Games for schoolchildren

8. Blindfold conversation
This game is an interesting way to make children listen and focus on the voice of another person. Number of players: Ten or more You will need: Cloth for blindfolding and space to play How to play: If ‘It’ rightly guesses who the student is, the student becomes ‘It’.
English Or Word Games For Classrooms
Reading and writing aren’t the only activities or tools for learning a language. There are some fun games as well, which can be used to review and improve a child’s vocabulary, grammar, and speaking skills.
9. Dictionary deception
Dictionary deception is a rather challenging game that compels kids to think about a word’s meaning. It is great for developing high school students’ vocabulary. Number of players: Six or more You will need: Sheets of paper, pens, and a list of words How to play: The student with the highest number of points wins. Some words you can use include Aplomb, Brackish, Acumen, Chicane, Diffident, Epiphany, Facetious, Fiduciary, Filibuster, Hubris, Incognito, Jejune, Kowtow, Laissez-faire, Lexicon, Nihilism, Nomenclature, Oligarchy, Paradigm, Pecuniary, Quotidian, Sanguine, Soliloquy, Tempestuous, Totalitarian, Unctuous, Usurp, Vortex, Wrought, and Xenophobe.
10. Board race
Board race is a team building that also works on the child’s vocabulary. Number of players: Six or more You will need: Board and two different colored markers How to play:
11. Chain spelling
This is like interlinking two unrelated words, based on their spellings. Number of players: Six or more How to play: Avoid -ing or -ion words. You can increase the complexity of the game by restricting them to a particular theme or topic.
12. The mime
The mime is a fun game to revise verbs or action words. It can be played with primary or middle schools kids. Number of players: Ten or more You will need: A list of action words How to play:
13. Sentence race
Sentence race is a vocabulary review game that works best with higher classes with more than ten students. Number of players: Ten or more You will need: List of 10 vocabulary words, 20 pieces of paper, pen How to play: The team that writes the maximum correct and meaningful sentences with the chosen words, wins.