Aug. 24, 2005
File Folder Games ideas/links

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File Folder Games

Materials needed:
Letter Size File Folders
Clear Contact Paper or a lamination machine
Velcro
Glue
Scissors

All file folders will need a cover picture and file name glued to the front of the file with instructions on how to play, and write the name of the game on the tab.  Attach a ziplock bag to the back of the folder to hold the pieces.  These games are good for quiet times, work alone times, and car rides!   To make a file folder game, laminate the base pieces and glue to the insides of the file folder.  Or, glue to the insides before laminating, and then laminate the entire folder.  After laminating, add small pieces of velcro to the base pieces.   Then cut out and laminate the playing pieces, adding velcro to the backs of those.   Now the playing pieces can attach to the base piece.


RABBIT RHYMES

How to play:

Match the rhyming pictures.

To make:

Cut out rabbits and glue a smaller picture of household items on top of the rabbit picture.  Glue half the rabbits to the file folder, and leave their pairs loose.  To make this more advanced for a reading child, you could write the words on each rabbit, instead of a picture.

Answer key:

Coat-Boat; Net-Wet; Snail-Mail; Chain-Rain; Nose-Rose; Rake-Cake; Moon-Spoon; Bag-Flag; Tree-Bee; Rock-Sock; Can-Pan; Log-Dog; Ring-King; Tie-Eye; Duck-Truck; Bat-Hat.



SHIP SHAPE

How to Play:

Match shapes to make a picture.

To Make:

Choose a picture from a coloring book that includes lots of triangles, circles, rectangles and squares. You could draw your own picture also using a sun, water, round fish and boat made up of a combination of several triangles, rectangles and squares. Make two copies of the same picture, large enough to fit one picture on each side of the inside folder. On the left side of the folder show the completed colored picture. On the right side of the folder do not color in the shapes but leave the lines in black and white. Laminate the folder. Cut out colored cardstock of the shapes your child will need to complete the right hand side of the folder.


Animal Habitats

Cut out images of a desert, ocean, jungle and other habitats.  Glue them onto the insides of the folder.   Cut out images of animals, and the child has to match the animal to the correct habitat.

Body Parts
Print out 2 copies of a human body/paper doll.  Color and laminate.  Glue one body down, and cut the other one into pieces - hands, feet, face, etc.  For older kids you can label the parts of the body.   To make it more educational as the kids get older, you can go to a specific system, like the digestive, or the brain, or do something like the face.

Another idea is to print out a copy of a paper doll, and then print out clothes for him, and the kids can change their clothes/face/shoes.


Some examples of FFG I'm going to make (a lot of ideas came from the following links) are:

Car Matching numbers - matching 1-20
Umbrella alphabet - matching upper and lowercase letters
Umbrella shapes - matching single and double shapes
Number Shape - matching numbers and shapes, 1-30
Body Parts and clothes
Animal Habitats
Alphabet matching - matching a letter of the alphabet to an image that it starts with - ex. A would match up to an apple.


Free Printables - Some File Folder Games
File Folder Yahoo Group
Phonics Games File Folder Games
6 File Folder Games
Enchanted Learning File Folder Games
Game Boards and Ideas

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Aug. 24, 2005 - Untitled Comment

Posted by vgarr


What a neat idea. I might try that with E. Great idea! Thanks.

RYC: Honey in my coffee, it's actually good. I've pretty much cut out white sugar, white flour, and white rice. So I use honey for the sugar. It's better for me health wise and I get more of the coffee flavor which I love. Yum!!

VA


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