Artist at work

For this drawing game, you´ll need paper, and a pen or pencil. Choose someone to be the "artist".

1. The artist thinks of something to draw that won´t be too easy for the others to guess.

2. The artist starts to draw the object, a shape at a time.

3. Everyone else tries to guess what they are drawing.

4. The artist continues until someone guesses what they are drawing. The first to guess correctly is the next artist.

FIERCE MR CROCODILE

Use chalk to draw 2 lines on the ground for a river. Then, choose to be Mr Crocodile.

1. Mr. Crocodile stands in the river. The others all stand on one side of the river and ask:

"Fierce Mr. Crocodile, may we cross your river?"

2. Mr. Crocodile replies: Only if you´re wearing something ..., then says something such as ... red!

3. Anyone who is tagged is out. The game continues in the same way with Mr Crocodile giving a different answer each time. The last person to be tagged wins and is the next Mr Crocodile.

SQUISH -SQUASH

1. In this counting game, some numbers are replaced with squish,squash and squish-squash.
You will need to know your three and five times tables.

Squish : numbers that can be divided by 3, such as 3,6,9,12,15,18 and so on.
Squash: numbers that can be divided by 5 such as 5,10,15,20,25 and so on.

Squish-squash: numbers that can be divided by 3 and 5 such as 15 or 30.


2. Count up from 1 taking turns to say a number :

1-2- squish-4-squash-6


3. Continue for as long as you can. If anyone hesitates or makes a mistake, they´re out

27 (squish)-28  (twenty eight)- 29 (twenty nine)-squish-squash-

STILL AS A STATUE

1.Choose someone to be a statue. The statue can stand or sit, and has to stay completely still.


2. Everyone else tries to make the statue move. They´re not allowed to touch her, but they can try:



Making faces                    Doing funny dances                        Telling jokes

3. When the statue moves, smiles or laughs, it someone else´s turn to be the statue.

TIP: This game can be played in a car, but no one should shout or yell, or they will distract the driver.

LOTS OF LEGS

Two people can play this game in a car, train or bus.

1. Each person looks out of a different side. Someone starts the game by saying "Lots of legs!" and both people try to spot legs, such as:

a person´s legs                   the legs on a chair or table                  an animal´s legs






or legs on a sign...



2. Each time someone spots some legs, they call out :


Cow four legs!  Four legs on that bench!  A jogger two legs!    Two chairs eight legs!




Each person keeps a count of how many legs they see altogether.

3. The first person to spot 20 legs wins the game.

A to Z SPOTTING

Play this game in a car or in a busy place. Everyone has to try to spot things that start with the letters of the alphabet. Agree which letters are too difficult (such as Q,X or Z) and leave them out.

1. Everyone tries to spot something beginning with A. The first person to do so shouts out what they´ve spotted...

2. ... then everyone tries to spot something beginning with B.

3. Continue through the rest of the alphabet. If a letter takes too long, agree to move onto the next one.

Practice your English vocabulary

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BELlZKpi1Zs