I Spy: Hands up if you don’t know this one….!!
Guess the Animal: Someone thinks of an animal, the others ask questions about that animal – can it fly? Does it have fur? Does it have legs? The person can only answer yes or no.
An alternative version is that the person describes the animal, in a series of clues, and everyone else has to guess what it is. The fewer the guesses, the more the points!
Observation: Give the children a list of objects, and they must call out and tick when they see what is written on the list – this can range from common sights, such as blue signs on a motorway, or silver cars, then on to the more specific, such as red lorries or caravans. (This is great for all ages – lists can be made age appropriate, by increasing the difficulty – e.g. instead of blue motorway signs, specify service station signs, instead of red cars, specify a certain make of car.)
The Alphabet Game: Think of an easy category (like names, or places or animals) and then find a word for every letter of the alphabet. For example, if it was names, the first person might say Anna, the second Bill, and so on.
Word Association: Take turns to start this game – the first person says sea, second person sand, third person castle etc.
Just A Minute: Talk for one minute with no hesitation, deviation or repetition. Children are surprisingly good at this, and it’s a really good way to stop this “like, you know” that keeps cropping up in their speech!.
Sausages: One person has to answer people’s questions answering only with the word ‘sausages’. Everyone has to think of the silliest questions they can ask to try and make that person laugh or smile when they say it. If they do, they are no longer it, and the person who asked the question takes over.
The Pub Game: look for pub signs and see how long it takes you to collect 5 heads or 10 arms in the Names. (e.g. the Queen’s Head; The King’s Arms etc.)
The Number Plate Game: look at the nearest number plate for the first group of three letters, then make a word using those 3 letters in any order.
The “Yes No” Game One person questions the other for 1 minute, and that person can answer anything except “yes” or “no”. If they say yes or no they are out and it’s someone else’s turn to be questioned. If they get through the minute, then they become the questioner.
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