[Nursery/Kindergarten] Liven Up the Thank-You Party! A Collection of Fun Quiz Ideas
Thinking about incorporating quizzes into nursery or kindergarten events, but not sure what kind will get everyone excited? Many teachers may be wondering the same thing.
Fun quizzes that children can join with a sense of excitement are perfect for thank-you parties and farewell gatherings.
Here, we’ve collected quiz ideas that children can enjoy while drawing out their imagination and powers of observation.
Try filling the venue with smiles using a variety of quizzes, including ones about the teachers and those that incorporate hand-play activities!
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Name-guessing quiz
A name-guessing quiz using photos taken as a record of growth is perfect for a thank-you party, isn’t it? Prepare several photos and have everyone guess which child is in each picture.
As you go through the photos, there may even be moving moments that bring tears to people’s eyes.
It’s a quiz everyone can enjoy while sharing in the children’s growth, so definitely give it a try! Since you’ll need photos, it’s a good idea to contact the parents of the children who will be included in the quiz in advance.
Spot the difference
The classic quiz: Spot the Difference.
It’s fun at any age and always a hit in preschools and kindergartens! Put two large pictures side by side and let everyone puzzle over them together.
You could even draw your own original illustrations and make a quiz for the thank-you party! The keys for a thank-you party are to make the differences easy to find and to print the images large or project them on a screen so they’re easy to see.
It’s also a good idea to prepare lots of differences so many people can participate.
Who will be the champion at spot-the-difference?
What am I saying?
The “What am I saying?” quiz is a game where you look at someone’s mouth and guess what they’re saying.
The person with the most correct answers wins! The quiz giver should open their mouth wide and move their lips slowly when presenting the quiz.
Giving hints—like the first letter or roughly how many letters the word has—makes it easier to imagine the answer.
It’s also a good idea to gradually increase the difficulty with categories like foods, animal names, or the names of teachers you’re grateful to.
Picture guessing quiz
It’s a drawing-guessing game where you draw a picture under a time limit of just a few seconds and others guess what it is! Prepare lots with the names of people attending the thank-you party, and the person drawn by lot will draw within the time limit.
The graduates will look at the drawing and think of the answer.
You can put anyone’s name in the drawing lots, but using the names of teachers or parents who helped the children makes the drawings easier to understand and turns it into a fun quiz everyone can join.
If only adults are doing the drawing, shortening the time limit to around 10 seconds makes it even more exciting—highly recommended!
Arunashi quiz
Let me introduce a brain-training “Aru-Nashi” quiz.
This is a puzzle where words are divided into two groups, “Aru” (Have) and “Nashi” (Have not), and you find the common trait or feature of the words in the Aru group.
For example, suppose the Aru group has “su” (vinegar) and “niwa” (garden), while the Nashi group has “mirin” (sweet rice wine) and “ie” (house).
The common feature in the Aru group is that, when you add the syllable “na,” they become different valid words.
It’s a bit tricky, but that makes it all the more satisfying when you figure it out.
Try it out while giving hints along the way!
Whose voice? Quiz
How about trying a lively voice-guessing quiz that everyone can enjoy together? In this game, you listen to various people’s voices and guess who they belong to.
For example, you could try identifying voices of popular anime characters.
If a character from your favorite anime shows up, it’ll naturally put you in a fun mood.
You could focus on a single anime, or define it more broadly as popular anime characters—it all sounds fun.
You could also make quizzes using celebrities or people close to you as the subjects.
In conclusion
We introduced quiz ideas that are sure to be a hit at daycare centers and kindergartens.
From animal quizzes to ones that include hand-play games, they’re all activities that will fill the room with children’s smiles.
If you use them at thank-you parties or farewell gatherings, teachers and parents can enjoy the time together as well.
You can freely adapt them into true/false formats or team competitions.
Be sure to spend a lively, fun time together!