Educational Gameplay for Kids "Hedbanz"

KIDS JUST LOVE TO PLAY HEDBANZ

·         - Kids love to ask questions

·         - Kids love to get together and play

·         - Kids love the mystery behind trying to figure out what's on your forehead.

·         - Great game to take with you on your class.

Hedbanz is not only fun, but inherently educational. Many speech-language pathologists uses the Hedbanz Game. It is great for teaching categorization skills and how to ask questions

Kids will flex their deductive reasoning skills with the game's simple question-and-answer premise. By making connections and coming up with questions that will lead to answers, kids will also practice creative critical thinking skills.  

 Hedbanz Rules:

1. Divide the class into small groups

2. Each group needs one Hedbanz and a set of cards

3. One person wears the Hedbanz with a vocabulary card in it (no peeking!).

4. Each other member of the group answers a yes/no question to assist the wearer in guessing the referent

5. Each person gets a chance to be the guesser

6. Each group member must answer before the wearer can attempt a guess

7. The questions and answers continue until the wearer guesses or gives up.

8. The focus is verbal only, but it can be modified to include non-verbal strategies

Remember:

1. Make 6 headbands by cutting out strips of construction paper. This forms the base of the headband. Adjust the headband to fit your head by trying the headband on, adjusting the size and marking the correct size. Fasten the headband with glue or a stapler.

2.- Prepare vocabulary cards divided into four different categories.

3.- Prepare "Sample Questions” cards like "Am I an animal?", "Am I food?", "Am I red?", "Am I big? ", "Do I have a tail?", "Do I have feathers?", "Am I a fruit?"

5.- Prepare 6 cards with the allowable answers to the questions: "Yes", "No", "Could be", "I don’t know"

To be checked September, 3^rd. You will get a mark!