The A to Z of Shopping

Time

4 3 2 1 Early-Mid Stages

Benefits

Participants

One to One or Group Activity

What you need

A shopping bag or basket
26 alphabet cards, with the letters A to Z on

Intro

Let’s go on an imaginary shopping trip for fun! This game gets people thinking about all the things they could buy at the shops beginning with a particular letter. The answers can be anything they like – and the sillier the better! So answer quickly and see what weird and wonderful things pop into your head and out of your mouth.

The Activity

Place the letters in the basket or bag
Invite the group to sit in a circle
Give the bag or basket to the first person and ask them to choose a letter
Say to them “I went to the shops and bought a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _” and invite them to finish the sentence by thinking of something beginning with their letter e.g. if they have a G, they could say something like golf balls, goose or gazebo
Write down the item they say
Put the letter to one side and pass the bag to the next person
Keep going until all the letters have been used
Take a look at what each each person has bought and enjoy a chuckle at some of the more unusual combinations!