If you have a deck of cards, you can put them to good use in your piano studio! Quick Finger Number Review: Preselect cards numbered 2-5. Have your student pi…
Today I am going to be sharing a SUPER SIMPLE coding card game for kids. We use this activity to introduce kids to coding and to teach basic coding concepts and computational thinking skills. This
Make Ten... A fun and easy card game for kids that reinforces math concepts and uses a regular deck of playing cards. Free printable play mat included!
Today I am going to be sharing a SUPER SIMPLE coding card game for kids. We use this activity to introduce kids to coding and to teach basic coding concepts and computational thinking skills. This
I love to play games and sometimes it takes a lot to get my family to play along with me! Here are a few that everyone seems to enjoy that are fun to play! I love them because they work with just 2…
{Affiliate links used.} One of my older posts that has been extremely popular is how to use a Spanish deck of cards to get your students talking. All you need are Spanish Playing Cards {about one deck per five students} and the printouts I provide. La Baraja is the name of the deck used in Spanish-speaking countries. It is smaller than the English version containing only forty cards in all. It also has different suits: oros (coins), bastos (clubs), espadas (swords), and copas (cups). Traditionally, each of the suits represented a different part of medieval society. The oros were merchants. The bastos were the peasants. The espadas were the military, and the copas represented the Church. The face cards are also different. There is the sota (like our Jack), the caballo (horse/knight), and the rey (king). Interestingly, there are no cards with the numbers eight and nine on them. To use the cards and the questions, just shuffle the cards and put them face down in the middle of the group (no more than five students). One student picks up a card and finds the appropriate question based on the suit and number of the card. He or she then asks the person next to them the question. That student answers and then picks up a card to ask the next student and so on and so forth. I find that this activity works well at the beginning or end of a lesson. It doesn't take a lot of set-up especially if you have the decks on hand. I have laminated my question sheets so that they can be used again and again. All you have to do is pull the materials out and get your students talking! Here is my previous post with two free printables to use with these cards. Here is a NEW printable of questions! Come back later in the month and I will offer up a fourth printable to use with the Spanish deck! Are you interested in getting teaching ideas for your language classroom? See all the posts in this series...
Names and events in History and Science can be learned early with special decks of cards and the game of Go-fish.
The word "math" can make many kids groan. They do not have the motivation to do yet another math worksheet or take another timed quiz. But what is one word every kid loves? Games! Whether you want to help solidify number knowledge or review some skills you have recently taught, one simple deck of cards can be used to play the 30 math card games provided below to get your students engaged in and excited about math!
Today I am going to be sharing a SUPER SIMPLE coding card game for kids. We use this activity to introduce kids to coding and to teach basic coding concepts and computational thinking skills. This
Creative games, crafts and learning challenges that can all be done with a deck of cards!
Game night has taken on a new (and even more fun) meaning then when we were kids.
Whist is a classic English trick-taking card game which was widely played in the 18th and 19th centuries. Although the rules are simple, there is scope for scientific play. Derived from the popular…
{Affiliate links used} I have been using an activity that I named "Card Talkers" with my students to get them to ask and answer questions in Spanish. The activity also doubles as a cultural lesson because you can teach your students about how the deck of cards are different in Spanish-speaking countries. In order to do this activity you need a set (or several sets for a classroom) of Spanish Playing Cards {La Baraja}. La Baraja is the name of the deck used in Spanish-speaking countries. It is smaller than the English version containing only forty cards in all. It also has different suits: oros (coins), bastos (clubs), espadas (swords), and copas (cups). Traditionally, each of the suits represented a different part of medieval society. The oros were merchants. The bastos were the peasants. The espadas were the military, and the copas represented the Church. The face cards are also different. There is the sota (like our Jack), the caballo (horse/knight), and the rey (king). Interestingly, there are no cards with the numbers eight and nine on them. Once you have the cards, you can print out the files below. The first page is more basic while the second page is for advanced students. To use the cards and the questions, just shuffle the cards and put them face down in the middle of the group (no more than five students). One student picks up a card and finds the appropriate question based on the suit and number of the card. He or she then asks the person next to them the question. That student answers and then picks up a card to ask the next student and so on and so forth. I find that this activity works well at the beginning or end of a lesson. It doesn't take a lot of set-up especially if you have the decks on hand. I have laminated my question sheets so that they can be used again and again. All you have to do is pull the materials out and get your students talking! You can download the Basic Card Talkers here. You can download the Advanced Card Talkers here.
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On the blog today we are sharing another awesome screen free coding activity. We love designing unplugged coding activities that use objects you can easily find around your house. That’s why we’ve previously designed unplugged
Designers: Mandy Henning, Melissa LimesPublisher: Bezier GamesPlayers: 2 – 4Ages: 8 and UpTime: 45 MinutesTimes Played: > 5 Cabo is a fast-playing card game designed by Mandy Henning and M…