What is a good homemade board game for preschoolers?

Question

I have to make a board game for my final exam in one of my classes. And it has to be made so that preschoolers can play it (seriously). It's for an early-childhood education class and the assignment is to make a board game for the preschoolers to play. Any ideas? Please help me on this one...I have NO clue what to do.

Answer 1

Candy Land- simple easy, i dont think there are any rules except to roll the die and move forward oooooo FUN!!

Answer 2

i agree candy land winnie the pooh is it it it will be fun for your students and educational or additional bingo. (pretend the number that u pull out is 10 say  5+5 and they will have 2 figure it out)

Answer 3

Use the Candy Land game as the model, you can use it to support or reinforce almost any concept you want including book themes.  You can purchase blank spinners at almost any teacher store to use/make or you can use dice.  I reuse game pieces or this time of year you can also use hard candy (tell the kids they have been touched by everyone so they aren't for eating).  You can draw on a piece of tagboard, poster board or foam core with permanent markers, remember kids don't care if you are a great artist.

Answer 4

How about "Hide the Poopy Diaper From Mommy"?

Answer 5

I agree with Mavinator's answer, but would also like to include the idea of ABC's (capitals and lower case letters). WOW! You could come up with a whole series of games like this! Level one could be colors. Level two could use shapes. etc... Level three is ABC's.  It could include the step-up instructions that if they landed on a capital letter, they should name an object that begins (or ends...to change the game up even more) with that sound.  Level four could use numbers. Step up rules for that could include rolling or spinning twice and adding or subtracting the two numbers. It is limitless and would all be great for learning!

Another thing kids like is a deck of cards using these same ideas. If they land on a certain color and have it in their hand, they can throw it out. First one rid of all their cards wins. If they don't have it in their hand, they draw another card from the pile.

Answer 6

color bingo or abc bingo

depending on what your theme is you could do any kind of bingo

shape bingo

christmas bingo

etc

I hope this helps.

Answer 7

Roll a die, and move your dude asmany spaces as the die says. On each guess space there will be a card with a number, letter, color, or an easy object such as ball, carrot, dog, ect. The preschooler will say what it is. If she or he lands on a creative space she or he will pick up the card and tell a sentance using the word and if she or he lands on a fun card she or he will act out or draw the picture on she or he's card. each turn if she or he fallows derections or answers correctly she or he gets a Sticker on there note card. At the end THEY count there stickers and say the total. Then you ask "who has more points" they both say the answer. There is no prize for who wins.  I made this game up completly. I actually made it for my neighbors kids who are  3 4 2 and 5. they had the best time. Hope I helped.

Answer 8

one of the games the children in my class absolutely loved was a sea life or dinosaur bingo/matching game

i use a set of sea life dominos copied and colored them, then made bingo(matching) cards of 6 or nine pictures(depending on the age group)

made matching pieces and laminated all of the pieces and boards then cut them apart and made a felt bag to keep the pieces in and then found a large bag(i think i originally used an old potato or onion bag

the children could then use it to match pieces or play with several children a simplefied form of bingo.

other good ideas are using file folders(there are even a set of books to show you different games to place a all of the different learning areas of your classroom) these are also good ideas for making individual flannel boards or even using for following picture directions for science or cooking projects.

Answer 9

How about making a life-size board game? Make one using sidewalk chalk. You'll never play the same game twice because the board always changes. Or you can use the big toy as a giant game board. Use the entire layout of the land, if you like (the flat areas, the hills, the trees, etc.) The rules and goals will vary every game.

An example of game play can be: On the big toy the goal is to go from one side to the other, but the problem is the bridge is "broken." So, to get across you'll have to gather material ("bricks" or wood). The game is sort of a Hei Ho, Cherry Oh game. Let's say 10 pieces of wood is requied to "fix" the bridge. You'll need a spinner with several slots. A slot each for one, two or three pieces of wood that will be added to build the bridge.  One for maybe a troll who completely destroys the bridge and one for termites that eat one of the pieces of wood. The game ends when the bridge is complete. No winners or losers; the goal is simply to get across.

You can also play games where there are physical challenges on the board. If the challenge is met, player can advance. You can use obsticles like: play in the fallen leaves; lose a turn (when child is near fallen leaves). Don't really need lines or spaces. Just use "baby steps," "regular steps," "bunny- hops," "one big jump," etc. (like in Mother May I?).  Use your imagination and use everything as the game board. Great way to release a lot of energy and spend time outdoors. Have fun! Go wild! You can literally make up the rules as you go along.

I know this game can not be home- made but, you can explain the concept in your exam.

Answer 10

The simplest of board games would be a set of numbers and letters or shapes and colors (Square, Triangle, Blue, Red, etc) .  Add a spinning pointer and enough markers to cover all the shapes/colors.  

Object is to find and cover all the shapes/colors on the board.  Spin the arrow, and then find and cover the matching shape/color.  First one to cover them all, wins.