Title: ABC back drawing
Type: Concentration game
Target: Alphabet
Materials: None
Procedure: The teacher draws a letter on the back of the first student. The
student then tries to decipher which letter was drawn and draw the same letter
on the next student’s back. This continues until the last student must draw the
letter on the board. I usually play the same as the Telephone game, class against
the teacher. Every time the class gets the letter wrong, I get a point. Every time
the class gets the letter right, they get a point. It’s really motivating for the
students and develops class co-operation on a common goal.
Comments: This could be altered so that the student must say the letter out loud
instead of drawing it on the board. Or they must say the sound that the letter
makes instead of the name. Or they must say a word that starts with the letter.