ALTI 002 : 10 Essential ALT Games

In episode #002  of The ALT Insider Podcast I go over what I consider to be the essential 10 games every ALT should have in their repertoire of fun. You will definitely already know most of these, but I guarantee there is at least one you have never tried before and I add some little twists that I like to add to the old favorites to make them more fun as well. Enjoy! Right click here to download the MP3 Things Mentioned in This Episode: Bowling Karuta Bingo Janken Draw a Story Typhoon Memory Yoko/Tate Envelopes Shoots and Ladders ALT Insider Yearly Lesson Plans Thing to do: Leave a review or rating. This podcast is brand new so it needs your help. Click here to leave an honest review! Transcript:  Expand to Read Transcript What is up guys? This is James from ALTInsider.com and today, we are going to go over the 10 games I feel our sense of every ALT to know and use in their classes. And you got to know some of these, but do You Think You Know Our Ten? Stick around to find out. Welcome to the ALT Insider Podcast, dedicated to making you have the most fun possible while living. Or dreaming about living in Japan. Whether you have been here for years or just starting to consider it. We have got you covered. And now, your host, broadcasting from somewhere in Japan, James! Hey guys! Yes it is James of ALT Insider.com. Thanks for joining our episode number 002 on the ALT Insider Podcast. It is nice to have you with me. Today, we are going to go over the 10 games I feel every ALT should have in their toolbox. Not all of these are going to be new to you, but I am sure a few of them will. If you do know them, I am sure I am going to share some information you might not know about the best way to utilize this in your classes. So without further ado, let us get to the number one game that everyone should know, and that is bowling. If there is a Hall of Fame of games for ALTs, bowling would be in the center room with all the statues and all the accolades. This is the best game. There is no other one. If you try it, your students will request it for the rest of the year. I promise it. If you do not believe me, please try it. Quick rundown. You get students into groups. We will have one person from these groups stand up. You hold up a flash card and ask some question, however you want to do it. Once your team gets it right, that team gets a cup. Once a team has accumulated three cups, they then have a choice of answering the question or choosing if they want to go ball or cup. If they choose ball, they can go bowling. Now, the key, the crux of the fun of this game is when you go bowling, you do not go bowling for your own team, you try to knock down the other team’s cups, which means they are losing points. It is a combination of competitiveness, skills, sports, teamwork, everything you want in a game. It is always exciting until the end. It really is a perfect game. If you have not tried that, I really recommend you do. ALTInsider.com/bowling for the details and how to get that. The only thing you things you need are plastic cups you can get from any convenience store, paper ball which you can make out of scrap paper at your school, tape to wrap out the ball, and tape to mark the lines. All these games’ links will be in the Show Notes at ALTInsider.com/podcast2. I would go check that out. I would not say all the links because that will be a million links but go check that out, Bowling. I really, really recommend you give that a try. If not today, tomorrow, next week, some time. It is only for 4th grade to 6th grade students normally, but I have pulled it off in a junior high school, first grade. They begged to play. I do not even want to play. They begged to play when I had the full class to myself. The teacher said I could do whatever I want. The students begged for bowling. We did bowling and there was 30 junior high school students sitting on the floor,