Games in Education Magazine
June 2001
David Millans
USA

Subjects: Problem Solving, Vocabulary
Age Range: 6 and up
Time: 20 Minutes

In this fast-paced game of categories, players use their red apple cards to make the best match to that round's green apple card. The rotating position of judge is used to determine the best match, which can be exacting or whimsical. The judge's word is final.

Green apple cards display a term and several of its meanings. The "Great" card, for example, also lists "Good", and "Important", related, but quite different meanings of the word. Red apple cards include "Blowing Your Nose", "Grocery Stores", "Singing", and "Snoopy". Each of these has a bit of description. "Blowing Your Nose" has the favor test of "Please use a tissue!."

You can build decks to cover a more focused topic or vocabulary, or you can play with all of them and simply explore the incredible flexibility of language. Apples to Apples has several variants, and your students will invent more!

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