Give Us a Clue

Charades with vocabulary words — mime only, no sounds. Teams earn points for correct guesses.

Divide the class into two teams. Teams sit on opposite sides of the room.

One player from Team A comes to the front and picks a word card without showing it to anyone.

They have 60 seconds to mime the word — no sounds, no mouthing, no pointing at objects in the room.

Their own team shouts guesses. If they guess correctly within the time limit they score a point.

If time runs out with no correct answer Team B gets one chance to steal with a single guess.

Teams alternate until everyone has had a turn miming.

Review all the words on the cards before starting so no child is miming a word they do not know.

Avoid abstract words — concrete nouns and action verbs mime much more clearly.

Allow the mimer to pass once if they draw a word they cannot mime — keep a discard pile.

Encourage the guessing team to shout in full sentences — "Are you swimming?" not just "swim".

Sound allowed — mimer can make animal sounds or sound effects but no words.

Pairs mime — two children mime the same word together for more complex vocabulary.

Category round — all words in a round belong to one category, revealed before miming begins.

Speed round — reduce the timer to 30 seconds and play two rounds back to back for excitement.