Play FLASH – The flash card version of BINGO, this takes a few minutes of prep time for mom. Either the first one to the top will win or there will be a tie.Ĥ. Just double the number of cards and take turns, making sure everyone gets the same number of turns. My son sits on the steps and gets to move to the next one with each correct answer. We have fun playing the live-action version of this game. Miss too many, and he can’t make it to the top of the stairs. If the answer is incorrect, he has to stay put. When the student answers a question correctly he moves his marker to the next stair. If you are using paper stairs, use a marker (button, penny, teddy bear counter). The more extra cards you have, the more chances your student will have to win. You will need to have two to five more cards than you have stairs. Climb the Stairs – Use a fat marker to draw a quick staircase on large paper or use an actual set of stairs in your home to play this fun game. Play for a pre-determined amount of time, a set number, or until all the cards are gone. You just have to make sure they only slap the cards and not each other. This game works great for everyone from preschoolers learning their letters to middle school kids reviewing science vocabulary. The first player to slap the correct card gets to keep it. One person is the caller and calls out the answer - number for math fact, sight word, phonogram sound, definition for vocabulary, etc. Slap – Spread out your flash cards on the table face up. Kaboom is best played with homemade cards, because it is important that the BOOM cards you make for the game look exactly like the others.Ģ. If you draw that card, then you get to take all of your opponents’ cards as well. You can also add variety by adding a “SHAKALAKA” card. See the game in action in a short video of my son and I playing a game of Kaboom with his reading cards. You can play for a set amount of time or to a pre-determined number of cards. If the card has BOOM on it then you have to return ALL of your cards to the center of the table. Take turns selecting a card if you can answer correctly then you get to keep it. Turn all the cards face down and spread them out randomly on the table. Kaboom – Play this game by taking two of your cards and writing the word “BOOM” on them.