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Pre primary and primary games
The document discusses the role of play in the development of pre-primary and primary learners, highlighting how it supports various aspects of child development. It categorizes games suited for different age groups and includes types like movement games, board games, and realia games aimed at fostering language, social interaction, and cognitive skills. Recommendations for effective game-based activities are provided to enhance learning experiences for young children.
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- 1. it’s all children’sgames playing with pre-primary and primary learners Masha Andrievich Trendy English Games, April 2o17
- 2. What are wetalking about today? - how play in general reflects child development - implications for teaching - generic game types to offer to various age groups - games for pre-schoolers and primary children - resources
- 3. Why do childrenplay at all? 👑 main child play researchers - J. Piaget, E. Eriksson, L .Vygotsky, F. Buytendijk, K. Gross 👑 play is an exercise human beings play games because they are young play is an essential vehicle for development
- 4. younger children (3.5– 5 y.o) – learn holistically – have limited motor skills – enjoy exploring the world of objects around – more self-centred rather than interested in communication with peers – in most cases, no literacy skills or just the beginning
- 5. how do werespond to these age needs? – use movement – ensure we offer games where speaking, listening and movement are all involved – build up on the interest to objects – help young students build social interaction skills
- 6. so, what arethe games, then? 1 – Realia/ Single-object games
- 7. –> the ideais to create together an object to expose the language you’ve chosen 1. provide a model 2. help create an object 3. model the language (2-3-4 phrases) 4. practice!
- 8. 2 – Movementgames – Good old TPR - Robots - Animal party - Yes/No Borderline - Games with Picture Flashcards *clear and short instructions don’t forget to change roles!
- 9. 3 – earlystage Board games – Memory (start with less pairs) – Big Dice games – Spinner games – Domino – Snap *teach Classroom language for the game – “it’s your turn”, “no, sorry”, “I’m first!” etc
- 10. primary learners (7-9y.o) 1a – Anything with pretty cards is game-ish – matching – grouping – moving – finding – guessing – describing – hiding
- 11. 1b – enhancingResource pack games
- 13. 1b – enhancingResource pack games 2 more stages: language focus (pre) and recall (post) 1 choose an area to focus on before going into the Activity (potentially difficult/add more for vocab development) 2 set the task (“We’re going to play a game. But before let’s look at..”) and go through the language 3 Model the Activity + allow time 4 Feedback 5 Recap (learners use the language from the Activity and your language focus)
- 14. 2 – Boardgames – choose games that are rich in language – chose games for skills development - Happy families type - BrainBox - Guess who? - DK games – Very Silly Sentences, etc - Scholastic Games pack - Djeco games
- 15. 3 – Dramagames – Charades – Statues – Do the opposite – Simon says
- 16. Recap? – 3 typesof games for younger children? Realia game Beginner board games Movement games – 3+ types of games for older children? Pretty cards activities Resource pack games enhanced Board games Drama games
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- 18. Resources +Carold Read’s listof flashcard “games” http://www.carolread.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/08/flashcards.pdf
- 19. Thank you forcoming! andmasha@gmail.com fromtheclass.wordpress.com facebook.com/andmasha