Games to introduce

Book GameTruck Memphis today, and game with your parents on our state-of-the-art consoles, and a list of the newest and hottest titles. Call us today at Find your location. Call or Request a Party. Super Smash Bros Any of the iterations of the Super Smash Bros franchise are a great choice if your parent has a competitive streak.

Minecraft For a medium that is usually engaged in an arms race for graphical fidelity, Minecraft is a throwback to the pixelated games of yore. Limbo Limbo is a minimalist game of shadow and light, with an atmosphere thick with dread and lurking danger. Journey This is by far the best game to introduce your parents to gaming. The game works best with small class sizes. Give each student three blank cards. On the first card, students write their name, surname and age. On the second card, the students write four adjectives to describe their physical appearance and personality.

On the third card, students write their favourite TV programme and type of music. You can change the information the students write on their cards, depending on their level and your chosen language focus. When the students have finished writing, take all the cards back and shuffle them together.

Next, sit the students in a circle and hand out three cards to each student. If a student receives one of their own cards back, exchange it for another. Each student should have three cards that other students have written.

One student begins by asking the person on their right to swap one, two or three cards with the student sitting to their right or left. Then, the next student does the same and so on. This continues until one student gets their three cards back.

When this happens, the student says "ABC. The last student to do this loses and gets the letter 'A'. The student who got all their cards back introduces themselves to the class using the information they wrote on their cards, e.

My name is Toby Smith. I'm 12 years old', etc. The student then leaves the game. If a student is the last person to put both hands in the circle a second time, they get a letter 'B'. If this happens a third time, they get a letter 'C'. The student then has to repeat the names and information of all the students that have introduced themselves. The game continues until all the students have introduced themselves to the class. Two Truths and a Lie. This fun first day of class ice breaker can be used to either introduce yourself to a new class or for students to get to know one another.

There are two versions of this game. One version is played between the teacher and the class and in the other students play in small groups. In the teacher to class version, divide the students into teams of four or five.

Present the first set of 'Two Truths and a Lie' statements. The students then race to answer by raising their hands. The first student to raise their hand guesses which statement is a lie.

If the student guesses correctly, award one point to their team. If they guess incorrectly, subtract two points from their team. Go through all the categories of statements. The team with the highest number of points at the end wins the game. In the student to student version, students prepare three or four categories of 'Two Truths and a Lie' statements.

In small groups, students then take it in turns presenting a category of statements. The other students then call out their guesses.

The first student to guess correctly scores one point. The game continues until all the students have presented their statements.

The student with the most points wins the game. As a follow up, students report back to the class the three or four things they learnt about one member from their group.

Who am I? Here is an excellent game for the first day of class. This game helps you to introduce yourself to the class and gives you insight into your students' level of English. Before you start the game, cover the board with information about yourself. Next to each piece of information write a number.

The type and amount of information you write will depend on the level of your class, e. London, 2. Next, divide the students into two teams A and B. Tell the class that on the board is information about yourself. Explain that the aim of the game is for teams to choose a number and ask a question that they think matches with the answer on the board.

To play, have everyone form a circle. The first person must say his name, preceded by a word that describes him and begins with the same letter. The next person repeats the first person's description and name before saying her own, the third person says the first two people's descriptions and names before saying his own.

Autograph Bingo requires that there be 24 participants or more. Each player is given a Bingo card with an interesting fact in each box. Examples might be "is an only child," "has run a 5K," "hates ice cream" or "has been to Hawaii. The first person to have a row full of autographs or one in each box, should you choose to play that way shouts "Bingo! There are two parts to the Sort and Mingle game.

First, the sorting part. The leader asks the group which of two items they prefer for example, coffee or tea, movies or books or rock or country music and sends them to a corner of the room assigned to that option. After a few rounds of this type of sorting, the leader calls out another set of options, but tells the group they must mingle with one another and discover who in the crowd has the same preferences, creating their own groups in the end.

Two Truths and a Lie is a great game to play at the end of your introductory period, after the group has gotten to know each other just a little bit. Each person prepares three statements, two of which are true, and one of which is a lie.