Heads Up!

Looking for a good game to play with your students during indoor recess? Or maybe even an ice breaker game for the first week of school. Try the App Heads Up! Heads up is a fun game that you can download on any phone device or IPad. You pick a category, hold your device on your head, screen facing outward and guess the word on the screen using your friends’ clues. The person guessing the word should guess as many words as possible before the timer runs out! If you guess the word correctly you tilt the device screen to the floor, if you guess incorrectly you tilt the device screen to the sky. You can also record and share videos of your friends’ increasingly frantic efforts to clue you in! The best part about the game Heads up you are able to create your own categories. For example; I created the category “farm animals”. One of my students would hold the device on their head while we gave them clues such as “This animal says MOO!” “This animal produces milk and butter”. I cannot begin to share how fast my students were able to recognize and identify common farm animals as well as know what kind of products we get from farm animals. The game Heads Up is not only a fun game to play during free time but also a tool for learning. “A good teacher can inspire hope, ignite the imagination and instill a love of learning.” Download this app from your app store for just $.99 before “time runs up!”