Here are just a few that have erupted around the ole' brain cell recently.
- Instead of using kid and holiday songs for memory jogs, try famous jingles. IE: Oscar Mayer, My Bologna has a First Name, I am Stuck on Bandaids
- Or perhaps TV show jingles? Flintstones, Adams Family, Rubber Ducky, Barney... can you think of some? Or Camp songs? I'm a Nut, Bottom of the Sea,
- At my daughter's camp, they did a quick version of the Hokey Pokey to start the day and get the wiggles out.
- I also liked the "shark clap", where kids put hands on top of head and clapped.
- Random "woos" were cute too when kids got out of hand. They called everyone to say "woo" and spin around one time. Kids loved it and were back at attention.
- They played a game called Clean the Yard where an area was divided into two. Two teams gathered on either side of the line and they had one minute to toss socks onto the side of the opposing team. The team with the most socks on their side lost. I thought what a great way to do REVIEW. Have 7 pairs of socks/bandanas/cloth strips (whatever) in colors that relate to subject. Your team has to answer a review question for each "sock" on your side of the line when game is done. I think I would (this is me) make enough "socks" to have at least 3+ weeks of review for each subject. Would be wild, but really fun and cover a lot of ground quickly.
- Relay race review- answer question-run back, next up, question-run back, next up.... set timer and go! Team with most questions answered correctly after set # of minutes wins.
- Blind answers-students sit blindfolded or backs to one another, question is posed, first student to raise hand or stand up gets to answer. Or say memory work RIGHT or WRONG and have the mark on dry erase board T or F and hold up. Keep score.
- My kids love craziness, one of the things we do is gather around the kitchen counter to do quizzing. If they get the question right, I throw a wet paper towel at them and they get to throw it back and try to hit me with it, I duck and turn etc. Paper is slower, doesn't hurt and doesn't splatter. Not sure why, but this is a huge hit.
- Drill race- I give the kids the memory cards and have them drill each other. I turn on the online timer (which has an explosion at end and big wick) and they have to try and take turns asking questions. If they reach a certain goal within the time frame, they get a prize. (chocolate chip, free time etc) Question does NOT count if they get it wrong. They cannot answer each other's questions.
- Review Hopscotch. Each square is a subject, toss coin, jump and answer.
- Saying memory work in various voices. Frog, princess, cowboy, old lady, old man
- One eye covered, both eyes covered.... can you say it?
- Era Costume
- Use funny pointers. I couldn't find one the other day and I used a goofy floppy shark. Kids thought it was hysterical and totally stayed with me.
- Be hard of hearing.... have them repeat by pretending to have something in ear.
- Worksheet races
- Balloon pop review Pre-make balloons with subject within, kids get to pop and get a question for that subject
- Yarn review put vocab, latin, or mathfacts etc on a board with index cards. Teams of kids must connect with tape and yarn the correct answers.
- Basketball Review Ball or bean bag or balloon, teams take turns throwing item in laundry basket. If they miss they get latin/timeline, if they bounce off side they get math/science, if they get in they get history/presidents. If it bounces AND gets in, they get english.
- Magnet Dart Review Throw magnet dart or perhaps you do subject boxes on floor with tape and they throw a bag then get asked which subject of which they are closest.
- Jeopardy
- Wheel of Fortune, mystery word on board. Answer question, get it right, guess a letter.
- Family Feud Smack buzzer to answer first.
- Toss ball around, you catch, you answer question
- Subjects on floor, toss bag. Nearest subject to bag-answer question for that subject
- Freeze Dance Random questioning
- Do a how NOT to present presentation and audience
- Do How To do a presentation- diaper a pineapple
- Stickers on the forehead of audience, get look, remove sticker.
- Do a Latin Tongue Twister
- Have an impromptu bag for kids not prepared to present. Have it filled with items or cards they can spring board off as their subject. OR Timeline cards, pix etc.
- Mouth Check, Chair Check, Feet Check, Hands Check, Heart Check....
- Folders with pocket make great "cover the title" for timeline cards as does an empty kleenex box.
- Kleenex- kids put kleenex over face and blow it into a bucket, tray or taped area on floor. If they get it in boundaries they win a point. Only get to try if they answer a question correctly.
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