I noticed a lack of games and general Christmas stuff for the really young kids so here is a simple one that can work for preschoolers all the way to about 3rd grade.
Each slide has a bunch of shapes and you use them to make the Christmas image the top of the slide suggests. If you click the right shape it slides into place to form the image. If you click the wrong one, it disappears in a little animation. The kids take turns coming to the board and clicking on the shape they think is part of the image.
In order to make this educational, I have the kids say the color and shape before they tap it. (pink heart, yellow star, etc.)
Materials covered:
Shapes: triangle, square, rectangle, circle, heart, diamond, cross, star
Colors: red, green, blue, purple, pink, orange, yellow, white, black, brown
Instructions:
Pretty simple. Just have the kids click the shapes they think are right. On the 4 main slides, hit the "next" button in the bottom right corner to go to the next slide. The little kids can't read so there's minimal text -- just pointing to the colors and shapes on the first two slides and saying what they are called in English works fine. No Japanese ability needed.
Have fun!
-Will
Thanks for sharing Merry Christmas!
Really nice! I like it. Simple yet educational. =)
Wonderful. Been after something fun and easy for my special needs class. This is perfect. Many thanks!
Used this with special needs today, it was perfect! It went over well I may steal this idea and attribute it for other holidays, thanks!