Ever wanted to learn the actual Mahjong rules? Then read our guide to learn how to play Mahjong, including scoring and other variations.

Here are 15 high energy games to play in Sunday School.

With so much to prepare as a new school year begins, getting a variety of good options ready to use for your early finishers is one of those things that unfortunately tends to slip lower and lower on your to-do list. After all, there's always "read a book" or "go on your Chromebook". But are those kinds of very broad choices the optimal use of learning time for fast finishers? It's not that they're not good choices, but every learner needs and deserves more! What do the strongest options for K-3 learners look like? * The best options reward students with the opportunity to choose. They have to think about what they'd like to do, think about what's a new choice or what they've already done and want to try again (or what they don't!). They gain confidence as they practice making choices. Choice requires thinking, choice is empowering. * Look for options that allow your students to take what they've learned in class and extend it, learning more, for example, about the social studies or science topic you're teaching. * Look for activities that your students can complete independently! Look for clearly written directions and activities in the same format as they've already completed as a class (color-by-code math pages, for example). Let's look at a few options you might consider preparing today, before there's a little sweetie tapping on your hip saying, "What do I do now?" :) 1. Draw and Write: Prep a set of task cards or a chart list of people and/or places. Students who finish early can choose one or more cards and imagine a situation that places them together. Then they'll choose whether to illustrate and write a few sentences about the situation, or take a graphic novel / cartoon approach, writing the conversation between the characters. Short on time and need some quick-and-easy prep task cards for this? Here's a set of 120 character and setting cards, available in both English and Spanish. 2. Reading self-selected books is never a bad option, but consider getting more learning power from this by offering a collection of books that echo what you're currently teaching, as mentioned above. Your school librarian (pleeeease tell me that you still have a school librarian!) or public library will likely be able to help with suggestions! For example, are you teaching the butterfly life cycle? Offer your early finishers choices from the books you've used as read alouds, or extend the opportunities to learn with something more advanced like a field guide to butterflies - there's so much to be learned from visuals, and pictures may be just what some students need to spark curiosity and learn more! 3. I mentioned color by code as an activity that works on repeat. Another activity that will be used again and again is this math variation on word searches - sum searches through totals of 20. Print your word and number searches on cardstock and laminate - they'll get lots of repeat uses and you won't be running to the copy machine! 4. Playing games is a fun and motivating way for early finishers (and ALL students!) to practice what they've learned. But it can get tricky if a student finishes and has no one to play a game with! Look for activity type "games" that can be completed by just one person, like matching and sorting. If you'd like to try one-player games that have built-in competition, here are some solo challenge math game collections at my TPT store. Curious how that works? Click the links below for a closer look! Addition Within 20 (Gr. 1-2) Subtraction Strategies, Counting Back within 120 (Gr. 1-2) Place Value Games (Gr. 1) 5. Offer a selection of puzzles and brain teasers that are so engaging that your students will think that they're playing, not practicing! One of my students' favorites was math riddle task cards, which are basically elimination riddles ... use math clues and critical thinking to eliminate all but one of the provided answer options. I have TONS of math riddle sets in my store! If you click on these grade level bundles, you can scroll down on each to see the single topic sets that are included. I hope these options will be helpful for you, and get you thinking of other choices that will be a good match for your fast finishers! Above all, make your options so enticing that they'll motivate all of your students to stay on task so they too can be part of the exciting activities that you've gathered! Happy learning!

Learn to play Parcheesi - an old Indian ancestor of Ludo and other family-friendly board games. These simple Parcheesi rules explain all you need to know.

Knuckles card game is an easy to learn, fun to play game that kids love to play over and over. Learn how to play today.

Fun and engaging ESL activities, games and worksheets in printable PDF format with full teacher's notes and answers for English teachers to use in class.

Today, I’d like to talk about the dangers of gameschooling. I’ve been meaning to chat about this for some time now because I see it happen all the time with friends and family and also …

I am so excited about this new game! I wanted to engage all my students in an activity where they were finding the slope of a linear equation from a graph. I remembered playing "I have, Who has..." games with my elementary students back in student teaching. Click here to see this resource in my TPT Store. I have all my students stand up in the room. This gets them up and out of their seat! I pass out the cards to each student. There are 36 cards total. If you have less than 36 students give some students two cards. I tell the students to go ahead and look at their graph on their card and find the slope of the given line. Each graph already has two points given so this helps as well! You can start at any card because they all loop back to each other. You can start with a card or have a student start the game. I set the stopwatch on my phone to time the students or you can Click here for a free Google stopwatch. As the teacher, find the card that you are going to start with, on the Answer Key. You can follow along on the key to make sure the students are correct. If the question doesn't match the answer key then that student is incorrect. They love competing with other classes to see who can get through the loop the fastest. You really have to pay attention and know your card's slope! Our first run took about 7 minutes. The second run was only 3 minutes! You can also write the times from each class on the board and give a small incentive to the class who can do it the fastest! Have fun! Click here to get this Game for your students!

Slam is an easy to play game of luck. Players of all ages will love this game. Get the rules for your next game night

What a long description!! Please excuse my wordiness, but there seemed to be no other way to completely describe this process. I didn't want to leave out any steps for those who were willing to try to make this fun game board.

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Never learned how to play Solitaire? No time like the present! Learn how to play Solitaire here along with the "real" name for Solitaire.

Find out all the top picks for fun games to play in class. Liven up the classroom with these engaging games and activities.

Learning chess for kids and how to play chess for beginners is a fun educational game. How do you explain chess to a child, learn to play chess for kids and what's the best way for learning chess moves? We have game resources, including where to find free online chess for kids and kids' games directions and strategy! Definitely add this to your homeschooling gameschooling and homeschool chess game teaching!

Learn fun sportsmanship activities and ways to teach kids about teamwork and cooperation. Help children build essential life skills from a school counselor!

Roll It! Rounding Game is tons of fun for practicing rounding numbers or rounding decimals in math centers. Learn how to play this rounding game and download your free game boards.

If you want to run an AWESOME youth lesson on facing fear, then you have read this lesson on Psalm 34 (including a free downloadable pdf lesson guide).

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As someone who has played solo wargames, I wanted to share my experience and thoughts on the subject. It's not something you should be ashamed of doing, and there's a lot to be learned from solo wargaming. So, check out my tips and advice on the subject.

This is such an easy way to teach a new song. The chorister before me had something similar to this as her “Go-to” activity for primary. How to play: Set up your board like in the pictures. Put the lyrics to your song to the left of the vehicles. Have a child pick which vehicle they want to progress. Sing that line of the song and move the car one space forward. Play continues until all song lines are sung 4 times each and the cars are on the other side of the finish line. But who will the children decide to win the race?

Are you having your friends over but not sure how to get the party started? Here are some super fun games to play with friends!

When I Grow Up, I Want to Be... is a fun theme to explore with preschoolers! Print these fun occupation flashcards to learn and play about the different jobs people do!

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If you've ever wondered how to make geography more interactive, this list of 100 hands-on geography activities for middle school is perfect for you.

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Kids-love-to-play-games and that's why this place value game is one that your students will beg you to play!

If you are looking for couple games to play during your next date night, we have the best games to consider. Whether you are looking for a fun board game or just want to grab a deck of cards, there is a great option listed below for you.

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In this game students build atoms for the first 18 elements of the periodic table. They’ll see how an element’s location in the table connects to its atomic structure. Using a small game board and moveable pieces, students construct a visual model of atoms and see how different atoms compare in numbers of electrons, protons, and neutrons.  Games are a great way to help students internalize difficult information and concepts. Here they’re engaging with the pattern of atomic structure and seeing how that connects to the periodic table. Since this understanding is quite complex, it tends to take time and multiple activities to solidify for most students. Games are a valuable addition to your teaching collection.  Use this to learn and reinforce answers to questions such as: ❑  Where are the different particles located in atoms? ❑  How do atoms differ one from another? ❑  How does an atom’s structure connect to its location on the periodic table? Once students play the game, they can capture their observations using the included Lab Notes or probing questions included in the instructions.  Concepts Addressed ♦  Atoms are a specific arrangement of protons, neutrons and electrons. ♦  An atom’s mass is comprised of its number of protons and neutrons. ♦  The atomic number stands for the number of an atom’s protons. Standards Addressed    TEKS 8.5A; 8.5C; 8.3B VA SOL Science PS 4a GSE S8P1 (part e) Answer Keys and Teacher Notes address most questions and issues that might arise in this study—you shouldn’t have to do any outside research unless you want to. Materials Needed     Copies of game cards which can be made on cardstock and/or laminated. Copies of the game board and directions that can be placed into page protectors or laminated. Directions are designed to be non-consumable and go straight into students’ hands without additional explanation. Prep Time   Collect playing pieces, about 35 of three different colors are needed for each lab group or game. Teaching Time   About 40 mins depending on accompanying writing assignment. Student Sheets   Scaffolded writing prompts & lab reporting  Connect with me…Click here to visit my website to find out about teaching ideas and resources. • If you enjoy this product, please leave feedback   to earn credits for future purchases! • If you have questions or problems, please let me know in the Q&A section and I’ll get back to you asap. Terms of Use Copyright © Carolyn Balch. All rights reserved by the author. This product is to be used by the original downloader only. Copying for more than one teacher, classroom, department, school, or school system is prohibited. This product may not be distributed or displayed digitally for public view. Failure to comply is a copyright infringement and a violation of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Clipart and elements found in this PDF are copyrighted and cannot be extracted and used outside of this file without permission or license. Intended for classroom and personal use ONLY.

Use your quick thinking skills to play the Speed card game and learn all the rules of the game with this helpful guide.

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When it comes to playing games with students, keep the games as simple as possible! You don't want to spend valuable lesson time just explaining how a game works. These printable cards offer loads of possibilities for making quick, simple games with students.

Grammar. Did I just hear you groan when I said that? Grammar isn't often at the top of the list of kids' favorite subjects. But grammar doesn't have to be boring or tedious. You can have a great deal of fun with it while learning why it is so important with this FREE Pick the Punctuation Board Game.