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Let's start a new fun category - GAME TIMEEEE!!! Every now and then I'll post a game you can play in your classroom that are classroom proven!

Since it's getting cold and the winter topic is coming closer, I would like to introduce you to a game that's one of the favorites in my classroom at this time of the year.

Preteach:
You preteach winter clothes; jacket, pullover, boots, scarf, gloves, beanie .. whatever you feel you need to teach the kids. For very small children you might just want to pick 2 or 3 things.

Prep:
For this game you ask the parents  to bring all those things along. Now for the game you put all the clothes on one side of the classroom. Make sure they are all mixed up and all over the place, so that nothing is neatly put together. The students stand on the opposite side of the room.

How to play:
You ask them to "Put on the scarf (or any other object)", give a signal and the kids have to run to the other side, find the right object, put it on and run back (in this case, they wear the scarf and run back).
It doesn't have to be theirs! (However with very small children you might want to make personal small piles as some kids don't want others to take theirs ;), avoid the trouble and the tears!).
To make things extra fun, ask them to put things in a wrong order, like the jacket before the pullover.
Once everything is taken, have a look at each other and have a good laugh ;)

Rules:
-no pushing, no bumping
-laughing allowed
-It doesnt have to be 2 matching objects, for example 2 boots. Just whatever 2 boots you can put on (1 red, 1 blue, whatever).
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