What's in the Bag?- Fun Language Development Game (2024)

FAQs

What's in the bag language game? ›

hold the bag in front of the child. shake it as you sing or say, 'what's in the bag, what's in the bag, let us have a look, what's in the bag' open the bag a little and help the child to take something out. put the bag behind your back as this gives the child time to play with it.

Name the toy and encourage the child to play with it. Use simple language to comment on the toy and what the child is doing. For example, if they take a car out of the bag, you could say “car”, “blue car”, if they push it, you could say “pushing the car”, “fast car” etc.

They then take turns reaching into a bag to describe a hidden object, using only their sense of touch. After five clues are given, the other students try to guess what is in the bag, based on the descriptive language used by their classmates.

This game is quite simple – all that's required is that Player A places an object in the bag and Player B asks questions in a quest to discover what it is. Both players can determine how challenging they want the activity to be.

This activity is used for a warm up or day starter. The teacher (and afterwards, a student) places an item in a bag . Students then use reasoning and questioning to guess what the item it. It brings about a good discussion on reasonability and problem solving.

This is a fun icebreaker or energizer where participants are asked “What's in the bag?” It's a simple way to engage people and have fun getting to know each other, it gets participants to step into the space together. Each team gets points for any items that are called out that they have with them.

Take 6-8 brown paper bags and put a different object in each. Number the outside of the bag to keep track of the contents. Next, help your child to use their sense of touch to identify objects. Have them reach into the bags without looking.

Explain to the participants they must put one hand inside the bag and gently feel the object. Encourage the participants not to break or crush the item in the bag. Having felt the object, the participant must say one word to describe how the object feels (NOT what s/he thinks it is).

Purpose: Getting to know each other. Assignment: Inside a paper lunch bag place three objects that symbolize three different parts of your life that are very important to you: family, future career, goals, friendship, religion, education, talents, etc. (your choice, but limit it to three).

Put the objects into a bag. The child puts their hand in the bag and tries to identify the objects by feeling them. Encourage them to say how the object feels (soft, rough, etc.) as well as naming it.

How do you play name in the bag? ›

This is a great game for helping children to name different objects. And best of all, all you need is a pillowcase and a selection of things they'll recognise from their everyday life. Just pop a few things in a bag and make a game of pulling out the mystery items, naming and talking about them as you go.