Simon Says is a really popular game among young learners. It gets them moving, gets them out of their seats and is fun.

Furthermore it improves concentration and listening skills, and the actions help them to remember the language.

This set of cards focusses on autumn vocabulary and activities.

Rules of the game:

If you say SIMON SAYS at the beginning of the sentence, children carry out the action. If you don't say SIMON SAYS, they should stand still. Anyone who does the action when they shouldn't, is out. I usually play a few practice rounds before enforcing this last rule.

How to play:

LEVEL 1 - single word level

SIMON SAYS you are a pumpkin / jack-o-lantern  / a crow / a bat etc.

N.B. Don't read the sentences on the card. Just use the pictures and say the basic sentence: You are a ...

LEVEL 2 - sentence level

Use the cards in this set and read the sentences. Children do the actions described.

E.g. Simon Says you are jumping on a pile of leaves / You are a bat flying around etc.

I hope you have fun playing autumn Simon Says with Brown Owl!

TIP: the same vocabulary comes up in 'Brown Owl's Autumn' poem.

Brown Owl is the star of my rhyming picture book series 'Read and Rhyme with Brown Owl'. For more information please visit: readandrhyme.at