, nothing doing, if the host calls the birds that stay with us for the winter, that is, not migratory. You can also show the children pictures of birds.

Examples of birds: sparrow, crow, swan, duck, black grouse, partridge, thrush, dove, parrot, rook, hen, oriole, penguin (since it does not fly at all, this can bring a cheerful animation to the game).

Fun game for kindergarten "Whose portrait?"

The game develops attention, observation, the ability to act in a team.

Task — each of the teams (there can be 3-5 people in a team) needs to find out the portrait of which literary hero is in front of them by one of the details shown to them. The team that correctly guesses more portraits in one minute wins. The task can be completed individually. You can draw portraits and their elements yourself or use real objects. As an option, you can simultaneously offer children these works so that they compare characters and books.

Examples of literary characters and elements of their portraits: Pinocchio - cap, nose; Malvina - blue hair with a bow; Karabas-Barabas - beard; Chicken Ryaba - a golden egg; Chippolino - green onion feathers; Cinderella - shoe, pumpkin; Puss in Boots - boots; Harry Potter - wand, glasses; Little Red Riding Hood - hat, basket.

Fun game for kindergarten "News"

The presenter plays the role of the presenter of a TV news program. All children stand in a circle. The presenter says: “Dear viewers! Look at the news from the city (names the city). In this city today, everyone ... (names some action). All other players perform this action. For example, dancing, jumping and so on. The leader evaluates the quality of the task and chooses the one who liked him more than the others. This person becomes the new leader. It is desirable that as many players as possible be the hosts.

More complicated: the action can match the name of the city from which the news is “displayed”.

Fun game for kindergarten "Pieces"

The game develops attention, the ability to divide words into syllables and compose words from syllables, vocabulary replenishment.

Task - two or more teams of children (there can be from three to five people in a team) are given a set of words cut into syllables. The task of the teams is to add as many words as possible from the proposed sets of syllables - “pieces of words” in five minutes. You can also play individually.

Fun game for kindergarten "Merry Start"

The game develops thinking, memory; With the help of this game, children replenish their active vocabulary. You can play in teams and individually.

Task - get a card with a sound "image" of laughter from the "Funny bag": "Ha-ha", "Hee-hee", "Ho-ho", "He-he" and, having laughed appropriately, say as many words as possible that start with that syllable. The winner is the participant who, in one minute, remembers more words that begin with the corresponding syllable.

Fun game for kindergarten "Who can count faster"

This fun game develops attention, thinking, mathematical skills, reaction speed, the ability to count to ten.

Teams of 10 people participate. Each person is assigned a number that can be written on a card and attached to the player. Players stand one after another in a column so that the numbers go in order.

The leader calls the numbers of the players, they run to the line with the flags, run around the flags and come back. The team in which the player runs faster than the players of the other teams wins.

An advanced version for children who can count to ten.

The leader first sets an arithmetic example within ten. Children solve it, get an answer. The person whose number matches the answer of the example is running.

Option for children who can count within a hundred.

The leader calls two-digit numbers, the players run in twos, those whose numbers are included in the named number. Also, the presenter can set examples, where the answer is two-digit numbers.

Fun game for kindergarten “Drive”

All children sit on chairs and pretend to drive a car, saying all the words in chorus: “We are driving, we are driving a car, how fast the tires are rushing! Suddenly we saw a sign! Explain what to do? How?".

After these words, the facilitator shows the children some kind of road sign, one of those that are studied in the classes on the rules of the road in kindergarten. Children explain who and what should do, if there is this sign.

In this game, it is very convenient to use the educational games "Road Signs", "Laws of Streets and Roads", "ABC of Safety" and demonstration materials "Observe traffic rules", "Signs on the roads".

Two teams can participate in this game: one is “drivers” and the other is “pedestrians”. It's great if the kindergarten has a specially equipped area for learning the rules of the road, then the game can take place there.

Fun game for kindergarten "Getting Together"

The game develops attention, the ability to hear others, to act in a team.

Everyone stands in a circle, the host passes behind the circle and in each ear, so that others do not hear, calls some literary or cartoon character. There should be so many options for heroes that they make up several groups of three to five people.

Then the facilitator explains that all the same characters should get together in a group, but without naming themselves, but by saying some phrases that they say in a literary work. Alternatively, you can say these phrases in the ear of the players, but this will slow down the pace of the game.

For example:

Wolf from the cartoon "Just you wait!" - the phrase "Well, hare, wait a minute!".

Cat Matroskin from the work "Uncle Fyodor, Dog and Cat" - the phrases "Moustache, paws and tail - these are my documents!", "And I can even use a typewriter ... And embroider with a cross."

Little jackdaw from the same place - the phrase "Who's there?".

Cat Leopold - the phrase "Let's live together!".

Fox Alice from the fairy tale "The Golden Key or the Adventures of Pinocchio" - the phrase "Poor Pinocchio!".

Winnie the Pooh from the fairy tale "Winnie the Pooh and all-all-all" - the phrases "Who visits in the morning, he acts wisely!", "These are the wrong bees!", "Both of them, and you can without bread."

Piglet from the same work - the phrase "It seems it's going to rain!".

Donkey Eeyore - the phrase "And it goes in and out, it comes out great!".

Each character's phrases may be different.

The task of the players is to understand that these phrases also belong to their hero and unite into a group. When all the same heroes unite, they must say one of their phrases in unison.

Fun game for kindergarten "Let's go, let's go"

The game develops attention, speed of reaction, coordination of movements.

All children sit or stand in a circle, clapping their knees, say: “Let's go, let's go…”, against this background, the leader periodically names some part of the body. Everyone should take her hand. For example: “Let's go, let's go ... Nose! Let's go, let's go ... Heel! Let's go, let's go ... Ear! Let's go, let's go ... Neighbor's ear!

The facilitator deliberately confuses the children by not doing what he says.

The task of children is not to get confused by carefully listening to the leader. The children's mistakes and the host's witty comments make this game especially fun.

Fun game for kindergarten "Forbidden Number"

The game is designed for children who already know how to count to one hundred. The game develops attention.

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