Guess Who XXL !

Oooooooh ! I'm so excited to share my new idea with you! :)

My love to the popular game Guess Who started when I bought it in second hand for about 5$ (you should better buy games this way, if you don't want to lose a fortune :D). I played few times with my son, in English of course, and he had so much fun that he didn't even mind me speaking English. I played with few more kids and they all loved it, and what's more important they learned - for real. 

What does this game actually teaches to kids? Maaaany things: face & body parts, clothes, colours, feelings, verbs 'to have' and 'to be'... It depends on what characters you choose. 

What this game is about? We have a collection of images - both players have the same sets. As the name of the game indicates itself the object of Guess Who is to guess who the mysterious face of the opponent is. The game teaches strategic thinking in a way that you must discover your opponents image in the fewest amount of turns. We keep asking YES and NO questions about physical appearance until all but one is left. 

How to play this game with many kids? My version of Guess Who has similar rules. I only had to make it bigger, so that we could play in class:

- print out the images you want to use

- laminate them

- prepare some line and clippers 

- hang the line somewhere in the classroom and hang the pictures on the line

- divide kids into two teams 

- give each team possible question cards (for younger kids draw the pics)

Possible questions cards

A few precious pieces of advice before playing: If you play with little kids e.g. 5,6,7 years old play with pictures from cartoons or some crazy monsters. If you play with older kids use images of famous or historical people - this way, apart from improving language skills, kids can learn who were these people. Remember to analyze the features of the characters with your students before you play, so that you know kids understand everything. You may give kids possible questions cards to make asking question easier for them. You know that kids get bored very fast so when a kid starts wondering what to ask for too long, other kids can get bored and start talking and disturbing, what makes our work harder. Good preparation is important because it can prevent such situation ;) However, I can't promise you that it's gonna be quiet during such a lesson.. Whenever there's fun with kids there's always noisy :D

Watch a video from our lesson to see how we did it:

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Do you like my templates?

Guess who - famous and historical 

Guess who - Monsters University

You can download them here:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1siUCXl77NvHFBhJru1AynV2gD0lUrcfJ
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1709YZ38Vy1DsK4aM95McqHqUuYivzltz

I think that's basically it! If you have any questions, I will answer them with pleasure. 

xoxo

Mrs Edi