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Sequencing Games for Kids

Young children are often learning the skill of sequencing, or determining the order that events happen in a story. Understanding sequencing is an important part of reading comprehension. Students must be able to identify what happened first, next and last in a series of events. Games are a fun way to practice this developing skill, and teachers can find several interactive games for kids online that help teach sequencing.
  1. What's the Order?

    • The Funschool website offers a game for kids to practice putting pictures in order. Players are shown four pictures representing steps in a sequence of events that are familiar to most children, such as making a sand castle or putting up a tent. They must use observation skills to determine which picture shows the first event in the sequence and drag that picture to the space labeled with a number one. They continue ordering the pictures until they have completed the sequence. The game gives players immediate feedback with an applause sound after the pictures are placed in the correct order.

    Sound Sequence Memory Game

    • Room 108, an educational site for primary teachers and students, includes a section of sequencing games. In the Sound Sequence Memory Game, students listen to a series of bird chirps and then have to click the birds in the same order that they chirped. The sequence starts with only one bird chirping, and the player will click on that bird. In the next round, two birds chirp and the player must click on the first and second bird in order. Play will continue adding a bird to the sequence each time so that remembering the sequence becomes increasingly challenging for students.

    A Perfect Cup of Tea

    • Crickweb offers a game in which students read instructions for making the perfect cup of tea and then use what they have read to put the steps in order. Gran gives the player step-by-step instructions on how she likes her tea prepared. Students must remember the details of the instructions and then they are given six pictures of the steps. They will drag the pictures to the correct numbers in the sequence and then click on a button to check their work. If players forget the steps or are unsure about the correct order, they can click on a button labeled "Check with Gran" to read the instructions again.

    Reading for Clue Words

    • Older children are able to sequence events by reading sentences and picking up on context clue words. Quia includes a game in which players must number 10 sentences in the order they occurred by reading for clues within the sentences. The sentences give players clues with words like "after," "next" and "before" as well as times of the day. Students are given three attempts to sequence the sentences correctly by typing the numbers 1 to 10 in the spaces next to each sentence.

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