The Halloween 'custard pie' game.

 

The Halloween ’custard pie’ game.
Subject	Phonics and Halloween vocabulary.
Richard’s comments.	A nice game for bigger classes. We’ve played this with little ones and parents. That’s fun too.
Group size:	Suitable for classes of 1-15 or so.
Team teaching game?	Can be played with one teacher. Bigger classes may require a little more support.
Materials	Halloween vocabulary. Phonics cards (You will need two sets of phonics cards) A ‘Custard pie’, ‘Balloon on a stick’ or a couple of ‘rain cloud’ ‘pom poms’ Points
Game set up.	Divide into two teams and lay one set of letters on the floor in a circle.

 

Playing rules.

Playing in teams.  Shuffle the phonics cards. Each student is given a letter. They must identify the letter, find and stand on (or behind) the corresponding letter on the floor. If you want to, you can introduce Halloween vocabulary at this point.  The teacher the shuffles the remaining cards.  I asked older students to give me a word beginning with their letter or complete a structure for a bonus point.  The teacher takes a card, identifies it and then the teacher goes to stand on that letter.  Using the chosen prop, (‘Custard pie’, ‘Balloon on a stick’, ‘rain cloud’ ‘pom-poms’) the teacher attempts to tap any student in range on the head. If the teacher can reach one student (or more) then that student must retire the field. Repeat the teacher action three times with different letters. Surviving players win a point  Repeat from the beginning The team with the most collective points at the end of the game wins the game.

Variations.

Obviously suitable for other vocabulary too.