Hobbies And Interests
Heads up Seven up
The teacher picks one child to be "it" by tapping him on the shoulder while the rest of the students have their heads on the desk with their eyes closed and thumbs up. The "it" child goes around the classroom and pushes down the thumbs of six other children. All the children stand up in front of the blackboard and call out, "Heads up, seven up!" Now the rest of the classroom must guess which out of the seven students was "it."
Doggy Doggy Where's My Bone
One student sits in a chair with her back to the rest of the class. A board eraser or other small classroom object is placed under the chair. Another student sneaks up and takes the object from under the chair and hides it somewhere, like in a desk or a coat pocket. Once the object is hidden, the classroom sings out, "Doggy, doggy where's your bone? Someone took it from your home." The student has three guesses to see who took the object.
Jeopardy
This game is fun and educational, but it does require a bit of preparation. Make a Jeopardy board that can be hung up. Make six columns with six rows. Leave the top left space blank. Glue Velcro along the rest of the top row and write increasing monetary values ($10, $20, $30, $40, $50) along the left column. Glue pockets in the rest of the spaces. Now teachers can make questions in increasing difficulty for any category students are studying, like spelling or math. To play Jeopardy, simply divide the classroom into two teams. Students will raise their hand when they know the answer to a question, and their team gets the points. Whichever team has the most points wins.
Telephone
Telephone is a great game for younger children to play. Split the class into two equal teams. Students stand next to eachother. The teacher thinks up a funny phrase and whispers it into the first student's ear on each team. When the teacher says "go," the students pass the phrase down the line. The first team to get the phrase right at the end wins the game.