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Loud and Quiet
Children repeat vocabulary words loudly or quietly depending on teacher signal.
⏱ 5-10 min⚡ Medium energy👥 Whole class
📚 Vocabulary
• any lesson vocabulary
• loud
• quiet
• whisper
• shout
🛠 Materials
• Flashcards for vocabulary
• Optional: loud and quiet signs
📋 How to Play
- Hold up a flashcard and say the word.
- Children repeat the word after you.
- Hold up a LOUD sign or raise your arms — children repeat the word in a big loud voice.
- Hold up a QUIET sign or put finger to lips — children whisper the word.
- Switch between loud and quiet rapidly to keep children alert.
- Show the card faster and faster — children must say it at the right volume.
- Let a child be the teacher and hold up the signs.
💡 Teacher Tips
✓This is one of the best drilling games — children repeat words many times without getting bored.
✓Exaggerate your own loud and quiet voices to make it more fun.
✓Add a medium volume too — big voice, medium voice, tiny whisper.
✓Use this game to drill any vocabulary that needs lots of repetition.
🔄 Variations
→Fast and slow — say the word quickly or slowly instead of loudly or quietly.
→Happy and sad voice — practise emotion words at the same time.
→Robot voice and normal voice — children love using a robot voice.
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