Here’s a fun PowerPoint game for Christmas.
Play it as a review game in children’s meetings, school assemblies and classrooms, or even without the review element as a stand-alone fun time!
Over the many years we have worked with young people of all ages, we have found this style of game to be immensely popular.
But it is a very versatile resource. Seniors in retirement homes also love to challenge their observation skills with this game.
It is a simple PowerPoint version of the “Concentration” game. Christmas objects in matched pairs are lined up behind penguins with numbers.
It’s easy to play!
1. Two teams play alternately. After answering a review question correctly (and being awarded points – say, 50) the first team chooses TWO numbers.
2. The PowerPoint operator clicks once on each of the two numbers. Two Christmas pictures will be revealed.
3. If the pictures are not identical, click once on each picture and the numbers will cover them up again.
4. Then the next team will win their chance to play by answering a review question. They can choose two numbers, but may prefer to ask for only one to be revealed at first, in case they have seen its matching partner and can recall where it is.
If matching pictures ARE found, award bonus points – say 25. Leave the pictures on display. But remember NOT TO CLICK ON MATCHED pictures, as the number will obscure them again. If so, simply click the numbers again to remove them, and once again reveal the Christmas picture.
6. As an extra bonus, the team that finds the glittery star gets extra points (say, a further 25). They can then go on to pick their two penguins to try to create a matching pair. DO NOT click the star or you will go to the next slide. A humorous message will send you back to the previous slide.
Full instructions are included in the closing slides of the file which you can download below.
It’s ideal for playing with a child in your family while at the computer! Or maybe giving your own little grey cells a work-out!
RIGHT-click on the link below to download the PowerPoint and save it to your computer.
Penguin Christmas Concentration game PowerPoint file