Larry Slater

While each card has their items arranged differently, there should be two cards for each number. Have these pairs mixed up and then the students must match them up while saying which cards they are trying to match.

Place ten cards out and take one card out of the ten. Have a student hide their eyes while you take the one card away. When they are told to look they must tell you which card is missing.

Glue a certain number of items to a playing card. This card will then represent the number that the items add up to. Make cards with a different number of items while arranging the items differently on each card.

Place the cards face down on the table. As one card is turned up the student must think of another word that starts with the same sound. Or, upon picking up a card, the student must think about a word that rhymes with the card. You could also reverse the play by playing with the [...]

Some English words have similar sounds but entirely different meanings. Hat and cat. Sink and mink. Cape and cap. Etc. Make up picture cards of some of these pairs and place them out in a 4 by 4 square. Now the teacher asks which is the first and which is the second of the pairs. [...]

Show a card to a team. Have the team create a sentence from it. If the sentence is a good sentence then the team gets a point. If it is not then they lose a point.

Place your cards face down on a table. Have a student turn over three cards. With these three cards the student has to create a sentence. If the student can make a complete sentence then they keep the cards. If the student can’t make a sentence then the cards are placed face down on the [...]

This is a more advanced game and requires some preparation. First either makes up cards with new vocabulary words on them or use special ready-made cards. Lay these cards out in front of you. Now start to make up a story using the words on the cards. Write up the story on a large sheet [...]