BOARD GAMES Group games promote children's intellectual development by engaging them in opportunities to exercise reasoning and become more logical in thought. The intellectual advantages of group games vary, depending on the type of game, its particular demands on reasoning, and the ways in which children do reason in the course of the game. Board games have been an integral part of human life for thousands of years. From ancient games like Go and Shogi (aka Japanese Chess) to relatively recent classics like Risk and Scrabble -- and the great modern games like Settlers of Catan and Euphrat & Tigris, board games have entertained and educated us in countless ways. Very popular language learning/teaching board games are: Clue, Diplomacy, Monopoly, Risk, Scrabble, Tic Tac Toe, etc. Why play board games in classroom? For the obvious reasons. *They're fun. *They're social  because most require some level of student-student interaction. *They're convenient. *They're intellectual exercise. Further, many board games actually challenge us in a number of ways. They force us to think, use our intellect, and often match wits with our fellow gamers. It develops and sharpens skills which aid us in many other facets of life. And as a developmental tool, the skills and lessons learned by students before and  while playing good, quality board games are invaluable. THE PEG BOARD It is a hard board with pegs (hooks) or nails hammered on to it, at certain distance from each other. Punched cards may be hung from it. It may be used for a great variety of purposes. THE SLIP CHART Heavy cardboard of two layers are attached together on three sides. The right edge is left open for slip charts made of light cardboards. THE VOCABULARY WHEEL Two circles of stiff paper are fastened together in the middle. The one beneath has pictures, and the top one has a window the size of a picture.  The picture may or maynot be related to one another.

Vocabulary Look at the pictures for clues and put these weather words into the correct gaps: hot, raining, windy,sun, sunny, blowing, cloud, rain, wind, cloudy, rainy, shining, cold                                                                              The sun is ............  today.                                                                              It is.........  today.                                                                              The earth needs the .........     .                                                                              The weather is great today. It's nice and ..........                                                               .                                                                                                                              The wind is.......  today.            It will be..........  tomorrow.            The strong........  will come from the south.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                    It will ........... tomorrow.                                                                          The weather will be ............ next week.                                                                          The .......... will come from the north.                                                                          The temperature will be very............  - 5 below freezing.                                                                                                                                                                        It is.............  hard today.                             It will ............. tomorrow.                             It will probably be .............. for the                                 whole day tomorrow.                                                                                                                                 I hope it won't be ............. tomorrow.                                                                      Look at that ..............

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