Word games are great to do with the kids at lost moments. For example when you are sitting inside by corona - and secretly they are busy with language!
In this Corona crisis, children have to learn at home. In addition to the homework they have received from school, it is, of course, not wrong to do something extra now and then. But it has to be done in a fun way! To keep their language, vocabulary and word understanding up to scratch, we share the 5 best word games.
1. Galgje
One person (called player 1) makes up a word and keeps it to himself. Player 1 puts as many dots on paper as there are letters in the word. The opponent guesses a letter. If the letter is in the word, it is written on the correct dot. If the letter is not in the word, player 1 draws a part of the gallows on paper. And the wrong letter is placed next to the gallows. This way you can see which letters have already been guessed.
Can you guess the word? Then you may do so in your turn. You do not have to say a letter first. The game stops when the word has been guessed, or when the gallows has been drawn. The gallows consist of a base, an upright post, a crosswise post, a support beam, a rope, a head, a torso, arms, legs.
You can do this game with 2 or more people.
2. Last letter
Mention a word, the next player has to make a word with the last letter of the word you just mentioned. And the player after that says a word with the last letter of the word you just mentioned. And so on. For example: Bus, pavement and poo.
You can make the game more difficult by linking it to a theme. For example, only name animals, or only words that have to do with spring, a birthday or with school. For example: Lion, whale, snake.
You can play this game with 2 or more people.
3. Name as many words as possible...
Name as many words as possible...in which the word op appears. Walk, stop, set up, pay attention, sop. etc. When you can't name any more words, start again: Name as many words as possible... which include food. forget, know, measure etc etc. You can play this game with 2 or more people.
4. I am going on a trip and I am taking...
Person 1 says: I am going on a trip and I am taking it with me (and then makes up something he/she is taking with him/her). I am going on a trip and I am taking it with me and then mentions the previous person's object and then says an object of their own. The next person does the same and repeats all the objects and then says an object of their own. A wonderful memory trainer.
So, for example: I am going on a trip and I am taking a suitcase with me. - I'm going on a trip and I'm taking a suitcase, a toothbrush and a swimming costume etc. etc.
You can play this game with 2 or more people.
5. The opposite of the word
Say a word and the other person must say the opposite of that word. If it is right, the person who got it right may make up a new word for someone else. If it is wrong, he/she gets a new word of which the opposite has to be said.
From our followers we received some very nice tips! Not all word games, but nice simple and educational games. Too much fun not to share.
Rent a room
You need: squared paper and 2 pens, if possible both in a different colour. Make one large square and within it place a line in turn. If you are the one who can close a box, you may put your first letter there (or a cross, circle, heart, whatever you like). Finished? Then you count who has managed to make the most rooms. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
Guessing names
Choose a letter (or prick it with a pen in a newspaper or magazine) and then write down as many names as possible within a given time. The names that the other person also has are 0 points and the name that you alone have is 5 points (or with 3 people 0, 5 and 10). they always find it very fun to do.
Butter, cheese and eggs
Butter-cheese-and-eggs is played on 3 by 3 fields. At the start, all fields are empty. One player puts a 'cross' and the other a 'circle'. The one who has three of his own characters in a row, which may be diagonal, vertical or horizontal, has won. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)