CHRISTMAS JINGLE: Fun and Easy Games for Children's English Class

Jingle bells... Jingle bells... Jingle all the way!
Once again, Christmas is just around the corner. Looking for games for your children's Christmas party? Come join me on December 5th (Sunday) for another smashing presentation on games for Christmas.

Venue: Tsukuba International Congress Center, EPOCHAL TSUKUBA
            4 Floor Conference Hall 407
            http://www.epochal.or.jp/

Date:  December 5th (Sunday), 2010

Time:  1:30 p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Note:   Pre-registration required.
          (You can pre-registered by clicking on the COMMENTS button below)
           Limited to 30 participants only.

The First MABUHAY CLASSROOM TEACHERS WORKSHOP ON HALLOWEEN (October 11th, 2010)

The first MABUHAY CLASSROOM TEACHERS WORKSHOP was a blast! Thank you so much for making it possible. To all fantastic Filipino teachers mabuhay!

Halloween Spelling Race

Divide the board into two by drawing a line. Write HAPPY HALLOWEEN at the right side and TRICK OR TREAT at the left side. Prepare a set of letters for the same words in two different colors (orange and black) and attach magnets at the back of each letter. Hide the letters in random around the room and group the class into two (2) teams. Assign each team a banner HAPPY HALLOWEEN (orange team) vs. TRICK OR TREAT (black) team. Say; "Go!" players start to find letters and form the words of their banner. If a player is on "orange" team and sees a letter for the "black" team he/she just leave it alone. The first team to complete their banner wins.

Note:  To make the game more challenging players are instructed to follow the sequence of the letters on the banner.

The Haunted House

Children sit in a circle. Teacher says; "I went into the haunted house and saw (a black cat)!" All players say; "Happy Halloween!" to other players to their right and to their left. The teacher continues; "I went into the haunted house and saw (a ghost)!" All players say; "Happy Halloween!" to other players to their right and to their left. "I wen into the haunted house and saw (a robot)!" All players stand and change chairs shouting; "Happy Halloween. Let's go!" The teacher quickly grabs a seat too. Now, there will be one player left standing without a seat, that player will be the new 'it'. He stands at the middle and starts the game all over again.

Find Jack O' Lantern

Jack O' Lantern Song

Jack O' Lantern
Jack O' Lantern
Halloween, Halloween
Let's go trick or treating
Let's go trick or treating
Halloween, Halloween!

Children sit or stand in a circle, their backs to the wall. The "it" sits at the middle of the circle, head down and eyes closed. Children pass a small plastic Jack o' lantern (or card), while singing the Jack O' Lantern Song. After awhile, the 'it" shouts; "Stop!" Children stop singing. The player who has the pumpkin hides it at his back, the other players follow. The "it" will approach one of the players and say; "Happy Halloween!" If the player has the pumpkin he will show the pumpkin and say; "Happy Halloween!" If the player doesn't have the pumpkin he will show his hands, but will not say anything. The aim is for the "it" to find the pumpkin. The "it" is allowed to make three (3) guesses.

(Variation)
For big number players, choose three (3) or five (5) players to be the "it". They stand in front of the class facing the board with their backs to the class. All other players stand in random. Pass about five (5) small plastic pumpkins or cards at the same time, while singing the Jack O' Lantern Song. When the five "it" shout "Stop!" The class stop singing and the player(s) who has the pumpkins hide them. The five (5) "it" faces the class and try to find the pumpkins.