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TeachingEnglish Young Learners Activity Book Activities Activity 16: Handkerchief tag Luis Nunes – Portugal Age: All ages 20–25 minutes Large classes? No Mixed level? Yes Materials: A handkerchief or piece of cloth Organisation: Whole class Aim: To revise vocabulary, to develop concentration. Description: This game is a version of a well-known children’s game which is adapted to practise or revise vocabulary. It requires space and is quite physical, but it also requires the children to keep silent and concentrate. Preparation: You need to create a list of words that you want to revise and find a handkerchief or a piece of cloth. Procedure 1. Choose one child to be the ‘speaker’. Divide the rest of the class into two teams (A and B) of an equal number of players. 2. Each team member is secretly given a name which is an item of vocabulary you want to practice/revise. The same names are given to each team. For example, if you want to revise colours, one child on Team A is blue and one child on Team B is also blue, one child on Team A is yellow and one child on Team B is yellow and so on. (You can either whisper the words to each child or give them a card with their word on it.) 3. Give the speaker a list of the words to be practised/revised. 4. The two teams line up facing each other, preferably about 3 metres apart, with the speaker in the middle, at the head of the two teams. The speaker holds the handkerchief where it is clearly visible: 38 © British Council 2012
TeachingEnglish Young Learners Activity Book Activities 5. The speaker calls out a word, for example BLUE. The two children who have been named blue must run to the speaker and try to grab the handkerchief. They must not touch each other. 6. The child who grabs the handkerchief first runs back to their team. If they manage to reach the team without being touched by the blue from the opposing team, they win the point. If the opposing blue manages to catch up with the runner and touch them, then no points are scored. 7. The game continues until all the words have been called out. The team with the most points at the end is the winner. Notes If the two teams are unequal, use two speakers. This game is ideal for playing outside. Alternatives • If you have a large space, this game could be played in large classes by dividing the class into two or three groups of two teams that play at the same time. • You can make the scoring system more complicated. For example, when the speaker calls ‘water’, no-one should move. If anyone moves, they lose a point for their team. If the speaker calls fire, all the players come to the centre and they have to find their opposite number. Both teams get a point for each pair that finds each other. • If you do not have enough space to have the teams standing in a line, the children can play from their seats. Make sure all the children from the same team are sitting near each other, preferably around the same desk. Give each team two or three soft objects. When the speaker calls out a word, the two children with that word have to grab the soft object and throw it to the speaker. The one the speaker catches first gets the point. • The seated version of the game can be played by larger classes as there can be three teams or more. No resources? This activity only requires a piece of paper and a handkerchief or piece of cloth. © British Council 2012 39
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