Foundation Phase classroom games

These Foundation Phase games are perfect back-to-school and end-of-year activities. The curriculum so often lends itself towards rote learning and textbook work. It is important to make time for free play and interactive activities that keep your learners engaged. Games are a simple way to encourage learners to use their imagination and creativity and develop their social skills.
And who doesn’t like games? Not only are they fun, interactive, and social but they are also great tools for learning.
Enjoy this collection of fun classroom games!
Looking for more fun teaching resources? We also have a collection of Afrikaans games.

Games Mega Bundle - Sweets
Description
This product contains: Domino cards: 27 x Domino cards (9 cards per A4 page). Tic-Tac-Toe: 1 x Tic-Tac-Toe board (A4 size), 24 x pieces (4 unique sweets). Sudoku: 7 x unique Sudoku puzzles with incremental difficulty. Each puzzle is on a separate board (A4 size). All the necessary sweets pieces to place on the boards. Snap and Memory Cards: 36 x small cards (18 different objects - 9 per A4 page), 32 x large cards (16 different objects - 4 per A4 page). Colourful sweet objects that will make learning fun! You will receive: 4x High Quality / High Resolution PDF files (size A4) THIS IS A DIGITAL DOWNLOAD TO PRINT YOURSELF. YOU WILL RECEIVE NO PHYSICAL COPY. Please note that each monitor and printer are different and that the final colour and quality of your product will depend on your monitor, printer and the settings you choose. After downloading this product, you are strongly encouraged to, but also assumed to have read, the terms and conditions on the first page of the PDF file.

INSECT MOVEMENT GAME
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4 x A4 PDF Downloadable pages with 4 movement cards per page. 16 Movement cards to play a game linked to the theme of INSECTS. Package includes the following: 1. Buzz like a bee 2. Crawl like a caterpillar 3. Wiggle like a worm 4. Click like a beetle 5. Fly like a ladybird 6. Crawl like a spider 7. Flutter like a butterfly 8. Fly like a fly 9. Dance like a leaf bug 10. Blink like a fire fly 11. Crawl like a grub 12. Jump like a grasshopper 13. March like an ant 14. Slide like a snail 15. Fly like a dragonfly 16. Click like a beetlie
Numeracy

Multiplication Facts Fluency Game - 2 Times Table Review - Printable and Digital - Underwater
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Use as a math center
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Use in small groups
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Use the question cards on their own as flash cards
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Assign just the task cards (PowerPoint or PDF) for students to practice individually
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Assign the board game for students to practice together in groups of 2-4. Students will need to work together on the same computer/device.
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Use the game with the entire class if you have an interactive whiteboard (Smartboard)! Simply divide the class into 4 groups (one for each fish) and allow the students in the groups to take turns to come up and move their group's fish and do the task cards when required.
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Parents can play the board game with their children to help them practicing their times tables for homework or in a homeschool setting.
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Clickable contents for easy navigation
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Teacher information
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Printable game
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How to play (game instructions), Game board and Question cards
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Different printing options for the game board and card backs so you can choose how much colour ink/toner you wish to use, or just print in black and white!
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Set of 24 digital task cards
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match the correct answer to a given question
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match the correct question to a given answer
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Self-checking
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2 file formats to choose from - PDF or PowerPoint
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Digital board game
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Macro-enabled PowerPoint file (macros MUST be enabled on the computer in order for the game to work.)
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Dice that rolls
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Auditory instructions
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Movable fish pieces for students to move around the board
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Students are rewarded for completing task cards before the time runs out!
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The digital options for this product are in a Google Drive folder. You will receive a link to access this folder so that you can download these resources if you wish to use them.
Literacy

I-Spy Interactive Powerpoint Game
Description
I-Spy Interactive PowerPoint Lesson This resource was created to assist young learners who are starting to learn how to read by developing important early literacy skills that form the foundations for learning how to read. I-spy is a great game for teaching learners to identify beginning sounds of words which is a very important early literacy skill to develop when learning how to read. Includes letter/sounds a-z with 4 pictures to choose from for each letter/sound. This interactive PowerPoint game is perfect for using on a home computer or class computer. It could also be used as a whole class game if you connect it to a class projector. This is a digital resource, it is not intended to be printed. It is saved as a PowerPoint show for copywrite reasons & therefore cannot be edited, it requires the use of a laptop or desktop computer with Microsoft PowerPoint installed. The game does have sound effects, however it can be used with or without sound – The sound icons that can be seen in the sample images will not be visible in the presentation. Please read the instructions before downloading this resource. We also have a free demo which can be downloaded to show you how each of the literacy units works and to check compatibility with your device.

CVC WORD CARD GAME [UNO]
Description
Thank you so much for viewing my “CVC Word Card Game” resource! This packet is designed to offer a FUN and ENGAGING way to practice short a, e, i, o, u words. While UNO is originally played with a deck of 108 cards, this set consists of 324 cards (including 152 a, e, i, o, u words). This allows for more variety in the word options, giving you the opportunity to select the words that will better suit your lesson and student needs. You can remove cards that you don’t want to use, or play with a bigger deck – allowing the fun to last a little bit longer! Also included: – Detailed Game Instructions – Lists of all short a, e, i, o, u words used – Action and Wild Cards with Explanations

Letter Recognition (Caterpillar Bingo)
Description
This product is designed to offer a fun way to practice letter recognition and phonemic awareness. Included in this packet are: - Lowercase Variations - Uppercase Variations - Lowercase & Uppercase Mixed Variations (Long & Short) Each set includes 30 cards with 3 font options to choose from (360 cards in total!) Varying levels can be printed on color coded paper, and plastic bottle lids can be used as BINGO Markers!

WackyNix Swat a bug Sight word Game
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This is a fun game to read sight words. Buy a fly swatter, print the bug circles and keep score on the jars. The educator can swat the word they would like the learner to read or the learner can swat the words they can read. The score can be written on the jar or the cards can be placed on the jar and counted when the game is done. There are 329 words, each in their own circle with a fun bug.

Play Snakes And Ladders: Fun Ways To Practise 3 Letter Phonic Words (3+)
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Play Snakes And Ladders: Fun Ways To Practise 3 Letter Phonic Words Play a game of snakes and ladders. Read the word correctly to move on or miss your turn. Fun ways to practise 3 letter phonic words. How To Use The Pre Reader Work Packs At Guinea Pig Education we believe children do not need to spend years learning reading skills; this innovative new scheme teaches children to read in just six months to a year. A non reader should start with our pre reading material. The Pre reader work packs use phonics or the sounds in words. The child can learn a series of phonic sounds, which give him or her a 'tool' to work out nearly 80% of words in the English language. The other 20% of words will be learnt by looking and saying the words. In these packs, the child (or group of children) will be taught to recognise initial sounds as in 'b', 'd' and vowel sounds as in 'a' - c...a...t. They will practise running sounds together to make words. The sentence maker will help him or her to organise the words into sentences. The packs are easy to use with clear instructions, for the adult to use with a child (or group of children). The structured material encourages the child to practise word building and sentence making using phonic sounds. To make learning a really fun experience, the material contains word games, like snap and bingo. The child (children) can move on when the adult is confident the sounds have been learnt. Learn To Read With Phonics Pre Reader packs are designed to start children reading who have not done any reading before. They are a starting point for learning to read with phonics. Children can start at three or four, if they are ready to concentrate. The Pre Reader packs introduce the 26 sounds of the alphabet, the skills of sounding out words with phonics and blending phonic sounds to make three and four letter words. The child (children) should practise the material each day and move on only when the child is familiar with the material. The course is structured. Each new sound builds on the one that went before. Tell the child (children) to personalise the drawings, adding to them, using their own ideas. Play the games. Repeat the exercises many times until they know the words. They should have fun learning to read. 4 pages www.guineapigeducationshop.com

Language game cards
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A set of 72 picture cards. Each card has a word written on it, as well as a picture to illustrate it. Learners pick a card and describe the word to the rest of the class who in turn guess what the word is. This can be used as a fun game to encourage public speaking or be used as an assessment. Game rules and rubric for assessment included.

252 Fraction Pizzas
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*Due to the size of the folder, purchase of this product will give you access to a Google Drive folder from where you can download all images to your computer. The folder is 260mb.*
In the folder, you will find:
252 x 300dpi high-quality, original PNG images
Included in the images are all of the following fractions in all three different types of pizza:
Halves (1/2 and 2/2)
Thirds (1/3 to 3/3)
Quarters (1/4 to 4/4)
Fifths (1/5 to 5/5)
Sixths (1/6 to 6/6)
Sevenths (1/7 to 7/7)
Eighths (1/8 to 8/8)
Ninths (1/9 to 9/9)
Tenths (1/10 to 10/10)
Elevenths (1/11 to 11/11)
Twelfths (1/12 to 12/12)
The three types of pizza are Hawaiian, Salami and Vegetarian.
Use these images to create your own resources such as worksheets, task cards, games, presentations and more.The pizza types make it great for word problems or adding and taking away slices from different pizzas.

IsiZulu Transport / Izokuthutha SNAP / Flashcards
Description
This resource is made up of 12 transport cards, with three copies of each card. These cards can be used as flashcards or discussion cards where children can compare different types of transport. They can also be used to sort into land, water and air transport. This resource is great for games such as snap or memory. I recommend laminating the cards for durability. Snap: The cards are dealt out evenly to the players in the group. Players should not look at their cards. They should be kept in a pile face down in front of the player. The first player to go, removes the card from the top of their pile and puts it face up in the middle for all players to see. The next player does the same by putting their card on top of the previous player’s card. If the cards are the same, the player to spot it shouts snap. That player then gets all the cards in the middle. The aim of the game is to get all the cards. Memory: Choose 3 sets of matching cards. Place the cards face down. Player one turns over two cards, if they are the same the player gets to keep them. If they are different, the player must turn them over again, placing them in the same place that they were. Player two then gets a turn. This continues until all the cards have been matched. The person with the most cards at the end of the game is the winner. You can make the game more difficult by adding more matching sets to the game. Please note that I do not speak isiZulu and all my isiZulu resources have come together from the work that I do for an N.P.O.(Siyakwazi). I have spent many hours researching and finding words, phrases etc that can assist in creating much needed isiZulu resources.


Sight word Monster Stomp activity
Description
"Today me will live in the moment unless it's unpleasant in which case me will eat a cookie"- Cookie Monster Our Monster Stomp activity is perfect for practicing sight words at home, in a small group activity in the classroom or as a team building activity for learners. This resource contains 108 different sight words.

I HAVE WHO HAS: cvc words with a-vowel
Description
This Language Game reinforces reading 3-letter CVC words with 'a' as the vowel. Words are grouped together in word families. There are 24 game cards. Share ALL the cards equally between up to 8 players. Players keep all their cards face-up on the table. All cards should be visible to all players. The person who has the card with the star starts the game. S/he reads "I have..., Who has...?" The person who has the second card will then read their card in the same way. Once a player has read their card they may turn it over. The game continues until all the cards have been read. Printing tips: Each game requires 3 sheets of A4 paper. If you are printing multiples sets of the game, print each set on a different colour paper to avoid sets getting mixed up. Print in colour. Cut out the 24 individual cards and laminate.