Game · Movement · Listening
Saying treasure hunt
Meaning cards are hidden around the room. Each team hears a saying and walks off to find its meaning.
- 25 minutes
- Small group
- Ages 7–9, Ages 9–12
- Classroom or at home
- Printable: cut-out cards
What to do
- Before the game, hide the meaning cards around the room or house. Keep the saying cards in a pile. Clear away anything people could trip over.
- Put players into small teams. Agree the rules: walk, do not run, and leave things tidy as you search.
- Give a team a saying card. Play its audio from the saying page and read the meaning aloud once.
- The team walks off together to find that meaning card.
- When they bring it back, check it against the list of sayings on this page. If it is right, they keep the pair and get the next saying card.
- Play until every meaning card is found. Count the pairs at the end, and cheer for every team.
Questions to talk about
- Which meaning was hardest to remember on the way?
- Can you tell us a time when one of these meanings fitted something in your life?
You will need
- The printed card sheet, cut out
- Scissors
- A device to play the audio on each saying page
Make it fit
Simpler: Hide the cards in easy places and let teams take the saying card with them as they search.
More of a stretch: Do not read the meaning aloud. The team hears only the saying and has to remember which meaning it goes with.
Sayings used
Printables
The instructions card is for the adult running the activity; the worksheet is for the children. Prints on A4 or US Letter at 100% / actual size; colour is optional.
The cut-out cards
Cut out the cards. Each saying has one card in Irish and one with its meaning.
The instructions card
How to run it · Game · Movement · Listening
Saying treasure hunt
Meaning cards are hidden around the room. Each team hears a saying and walks off to find its meaning.
25 minutesSmall groupAges 7–9, Ages 9–12
What to do
- Before the game, hide the meaning cards around the room or house. Keep the saying cards in a pile. Clear away anything people could trip over.
- Put players into small teams. Agree the rules: walk, do not run, and leave things tidy as you search.
- Give a team a saying card. Play its audio from the saying page and read the meaning aloud once.
- The team walks off together to find that meaning card.
- When they bring it back, check it against the list of sayings on this page. If it is right, they keep the pair and get the next saying card.
- Play until every meaning card is found. Count the pairs at the end, and cheer for every team.
You will need
- The printed card sheet, cut out
- Scissors
- A device to play the audio on each saying page
Talk about
- Which meaning was hardest to remember on the way?
- Can you tell us a time when one of these meanings fitted something in your life?
Make it fit
Simpler: Hide the cards in easy places and let teams take the saying card with them as they search.
Stretch: Do not read the meaning aloud. The team hears only the saying and has to remember which meaning it goes with.
Goes with the printable cut-out cards.