Foundation Phase classroom games

Foundation Phase games  Teacha!

These Foundation Phase games are perfect back-to-school and end-of-year activities. The curriculum so often lends itself towards rote learning and textbook work. It is important to make time for free play and interactive activities that keep your learners engaged. Games are a simple way to encourage learners to use their imagination and creativity and develop their social skills.

And who doesn’t like games? Not only are they fun, interactive, and social but they are also great tools for learning.

Enjoy this collection of fun classroom games!

Looking for more fun teaching resources? We also have a collection of Afrikaans games.

Numeracy

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Multiplication Facts Fluency Game - 2 Times Table Review - Printable and Digital - Underwater

Description

Need a game for practicing multiplication facts fluency for the 2 times table with your kiddos that will be fun and engaging? This underwater themed math board game is perfect for getting your students focused on multiplication facts for 2! With printable and digital versions of this multiplication facts activity included, you will be able to use this board game no matter what life throws at you - whether you are teaching in person or doing distance learning!
 
Save on this resource with my Underwater Times Tables Board Games Bundle - you can get all my underwater themed times tables board games for the price of 5! You will also get a special, BONUS file with the bundle - which will allow you to play the digital board game with all of the times tables together - or any combination you wish!
 
If you choose to use the printable version of this game, prep includes printing, laminating and cutting.
 
If you choose to use the online game there is no prep required!
 
The digital game is a macro-enabled PowerPoints. You or your students wishing to play the game will need to enable macros in order to play it. Check out the preview video to see the game in action!
 
The digital task cards come in 2 formats - PowerPoint (regular - not macro-enabled) and PDF. They are self-checking, so students will know if they are getting the answers correct or not as they practice their multiplication facts!
 
Ideas for how to use this multiplication facts activity:
 
If you are using the printable version of this game
  • Use as a math center
  • Use in small groups
  • Use the question cards on their own as flash cards
If you are using the digital version of this game
  • Assign just the task cards (PowerPoint or PDF) for students to practice individually
  • Assign the board game for students to practice together in groups of 2-4. Students will need to work together on the same computer/device.
  • Use the game with the entire class if you have an interactive whiteboard (Smartboard)! Simply divide the class into 4 groups (one for each fish) and allow the students in the groups to take turns to come up and move their group's fish and do the task cards when required.
  • Parents can play the board game with their children to help them practicing their times tables for homework or in a homeschool setting.
 
This fun Multiplication Fluency Board Game resource includes:
  • Clickable contents for easy navigation
  • Teacher information
  • Printable game
  • How to play (game instructions), Game board and Question cards
  • Different printing options for the game board and card backs so you can choose how much colour ink/toner you wish to use, or just print in black and white!
  • Set of 24 digital task cards
  • match the correct answer to a given question
  • match the correct question to a given answer
  • Self-checking
  • 2 file formats to choose from - PDF or PowerPoint
  • Digital board game
  • Macro-enabled PowerPoint file (macros MUST be enabled on the computer in order for the game to work.)
  • Dice that rolls
  • Auditory instructions
  • Movable fish pieces for students to move around the board
  • Students are rewarded for completing task cards before the time runs out!
 
Your kiddos will love practicing their times table with this fun underwater themed board game!
 
Please note:
  • The digital options for this product are in a Google Drive folder. You will receive a link to access this folder so that you can download these resources if you wish to use them.
Thank you so much,
Colleen Schwartz

Literacy

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Play Snakes And Ladders: Fun Ways To Practise 3 Letter Phonic Words (3+)

Description

Play Snakes And Ladders: Fun Ways To Practise 3 Letter Phonic Words Play a game of snakes and ladders. Read the word correctly to move on or miss your turn. Fun ways to practise 3 letter phonic words. How To Use The Pre Reader Work Packs At Guinea Pig Education we believe children do not need to spend years learning reading skills; this innovative new scheme teaches children to read in just six months to a year. A non reader should start with our pre reading material. The Pre reader work packs use phonics or the sounds in words. The child can learn a series of phonic sounds, which give him or her a 'tool' to work out nearly 80% of words in the English language. The other 20% of words will be learnt by looking and saying the words. In these packs, the child (or group of children) will be taught to recognise initial sounds as in 'b', 'd' and vowel sounds as in 'a' - c...a...t. They will practise running sounds together to make words. The sentence maker will help him or her to organise the words into sentences. The packs are easy to use with clear instructions, for the adult to use with a child (or group of children). The structured material encourages the child to practise word building and sentence making using phonic sounds. To make learning a really fun experience, the material contains word games, like snap and bingo. The child (children) can move on when the adult is confident the sounds have been learnt. Learn To Read With Phonics Pre Reader packs are designed to start children reading who have not done any reading before. They are a starting point for learning to read with phonics. Children can start at three or four, if they are ready to concentrate. The Pre Reader packs introduce the 26 sounds of the alphabet, the skills of sounding out words with phonics and blending phonic sounds to make three and four letter words. The child (children) should practise the material each day and move on only when the child is familiar with the material. The course is structured. Each new sound builds on the one that went before. Tell the child (children) to personalise the drawings, adding to them, using their own ideas. Play the games. Repeat the exercises many times until they know the words. They should have fun learning to read. 4 pages www.guineapigeducationshop.com

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IsiZulu Transport / Izokuthutha SNAP / Flashcards

Description

This resource is made up of 12 transport cards, with three copies of each card. These cards can be used as flashcards or discussion cards where children can compare different types of transport. They can also be used to sort into land, water and air transport. This resource is great for games such as snap or memory. I recommend laminating the cards for durability. Snap: The cards are dealt out evenly to the players in the group. Players should not look at their cards. They should be kept in a pile face down in front of the player. The first player to go, removes the card from the top of their pile and puts it face up in the middle for all players to see. The next player does the same by putting their card on top of the previous player’s card. If the cards are the same, the player to spot it shouts snap. That player then gets all the cards in the middle. The aim of the game is to get all the cards. Memory: Choose 3 sets of matching cards. Place the cards face down. Player one turns over two cards, if they are the same the player gets to keep them. If they are different, the player must turn them over again, placing them in the same place that they were. Player two then gets a turn. This continues until all the cards have been matched. The person with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner. You can make the game more difficult by adding more matching sets to the game. Please note that I do not speak isiZulu and all my isiZulu resources have come together from the work that I do for an N.P.O.(Siyakwazi). I have spent many hours researching and finding words, phrases etc that can assist in creating much needed isiZulu resources.