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Go Fish

Submitted by Kristin Lukow, Nebraska

Idea posted 2002-03-25

The goal is to make books of four of the same card. I made four cards each of various instruments. I made about 20 different instruments. I laminated them.

We played with about eight students in a group. Shuffle. Deal. Each student received four. Put the leftovers in a pile in the middle of the group.

One student asks another, "Do you have any tubas?" If they do, they give them to the asker. If they don't, they say, "Go fish!" The asker takes a card from the pile. If it is the card they asked for... they get to ask again. If not, it is the "ask-ees" turn. You continue to play until you are out of cards. (Or until it's time to go!) The person with the most books at the end wins.

It's a fun way to review the names, pronunciation, and sight recognition of the instruments.