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36 LEARNING GAME IDEAS FROM GENIUS TEACHERS
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Keeping students engaged in learning is fun for everyone when you make it a
game! The camaraderie built with teamwork, and competition makes kids
enthusiastic about using their brains. Once you’ve seen the success of gamified
lessons, you will likely be looking for more age-appropriate learning games.
To kick off back-to-school season we asked teachers to share their favorite
learning games on social media for a chance to win $100. We were excited to
receive dozens of great responses with genius ideas including classic games and
educational apps. You might recognize a few popular apps like Kahoot, Blooklet,
or Quizlet. Find out which games these genius teachers recommend to make
classroom learning even more brilliant!
RESPONSES FROM TWITTER
1. @MelissaDarrow My students love to play a word game (similar to Wordle)
where I give them 5 words with letters missing and they have to solve the
words.
2. @iTeach2Grow I love having the class compete against each other in a rowdy
game of Gimkit or Blooket. I love the competition and always spoil the
winners!
3. @tiffanyjcochran My 2nd grade students love to play: "I Have Who Has" and
number and sight word games, Kahoot and Blooket. This is not only fun, but
they are engaged in learning!
4. @MissA_Biology My high school science students love the Blood Typing Game!
5. @JMsilver81 My first graders loved Boom Cards! My PreKs like Memory,
CandyLand and Bingo!
6. @HelenMasonSuchy For online games, I like to use @XtraMath_US to build fact
fluency. For offline fun I like hidden pictures on coordinate planes and “I
have/you have.” Obviously, I’m a math geek.
7. @cobbletsclass Gosh where do I start! My kids love PlayFactile for review
of skills. Their competitive side really comes out when we do PlayBlooket.
8. @ShauntrellLeaks My students love bingo, scavenger hunts and anything that
involves a dry erase board. For dry erase boards, when I say a letter
sound, they draw something. You can do initial, medial or final sounds.
9. @ExploreLearning - My scholars love Reflex, a math game. Also, Kahoot is
great for fast thinking.
10. @MeganPerello My classes love playing Kahoot on their devices. We use it to
review a topic we have been learning about. I can find or create my own
questions and adjust the wait time as needed. They get so excited and into
it - what learning is all about.
11. @FashionCraze88 We use playing cards to master partners of 10 and it helps
so much! My students love it!
12. @MrsBates62 Jenga but Jeopardy style! Draw blocks for your question!
13. @engageinspire22 Battleship really helps my students understand the
coordinate plane!
14. @MelissaKumanski I love all versions of the @24 game! My students love the
challenge of solving each card differently!
15. @BriTheLibrarian Librarian here...I’m trying to teach the (book) genres. My
students enjoy moving around and teamwork. So I created a giant board game
across my library, with each color representing a different genre. Students
were the game pieces and, their partner answered the questions.
16. @brezzybee We do dart multiplication (the darts are just balls with
Velcro). We play limbo math with a real limbo set. Gimkit and math balloon
pop are also favorites!
17. @jkrall0403 I love Kahoot and PlayBlooket, but if the internet is
unavailable, my go to is silent ball.
18. @Hollyd330 We love playing memory, there are so many ways to differentiate
based on needs. You could look for identical matches, match uppercase and
lowercase letters, match different representations of a number, etc.
19. @22smcd I’ve done an integer lesson based loosely on the Game of Life!
20. @kmarcoux Sounds so simple but 20 Questions. It helps them with so many
different areas - first being how to ask a yes/no question. But they learn
parts of speech, logic, deductive skills, listening skills, etc. Really
forces them to think!
21. @melh5566_hunt I have added numbers to my giant Jenga blocks. These numbers
can correspond to questions for a review of any subject or can be used for
math games like identify the number or add 10 to the number.
22. @BeccaJonesTeach My kids loved playing the make a 10 game. You can play
with decks of cards using only the numbered cards. Kids have to add up
their cards to make a 10.
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23. Jane Gissing – SPARKLE. It helps with spelling. Everyone stands in a
circle. Let’s say the word is “cat” - each child says one letter of the
word. Then, when the word is complete, the next child says sparkle and
sits. If a child gets a letter incorrect, they sit. Last child standing is
the sparkle champ of the day. I use this to go over skills words of the
week. The kids beg to play it! I love it because anyone can get sparkled.
The same kid isn’t winning each time.
24. Cassie Bahrt - 24! Students are given four numbers and have to manipulate
the numbers to make 24. They can use any operations. All numbers must be
used but can’t be used more than once. It comes with 3 levels of
difficulty!
25. Tiffany Prestidge - My students love playing four corners. I put post-it’s
around the room with the theme of the game, like parts of speech (noun,
verb, adjective, adverb), types of sentences, math signs/words, types of
nouns, vocabulary, and anything else you can think of for getting students
moving and learning.
26. Beth Stoops - We play “Roll, Say, Keep”. It’s an easy game to learn and
play and doesn’t require a lot of materials. Best part is that once they
learn it, you can use it in various ways across all subject areas.
27. Michele Warren - My class loves playing Kahoot! It gets everyone involved
and integrates technology into my classroom!
28. Emily Soderbloom-Cathy - Kahoot, Blooklet, and Quizlet for affix
vocabulary.
It’s easy to schedule parent teacher conferences with an online sign up. View an
Example
29. Hailey Crosta - My kids love playing “hide and seek” with letters and
numbers! We play it as a pocket chart game, as well as on a PowerPoint!
I’ll switch up the themes and each theme has a different objective. For
example, we have to find the leprechaun by looking behind various letters
and numbers. The kids use a “magic wand” to look behind letters and they
love it! Such a great game that can be tweaked for a ton of concepts.
30. Kel Purd - I have, who has? We play with letters and numbers as they are
learning them! I also enjoy playing magic paper. Everyone picks up garbage
off the floor and one kid who picks the “magic” one gets a prize helps
clean up the room really fast after a craft or something extra messy!
31. Caity Kay - My students love using fly swatters to locate sight words,
facts, etc. Also, scoot is another favorite. It doesn’t need to be an
intricate game, just anything that gets them up and moving!
32. Cindi Blake Lawton - We played the review game called Nine Square. There
are 9 pockets on a board. Each pocket has 3 cards in it numbered 1-3. The
cards have things like: 2 extra points, take 2 points from another team,
team with lowest points does 10 push ups, switch points with another team,
10 bonus points, highest team gives lowest team a point, etc. You divide
students into teams. Each team gets a question of their own. If they answer
a question correctly, they get a point plus choose a pocket and # card. For
example: Pocket 7 Card 3. They have to do what that card says. You can play
a certain number of questions or until all pockets are empty. If they get
it wrong the next team can try to steal their turn. Kids love it and you
don’t know who is going to win until the very end! You can mix up pockets
afterwards so when they play again cards are in different slots.
33. Kristy Railsback Shoemake - My kids love outdoor learning, so they complete
a list of Math problems and then when they have them all correct, I send
them to an activity (jump rope, hula hoop, or various activities on the
playground) to complete. Then they repeat. This is all working as a team.
34. Olga Cabrera - In our class, we play vocab-ball! To review important
vocabulary before every end of unit test (reading). I create 6 teams of
students and take turns showing pictures and clues for them to be able to
guess the word. If correct, they get a chance to shoot the ball into the
basketball hoop! All students love competing and reviewing with this game,
and of course - winning!
35. Tauna Beyer Fink - I love to use Jeopardy for review. I also play Tic Tac
Toe review and let them hurl bean bags at the smart board to pick a square
(the boys especially love this).
36. Mary Ann Stewart –
* Hop To It with letter cards on the floor- orally give a series of letters for
them to hop to, or a spelling word to hop to letters to spell. Can be used
with numbers, etc.
* If a small group: musical chairs. I place books on chairs, when music stops,
they sit and read for 2 minutes, then start music, remove a chair and repeat.
They can use with letters, spelling words, numbers, math problems as well and
have them answer to stay in chair.
* Bingo for any review skill. Provide blank board and gave them write letters,
numbers, and spelling words on chosen space. I provided cereal for markers,
and they eat it after many repetitions of the game.
* Uno - either commercially made or with rhymes to review short and long
vowels.
* Connect the dots. On a large chart paper or smart board make a grid of dots
and write letters, numbers, sight words or spelling words in each section.
Have students take turns with, “I will put my line under, over, or between.”
When they make a square, they put initials on square. When the grid is full,
student with most boxes wins.
By the time you finish this list, a whole school year can go by. While class is
still in session, mix up your regular lesson plans with some of these games.
Remember, there’s no such thing as too much fun if everyone’s learning!
Thanks to all these teachers for sharing their great ideas for learning games!
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36 LEARNING GAME IDEAS FROM GENIUS TEACHERS
Keeping students engaged in learning is fun for everyone when you make it a
game! The camaraderie built with teamwork, and competition makes kids
enthusiastic about using their brains. Once you’ve seen the success of gamified
lessons, you will likely be looking for more age-appropriate learning games.
To kick off back-to-school season we asked teachers to share their favorite
learning games on social media for a chance to win $100. We were excited to
receive dozens of great responses with genius ideas including classic games and
educational apps. You might recognize a few popular apps like Kahoot, Blooklet,
or Quizlet. Find out which games these genius teachers recommend to make
classroom learning even more brilliant!
RESPONSES FROM TWITTER
1. @MelissaDarrow My students love to play a word game (similar to Wordle)
where I give them 5 words with letters missing and they have to solve the
words.
2. @iTeach2Grow I love having the class compete against each other in a rowdy
game of Gimkit or Blooket. I love the competition and always spoil the
winners!
3. @tiffanyjcochran My 2nd grade students love to play: "I Have Who Has" and
number and sight word games, Kahoot and Blooket. This is not only fun, but
they are engaged in learning!
4. @MissA_Biology My high school science students love the Blood Typing Game!
5. @JMsilver81 My first graders loved Boom Cards! My PreKs like Memory,
CandyLand and Bingo!
6. @HelenMasonSuchy For online games, I like to use @XtraMath_US to build fact
fluency. For offline fun I like hidden pictures on coordinate planes and “I
have/you have.” Obviously, I’m a math geek.
7. @cobbletsclass Gosh where do I start! My kids love PlayFactile for review
of skills. Their competitive side really comes out when we do PlayBlooket.
8. @ShauntrellLeaks My students love bingo, scavenger hunts and anything that
involves a dry erase board. For dry erase boards, when I say a letter
sound, they draw something. You can do initial, medial or final sounds.
9. @ExploreLearning - My scholars love Reflex, a math game. Also, Kahoot is
great for fast thinking.
10. @MeganPerello My classes love playing Kahoot on their devices. We use it to
review a topic we have been learning about. I can find or create my own
questions and adjust the wait time as needed. They get so excited and into
it - what learning is all about.
11. @FashionCraze88 We use playing cards to master partners of 10 and it helps
so much! My students love it!
12. @MrsBates62 Jenga but Jeopardy style! Draw blocks for your question!
13. @engageinspire22 Battleship really helps my students understand the
coordinate plane!
14. @MelissaKumanski I love all versions of the @24 game! My students love the
challenge of solving each card differently!
15. @BriTheLibrarian Librarian here...I’m trying to teach the (book) genres. My
students enjoy moving around and teamwork. So I created a giant board game
across my library, with each color representing a different genre. Students
were the game pieces and, their partner answered the questions.
16. @brezzybee We do dart multiplication (the darts are just balls with
Velcro). We play limbo math with a real limbo set. Gimkit and math balloon
pop are also favorites!
17. @jkrall0403 I love Kahoot and PlayBlooket, but if the internet is
unavailable, my go to is silent ball.
18. @Hollyd330 We love playing memory, there are so many ways to differentiate
based on needs. You could look for identical matches, match uppercase and
lowercase letters, match different representations of a number, etc.
19. @22smcd I’ve done an integer lesson based loosely on the Game of Life!
20. @kmarcoux Sounds so simple but 20 Questions. It helps them with so many
different areas - first being how to ask a yes/no question. But they learn
parts of speech, logic, deductive skills, listening skills, etc. Really
forces them to think!
21. @melh5566_hunt I have added numbers to my giant Jenga blocks. These numbers
can correspond to questions for a review of any subject or can be used for
math games like identify the number or add 10 to the number.
22. @BeccaJonesTeach My kids loved playing the make a 10 game. You can play
with decks of cards using only the numbered cards. Kids have to add up
their cards to make a 10.
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23. Jane Gissing – SPARKLE. It helps with spelling. Everyone stands in a
circle. Let’s say the word is “cat” - each child says one letter of the
word. Then, when the word is complete, the next child says sparkle and
sits. If a child gets a letter incorrect, they sit. Last child standing is
the sparkle champ of the day. I use this to go over skills words of the
week. The kids beg to play it! I love it because anyone can get sparkled.
The same kid isn’t winning each time.
24. Cassie Bahrt - 24! Students are given four numbers and have to manipulate
the numbers to make 24. They can use any operations. All numbers must be
used but can’t be used more than once. It comes with 3 levels of
difficulty!
25. Tiffany Prestidge - My students love playing four corners. I put post-it’s
around the room with the theme of the game, like parts of speech (noun,
verb, adjective, adverb), types of sentences, math signs/words, types of
nouns, vocabulary, and anything else you can think of for getting students
moving and learning.
26. Beth Stoops - We play “Roll, Say, Keep”. It’s an easy game to learn and
play and doesn’t require a lot of materials. Best part is that once they
learn it, you can use it in various ways across all subject areas.
27. Michele Warren - My class loves playing Kahoot! It gets everyone involved
and integrates technology into my classroom!
28. Emily Soderbloom-Cathy - Kahoot, Blooklet, and Quizlet for affix
vocabulary.
It’s easy to schedule parent teacher conferences with an online sign up. View an
Example
29. Hailey Crosta - My kids love playing “hide and seek” with letters and
numbers! We play it as a pocket chart game, as well as on a PowerPoint!
I’ll switch up the themes and each theme has a different objective. For
example, we have to find the leprechaun by looking behind various letters
and numbers. The kids use a “magic wand” to look behind letters and they
love it! Such a great game that can be tweaked for a ton of concepts.
30. Kel Purd - I have, who has? We play with letters and numbers as they are
learning them! I also enjoy playing magic paper. Everyone picks up garbage
off the floor and one kid who picks the “magic” one gets a prize helps
clean up the room really fast after a craft or something extra messy!
31. Caity Kay - My students love using fly swatters to locate sight words,
facts, etc. Also, scoot is another favorite. It doesn’t need to be an
intricate game, just anything that gets them up and moving!
32. Cindi Blake Lawton - We played the review game called Nine Square. There
are 9 pockets on a board. Each pocket has 3 cards in it numbered 1-3. The
cards have things like: 2 extra points, take 2 points from another team,
team with lowest points does 10 push ups, switch points with another team,
10 bonus points, highest team gives lowest team a point, etc. You divide
students into teams. Each team gets a question of their own. If they answer
a question correctly, they get a point plus choose a pocket and # card. For
example: Pocket 7 Card 3. They have to do what that card says. You can play
a certain number of questions or until all pockets are empty. If they get
it wrong the next team can try to steal their turn. Kids love it and you
don’t know who is going to win until the very end! You can mix up pockets
afterwards so when they play again cards are in different slots.
33. Kristy Railsback Shoemake - My kids love outdoor learning, so they complete
a list of Math problems and then when they have them all correct, I send
them to an activity (jump rope, hula hoop, or various activities on the
playground) to complete. Then they repeat. This is all working as a team.
34. Olga Cabrera - In our class, we play vocab-ball! To review important
vocabulary before every end of unit test (reading). I create 6 teams of
students and take turns showing pictures and clues for them to be able to
guess the word. If correct, they get a chance to shoot the ball into the
basketball hoop! All students love competing and reviewing with this game,
and of course - winning!
35. Tauna Beyer Fink - I love to use Jeopardy for review. I also play Tic Tac
Toe review and let them hurl bean bags at the smart board to pick a square
(the boys especially love this).
36. Mary Ann Stewart –
* Hop To It with letter cards on the floor- orally give a series of letters for
them to hop to, or a spelling word to hop to letters to spell. Can be used
with numbers, etc.
* If a small group: musical chairs. I place books on chairs, when music stops,
they sit and read for 2 minutes, then start music, remove a chair and repeat.
They can use with letters, spelling words, numbers, math problems as well and
have them answer to stay in chair.
* Bingo for any review skill. Provide blank board and gave them write letters,
numbers, and spelling words on chosen space. I provided cereal for markers,
and they eat it after many repetitions of the game.
* Uno - either commercially made or with rhymes to review short and long
vowels.
* Connect the dots. On a large chart paper or smart board make a grid of dots
and write letters, numbers, sight words or spelling words in each section.
Have students take turns with, “I will put my line under, over, or between.”
When they make a square, they put initials on square. When the grid is full,
student with most boxes wins.
By the time you finish this list, a whole school year can go by. While class is
still in session, mix up your regular lesson plans with some of these games.
Remember, there’s no such thing as too much fun if everyone’s learning!
Thanks to all these teachers for sharing their great ideas for learning games!
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