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High Quality Games For Kindergarten: Ms Luciana Fernández Essarp

The document discusses guidelines for creating high quality games for kindergarten students. It recommends that games have a clear language learning outcome, goals, be modeled and repeated. Games should engage students, vary classroom dynamics, be easy to implement with low cost materials, and foster language acquisition through repetition like drills but in a fun way. Popular game examples are provided like bingo, dominoes, musical chairs, and Pictionary.

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High Quality Games For Kindergarten: Ms Luciana Fernández Essarp

The document discusses guidelines for creating high quality games for kindergarten students. It recommends that games have a clear language learning outcome, goals, be modeled and repeated. Games should engage students, vary classroom dynamics, be easy to implement with low cost materials, and foster language acquisition through repetition like drills but in a fun way. Popular game examples are provided like bingo, dominoes, musical chairs, and Pictionary.

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HIGH QUALITY

GAMES FOR
KINDERGARTEN
Ms Luciana Fernández
ESSARP
HIGH QUALITY GAMES WILL:
• HAVE A LANGUAGE OUTCOME.
• HAVE CLEAR GOALS.
• BE MODELLED, PLAYED AND PLAYED AGAIN.
• ENGAGE STUDENTS.
• VARY THE CLASSROOM DYNAMICS.
• BE EASY TO BE CARRIED OUT.
• COST A LITTLE.
• ENHANCE LEARNING AND FOSTER LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
• DRILL IN DISGUISE.
HQG WILL HAVE A LANGUAGE OUTCOME.
• STUDENTS WILL PRODUCE LANGUAGE IN ORDER TO PLAY THE GAME.
• THE GAME WILL CREATE THE NEED FOR LANGUAGE USE.
HQG WILL HAVE CLEAR GOALS.
• GAMES MUST HAVE A CLEAR PEDAGOGICAL VALUE TO SERVE ANY PURPOSE IN
THE CLASSROOM.
• WHAT DOES THIS GAME TEACH MY STUDENTS?
• WHY AM I INCLUDING THIS GAME IN THIS PARTICULAR MOMENT OF MY LESSON?
HQG WILL BE MODELLED, PLAYED AND PLAYED
AGAIN.
• GAMES HAVE TO BE MODELLED.
• GAMES HAVE TO BE PLAYED AND IF THEY ARE NOT PLAYED PROPERLY, THE
TEACHER HAS TO PROVIDE FEEDBACK.
• GAMES HAVE TO BE MASTERED.
• GAMES HAVE TO BE PLAYED OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOR THAT IS HOW THEY
SERVE THE PURPOSE.
HQG WILL ENGAGE STUDENTS.
• STUDENTS HAVE TO ENJOY THE GAME SO THAT UNCONSCIOUS LEARNING
TAKES PLACE.
HQG WILL VARY THE CLASSROOM DYNAMICS.
• GAMES CAN BE PLAYED BY THE WHOLE CLASS.
• GAMES CAN BE PLAYED IN SMALL GROUPS.
• GAMES CAN BE PLAYED IN PAIRS.
• GAMES CAN BE PLAYED INDIVIDUALLY.
HQG WILL BE EASY TO BE CARRIED OUT.
• FOR GAMES TO BE INCLUDED IN THE CLASSROOM THEY MUST BE USER-
FRIENDLY BOTH TO STUDENTS AND THE TEACHER.
• IF THE GAME IS NOT EASY TO PLAY, CHILDREN WILL NOT UNDERSTAND IT, THEY
WILL NOT KNOW HOW TO PLAY IT, THEY WILL GIVE UP ON IT AND SO WILL THE
TEACHER.
HQG WILL COST A LITTLE.
• IT IS THE PEDAGOGICAL VALUE WHAT MAKES THE GAME WORTHY.
• HQG CAN BE MADE WITH MATERIALS THAT CA BE OBTAINED AT A VERY LOW
COST.
• EVEN CHILDREN CAN BE ENGAGED IN CREATING GAMES.
HQG WILL ENHANCE LEARNING AND FOSTER
LANGUAGE ACQUISITION.
• GAMES IN THE CLASSROOM HAVE TO BE INCLUDED IN ORDER TO AID BOTH
LEARNING AND ACQUISITION.
• THEREFORE, GAMES HAVE TO BE DESIGNED FOLLOWING RESEARCHERS
´ADVICE ON HOW A LANGUAGE IS BEST LEARNT.
HQL WILL BE DRILLS IN DISGUISE.
• REPETITION IS KEY TO ACQUISITION.
• COMPREHENSIBLE LANGUAGE IS KEY TO ACQUISITION.
• RETRIEVAL IS AN OBSERVABLE SIGN OFACQUISITION.
• RETRIEVAL IS ACHIEVED THROUGH REPETITION.
• ROTE MEMORIZATION AND PARROTING IS BORING.
• GAMES ARE FUN.
• GAMES WHERE CHILDREN REPEAT WHILE PLAYING AND WITHOUT REALIZING
THEY ARE REPEATING OVER AND OVER AGAIN FOSTER RETRIEVAL AND
ACQUISITION.
POPULAR GAMES
• BINGO • CLAPPING GAMES
• DOMINO • HIDE AND SEEK
• HOP SCOTCH • MUSICAL CHAIRS
• MEMOTEST • SIMON SAYS
• MINGLE • TIC-TAC-TOE
• PUZZLES • TWISTER
• HUNTS • WHAT´S THE TIME MR WOLF?
• TOTAL PHYSICAL RESPONSE • SKIPPING FOR RHYMING
GAMES.
• PLEASE MR CROCODILE
• CHINESE WHISPERS
• WHO/ WHAT AM I?
MORE POPULAR GAMES
• HIT THE TARGET
• TAG
• ONLY WHEN IT MATCHES
• PICTIONARY
• TOSS THE BALL
• I SPY BOOKS
• HANGMAN
• THE FISHING GAME
• THE MYSTERY BOX
• THE ODD ONE OUT

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