[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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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?
The park’s true-or-false quiz
The circle-and-cross quiz at the kindergarten seems perfect for a thank-you party game.
By learning more about the teachers who took care of the children, there will be new and unexpected discoveries, making it an exciting quiz.
It can also be a time to look back on memories from kindergarten life and reflect on the children’s growth, which might turn into a touching moment.
Having participants hold papers with the circle and cross marks during the game helps everyone visually see who chose O or X, which could boost the excitement even more.
Playing background music to set the mood is also recommended.
Simple riddle
This time, we’re introducing some very easy riddles that even children can solve.
These riddles call for perspective, flashes of insight, and flexible thinking.
Be sure to enjoy them at the thank-you party.
Since children tend to be more imaginative, an unexpected quiz champion might emerge.
It would be great to prepare answers related to the school, the class, or the teachers—things that children and parents will find fun.
You can also make it a team competition and have them write their answers on paper to liven things up.
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!