This game is an expressive vocabulary development game where the teacher looks around the room and says something like, "My eyes spy something big. What do I spy?" The children look around the room to find a big object. If a child knows the name of the big object, he says the name in English. If a child does not know the name of the object, he can point to it. The teacher then names the object and has the child repeat it several times. This game can be used to learn the names of colors, shapes, and objects.
This game supports the development of receptive language. To prepare for the game, the teacher collects objects that can be bought at a grocery store and places them on shelves. The children sit in a circle and the teacher asks for a specific object, saying, "When you go to the grocery store, would you get me a banana?" Each child has a turn going to the store and finding the item the teacher named. If a child does not understand the word, the teacher gives her the item and says the name of it several times, asking the child to repeat it each time.
This game is an expressive vocabulary game. The teacher fills a backpack with items found around the room. This can include items the children already know, as well as some they do not. The teacher starts the game by saying, "Guess what's in my backpack," while starting to remove an item. She does not take the item all the way out, but shows only a portion of it. The children then try to guess what is in the backpack. If no one can guess, the teacher takes the item out and says the name, having the children repeat it. Another way to play the game is to take everything out of the backpack and ask the children to name the items.