Telephone Game

Having fun with language is easy when you include games! See how well your kids can keep the sentence going...

Rules of the Game:
This game is best played with at least three people. Both children and adults can play. Everyone sits together in a circle. One player is chosen to think up a sentence consisting of a few words. That player then whispers the sentence into the ear of the person sitting next to them so that no one else can hear. The the person who heard the sentence from the first player now turns to the person next to them and whispers the sentence into the next person’s ear. Each player whispers the sentence to the person next to them until the last person has heard the sentence. The game ends when the last person says the sentence out loud and the first person repeats what the original sentence was. It is great fun to hear what the original sentence was in comparison to the final one!

Tips:
If the game is being played with mainly younger children, have a parent or an older child be the first player so that they can think up easy sentences. If there are only two of you, go ahead and have fun playing the game as well. Just limit yourselves to only stating the sentence once and then seeing what the other person thinks was said. Either way this is a great pronounciation builder!

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