Practise summer vocabulary with these game cards!

The set focusses on summer words beginning with an 's' from the rhyming picture book 'Brown Owl at the Seashore': seagull, sandcastle, starfish, shells, sun, sandals, spades, snack, stones, sea, sunglasses, crab (odd one out in old maid)

They can be used for four different games:

1) SNAP (2-4 players)

Shuffle the cards and deal them between all players.

Players put their cards in front of them, face down.

Each player turns over a card and lays it in the middle. If two cards on top of each other are the same, players shout snap and place their hands in the middle. The fastest player wins the cards!

The winner is the player with all the cards at the end of the game.

2) PAIRS

Mix the cards and spread them out face down on the table. Each player takes it in turns to choose two cards. If they are the same, they take the cards and turn over another two. The winner is the player with the most pairs at the end of the game.

3) OLD MAID (3-4 players)

The aim of the game is to have as many pairs as possible.

Remove THREE crab cards. The crab is the old maid (schwarzer Peter)

Shuffle the remaining cards and deal them between all players.

Players look at their cards and place any PAIRS in front of them.

Each player chooses one card to pass on and places it in front of them. Players count 3,2,1 and pass the card to the player on their left.

If a player has a new pair, they place it on the table in front of them.

The game carries on until one player has no cards left. The player with the most cards has won.

Any player with the crab card tries to pass it on as it does not have a pair.

4) HAPPY FAMILIES (3-4 players)

The aim of the game is to have as many sets of four seashore words as possible.

Shuffle and deal all the cards between the players.

If a player has a set of four, they can place it on the table in front of them.

Any player starts and can ask another player for an animal they need: Have you got a seagull?

The other player responds with Yes, I have! OR No! I Haven't!

The player can continue asking until someone says no.

Play then passes to the next player.

The game is over when one player has no cards left.

The winner is the player with the most sets of four (Quartett)

Have fun reading and rhyming with Brown Owl at the Seashore!

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