Feely Box
Reach into a decorated box and guess the hidden object by touch alone.
📋 What You Need
A cardboard box with a hole cut in one side big enough for a child's hand. Decorate it to look exciting — wrap it in coloured paper or draw on it. Fill it with 6–8 small classroom objects or toys linked to your vocabulary topic.
🎮 How to Play
Show children all the objects before placing them in the box so they know what might be inside.
Call a child to the front and ask them to reach in without looking.
The child feels the object and tries to guess what it is.
Encourage them to describe what they feel — soft, hard, round, pointy — before guessing.
When they guess correctly they pull out the object and hold it up, saying the word clearly.
The whole class repeats the word together before the next child takes their turn.
💡 Teacher Tips
Build suspense by making the box look magical — call it "the mystery box" or "the magic box".
Choose objects with very different textures so guessing by touch is actually possible.
If a child is shy, let them whisper their answer to you first before saying it aloud.
Refresh the box between rounds with different objects to keep it surprising.
🔄 Variations
Adjective focus — child must say one describing word before guessing the object.
Yes/no version — class asks yes or no questions while child holds the hidden object.
Draw it — after feeling the object child draws what they think it is before revealing.
Team points — split into two teams and award a point for each correct guess.
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