Braille
Vowel and Consonant Towers
A, B, C, D… you know your alphabet! But can you separate vowels and consonants?
Cheat!
Are you a good liar in this game of vowels against consonants?
Activity details
You know your letters, you can lie or tell the truth. But can you guess what your opponent is doing?
Goals
To identify consonants and vowels.
To cheat to win the game!
The adult prepares
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16 bricks: a mix of vowels and consonants
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playdough
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2 bowls
Randomly and equally distribute the 16 bricks and place them in the bowls.
Spread out a large flat piece of playdough to maintain the bricks upside down during the activity.
The children play
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Player 1 takes a brick from their bowl, secretly identify if it is a consonant or a vowel and stick it upside down in the playdough.
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Player 1 always announces « consonant ». They can tell the truth or lie.
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If player 2 believes player 1, they continue taking turns.
If player 2 doesn’t believe player 1, they say “cheat”, and remove the brick for examination together.
If either player is caught cheating or wrongly accuses the other of cheating, that player must take all the bricks that had been played.
The player with no bricks left wins the game.
Facilitation tips
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This activity requires strategy and practice so that the children can lie without laughing, dare to say ‘cheat’, save the consonants for last…
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Increase the number of players by distributing more bricks.
