Telephone childrens game

And I certainly didn't expect the epicly garbled message towards the end though, it was a genius little bit of writing and quite humorous.

I liked the illustrations and the wide variety of birds represented. I can see kids who like birds having fun identifying the different types on the wire.

I think most people are going to be a little put off when this book doesn't flow the way they expect it to. Check out more picture book reviews Perspective of a Writer Peter's mom has dinner prepared and asks Peter's baseball buddy to tell him to fly home for dinner.

As he passes the message on to another bird down the wire the message gets garbled due to his own interests. Will Peter ever get his message to come home? I love picture books with messages and I'm not sure this qualifies, though an adult could easily link it to telling rumors, but the end does kind of kill the message that telling tel Check out more picture book reviews Perspective of a Writer I love picture books with messages and I'm not sure this qualifies, though an adult could easily link it to telling rumors, but the end does kind of kill the message that telling tells is bad Still I really enjoyed the way the story progressed with the garbled messages and it made total sense to me the crazy bird communicated the true message to the wise owl.

Word wise it has a perfect number with one short sentence on each spread with one page filled with text. My nephew book only struggled with two words but it was still great practice with the right balance. He loved the rock star bird page where he struggled over admired the best and drew that spread very well!

My favorite bird was the turkey, lol. It was drawn so marvelously that her words being on the next page still worked well! Really though the art makes this book totally worth purchasing! Each spread is gorgeous, and kids will pour over it just for the art alone!

See my picture book reviews in a special feature called Boo's Picture Gallery Jan 13, Amy Forrester rated it it was amazing Shelves: picture-books. So she passes the message down the bird covered telephone wire. Unfortunately, the birds get the message a little confused.

Will Peter understand it when it finally gets to him? The playfully humorous all dialogue text is perfect for an elementary aged audience. Follow up with your own game of telephone. Nov 06, Brooke Williams rated it really liked it. As a reader, I thought this was a fun and cute picture book.

I enjoyed how the owl at the end is the one who finally realizes that what is being said is not making much sense and corrects it. I found that clever since owls are always considered wise. As a future teacher, I think this would be a great book to share in the classroom. It will teach the students to be careful about what they say and to make sure that it is the truth.

It demonstrates how easily words can become distorted or miscompre As a reader, I thought this was a fun and cute picture book. It demonstrates how easily words can become distorted or miscomprehended. Oct 22, Ann Haefele rated it it was amazing Shelves: picture-easy-read. Mac Barnett is fast becoming a new favorite author of mine. This book is a fun portrayal of how our words get misinterpreted, and it will remind the reader of the "telephone" game with mixed up results. Each bird and its outfit gives a hint of his or her misinterpretation of the message.

This would be a good book to read when talking to children about gossip. Aug 02, Donalyn rated it really liked it Shelves: mg-ya-picture-books-fiction. Numerous birds on a telephone wire pass along a message to Peter from his mother, each bird changing the message. Fun twist at the end. Lots of details to examine and use to infer the personality of each bird.

Dec 03, Karen A. Just exactly how it happens - could have been a power point on how everyone gets the wrong information - I see lots of lesson plans with the game telephone coupled with this book.

Possibly even a TED talk. Should be good for just plain ol' storytime too!! Mar 26, Katt Hansen rated it liked it Shelves: kids-humor , kids-picture-book.

The best part of this story - the turkey on the wire. Funny bit of a game of telephone. I would have liked it better if there had been a more gradual progression of garbling, but given what everyone is shown to think about, the whole thing still makes sense and is fun to read.

Mar 07, Paul rated it it was ok Shelves: childrens-lit. Telephone gets high marks for great illustrations and clever garblings of the original message, especially the final one before the owl intervenes. It feels like kids might crack up over the confused translations, but the wrap-up requires a more grown-up sensibility to savor it. Sep 04, Heydi Smith rated it it was amazing Shelves: kids-storytime. A must read - over and over again!

Then play telephone and watch what happens. One of my all time favorite books. Sep 19, Melissa Rochelle rated it really liked it Shelves: picture-books , read , library. I loved the illustrations. And the wise owl who saw through all the crazy is awesome.

Lots of silly, fun here! Sep 21, Ryan M. Hanna rated it liked it. Too cute! Oct 01, Amy rated it liked it Shelves: read , easy-fiction. Cute and funny. Would be great for elementary teachers to discuss gossiping in the classroom and how things are changed with every repeat.

Oct 12, Melissa rated it it was amazing. Mac Barnett is awesome. A game of telephone with bids perched on a telephone wire-- which my kids found fascinating Oct 13, Edward Sullivan rated it really liked it Shelves: picture-books. An absurd, witty take on the Telephone game that will give kids lots to giggle about. Coming up with single words for the Telephone Game is easy, so to create an even better game, you should have a few good phrases handy ahead of time!

You want to pick something that's a little challenging and easy to misinterpret because it makes the end result even more entertaining. Also, try choosing a phrase that you think would be totally hilarious for people to whisper down the line, no matter if it's easy or hard; the players' facial expressions will be priceless!

To help you prepare for a memorable game, we've listed more than funny and tricky sentence ideas below. Other options: an angry ostrich, a peeved corgi, a lovesick flamingo, a grumpy armadillo, a flummoxed raccoon, etc. Photo by Joshua J. Cotten on Unsplash; Canva. I like to eat cabbage on top of lettuce just to confuse people. I hear the avocado is advantageous in the advocate's advice. Image by Andrew Martin from Pixabay; Canva. You may have heard the phrase "purple monkey dishwasher" associated with the Telephone Game.

That comes from an episode of The Simpsons see the video above. Here are some more nonsense phrases along those lines! You can use them alone or add them to another sentence to end it on a bizarre note. Sometimes, the same old game can get boring. In this variation, the first player chooses a word and uses a pencil and paper to draw a single line to begin the illustration of the word. The next player is quietly told the word and must continue the drawing, again with just one line. At the end of the round, the last player is not told the word and must guess the word by looking at the drawing!

This variation is also know as Telephone Pictionary or Pass the Message. There are published versions of this game, like the web-based Gartic Phone game and the board game Telestrations, but all you need to play it at home for free is a bunch of paper and pencils! You can also play this game with notebooks and alternate writing and drawing on different pages rather than folding a single sheet of paper.

That uses up a lot more paper, though. Also, try using colored pencils or markers to inspire some artistic and hilarious drawings!

This is the best way to play with a large group, and it's fun if you like competition! Divide the players evenly into teams. One person whispers the same phrase to the first player on each team.

Sometimes, the word does not get changed at all by the last person. This means that the players are really good at listening and honest about not changing the word.

Always whisper. You will need to whisper a word or phrase to a person during the game of telephone. Whispering helps in two ways; keeping the word a secret and making it hard to interpret correctly. Keeping the word quiet can make it more likely that it will end up being misheard and wildly different from the starting phrase.

Part 3. Play in teams. Playing telephone in teams can add a fun competitive edge to the game. Teams will each play the game in same manner, with one person starting the game off and the players whispering it down the line. However, one player is chosen to whisper the same word to both teams.

The goal is to see which team can end the game with the word being closest to the original. Words that are farther apart from the original will generally have wildly different sounds and meanings. For example, you may start with the word "benevolence". One team ends the game thinking that the word was "beneficent", while the other team got "detriment". In this case, the team who said "beneficent" would be closer to the original word and win the round.

In this version, players are required to make changes. Even if you hear the phrase correctly, you must add one or two differences.

This will result in huge changes to the original phrase the game started with. For example: [5] X Research source If you started out with "Mary had two white cats," the next person might say: "Mary had two black dogs. Increase the difficulty. If you are finding that your team is able to keep the word or phrase close to the original, you can try making the game harder. Try picking new words or phrases that are more difficult to hear correctly.

Keep some of these tips in mind when trying to make the game of telephone a bit more difficult: Pick longer words or phrases. The more you say, the harder it will be to pass on to the next person. You might try using "Squirreled" or "Can you can a can as a canner can can a can?

Pick words that aren't often used. For example, "magnanimous" isn't said often and may cause players to mishear it. Use random words that don't have context. Just start the game over again.

If this keeps persisting, mix up the order of the players. Also, make the word or phrase more difficult. Not Helpful 5 Helpful They can change the word on purpose or they can try to hear what the first person whispers. Yes, they are the same game given different names. Not Helpful 5 Helpful 7. There is no winner. The last person in line says what they heard out loud and they sometimes mix up the order, causing everyone to laugh.

If they get it right, start again but if they get it wrong, you can go back and figure out who messed it up by asking everyone what they heard. The results are pretty funny. Not Helpful 2 Helpful 6.