Teaching Aids
for Ages 8-12
The Story Telling Game
• Narrative skills- tell a fun
and creative story in a game format
• Turn taking- each
person adds to the story
• Encourages important literacy
skills
• Also works on listening skills (tell the story
back as your remember it)
IlluStory Make Your Own Story
• Make your own book
kit allows children to write and illustrate their
own story
• Receive a color-copied, professionally
type-set book in a few short weeks
• Motivating and
fun way to work on narrative skills
Scientific Explorer’s
Tasty Science Chemistry in the Kitchen Set
• Cause/Effect- work on making guesses
about what will happen with the experiments and also
reasons why things happen (e.g., Why did the soda
pop fizz?)
• Sequencing-
following directions for the recipes
• Vocabulary-
talk about features of what you make (e.g., sweet,
sticky cupcakes)
Taboo for Kids
• Vocabulary- work on describing the
words without using the taboo words
• Turn taking-
needs four or more players
• Social skills- work
on playing in teams of two, work together to describe
and guess words
Mad Science Bubble Experiment Lab
• Cause/Effect- work on
making inferences or “guesses” before and after the
experiments
• Older kids love
bubbles too!
• Vocabulary- describe features of experiments
• Sequencing-
follow steps of experiments
Headbanz for Kids
• Vocabulary- Work on describing
common things, ask questions about categories
• Inference-
make guesses as to what your headband is by asking
questions
• Social Skills- take turns, ask questions
to friends
• Similar to the twenty-questions type game
but a fun twist is that you “wear” your answer
Action Verbs Jingo
• Inference skills- make guesses after hearing the clue read aloud
• Grammar/syntax- make sentences with the action words, work on parts of speech and complex sentence structure
• Social skills- work on turn taking, can be played with three or more players
• Check out a variety of other J-I-N-G-O game themes such as ones for holidays, other themes and curriculum content areas
Charades for Kids
• Vocabulary- work on describing things without using words
• Social – pretend play; turn taking, reading non-verbal messages
• Following directions- read directions and explain them to friends
• Good for children who have a hard time reading non-verbal cues and emotions
Mystery Garden Game
• Similar to
a twenty questions type game
• Vocabulary- work on
describing things on the game board
• Inference- ask
questions to determine what secret picture your partner
has
• Social Skills- take turns, ask questions to friends,
can also work in teams
Guess Where Game
• Similar to Guess Who Game but more
complex
• Inference- ask questions to figure out which
characters are in what rooms (e.g., Are there any
animals downstairs? Is mom in the kitchen?)
Guess Who? Game
• Inference- Ask questions to figure
out partner’s secret character (e.g., Is yours wearing
a hat?)
• Vocabulary – work on adjectives (e.g., Does
yours have red cheeks?)
• Following directions – read
the rules and then explain them to friends
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