The ‘bridge’ jumping game.

 

The ‘bridge’ jumping game.
Subject	Letter names and sounds. Vocabulary.
Richard’s comments.	Very useful vocabulary game with plenty of repetition.
Group size:	Classes 1-10 are ok. It might well work with larger classes too.
Team teaching game?	You will need one supervisor per team as it is a race game.
Materials	Vocabulary cards. Phonics cards. 1 set per team.
Game set up.	Drill phonics and vocabulary. Lay the vocabulary cards face up on the floor. Divide into even teams.
Playing rules.	First team player takes a phonics card saying the name or the sound and places it on the first vocabulary card. (Either identify the card or make the structure.) Continue over the bridge. (Don’t actually stand on the cards.) Second player takes a card, identifies the first and second cards and placing the phonics card on the second vocabulary card.   Each player repeats the process saying the preceding cards as they go. First team to complete the bridge and ‘save’ the teacher (Standing at the other end of the bridge) wins. Add a ‘handicap’ by giving extra cards to the winning team and repeat.
When I played this game, I found that it worked best when we began with everybody in the team repeating the vocabulary together leaving one point for each player to do individually at the end.
Variations.	Should work with vocabulary too.