We all know this game but why not making it more fun by changing it a little?
By the way, this game is amazing because you can revise with it not only vocabulary items but also fixed expressions.
So, let's get started!
1.Time to move a little
Prepare flashcards with what you want to revise.
For younger children it would be better to have pictures instead of the written form of the word.
For children that are just beginning their writing journey use some easy, short words like CAT, COW, RAT. You can also put little images on each flashcard to help them with identifying the right one.
Then put your cards on the wall and make sure that the surrounding is safe.
Children sit in the middle of the class. When you say Simon says: touch the cat they have to run to the appropriate card and touch it.
2.Roar like a lion!
This game gives you a great opportunity to teach your students sounds of animals. Kids have lots of fun pretending them.
You can use such phrases:
1.Roar like a lion.
2.Bark like a dog.
3.Meow like a cat.
4.Moo like a cow.
5.Quack like a duck.
5.Neigh like a horse.
6.Hoot like an owl.
7.Hiss like a snake.
3.Break the ice
You can even use this game as an icebreaker for children that know the basic expressions. Get them into a circle and give commands like:
wave at, say hello to, point at, smile at, give high-five to, shake hands with, say sth nice to
4.Just have some fun
Here you have a compilation of some funny ideas for a quick game of Simon says:
play air guitar waddle like a penguin
fly like a plane cry like a baby
be scissors ack like a monkey
yawn tickle your friend
walk backwards move like a snake
make a funny face give somebody a high-five
be a robot be very slow
jump like a bunny sneeze
stomp like an elephant be a scary ghost