Printable games for kids

Around the Year


a card game for kids learning English


Language aim: learning month order plus ordinal numbers in English.

preparation


  • Print out playing and wild cards. If you want, you can stick the printout onto the heavy paper. Laminate for future use.
  • Cut out the individual cards, fold them and glue. Learn more how to prepare our cards (pdf). They are double-sided and self-checking, with the task on one side, and the answer on the reverse.
  • Before playing the game revise or pre-teach the names of all the items on the playing cards.
  • Our printables are in pdf format. To download them, you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader.

how to play

This is a game for 2-4 players (or teams). Kids move along the game track that is made of both playing and wild cards.


  • Shuffle playing and wild cards. Make your own game course by placing the cards on the floor (or table).
  • Students roll the dice and land on a card.
  • If it is a wild card, they follow the instruction (e.g. Miss a turn, Sing an English song).
  • If it is a question card, he or she has to give the right answer (check by flipping the card). The questions have three different levels of difficulty and are coded with stars (easy - one star, medium - two stars, hard - three stars).
  • Each correct answer gains points (one star - 1 point; two stars - 2 points; three stars - 3 points). The student with the most points wins the game.