Campfire Holiday Adventures
A board game where young learners speak about holiday camping activities. Teams move around a 24-space board, answering questions about building shelters, catching fish, collecting wood, cooking, and lighting fires. Players use past simple and future simple to describe what they did and what they will do on holiday.
A free Board Game for Young learners at CEFR A2 level. Topic: holidays.
Speaking prompts on the board
- Ask your partner: what did you do on your last holiday?
- Act out building a tent or shelter. Your team guesses what you are doing.
- Describe the best food you ate on a holiday. How did it taste?
- Your team must agree: what will you catch if you go fishing tomorrow?
- Ask your partner: where will you go on holiday next year?
- Stand up and mime collecting wood in the forest. Can others guess?
- Explain: what do you need to cook food over a campfire?
- Discuss with your group: who is the best cook in your family?
- You have 30 seconds to present: describe your perfect holiday camping trip.
- Ask your partner: did you ever light a fire? What happened?
- Show with your hands: how tall was your tent or shelter?
- Compare: is camping better or worse than staying in a hotel?
- Your team must agree: what will you bring to a camping holiday?
- Act out catching a big fish. Show how big it was with your arms.
- Explain: what is hard about building a shelter in the woods?
- Describe the best holiday memory you have. Who was with you?
- Ask your partner: what animals will you see if you go camping?
- You have 30 seconds to convince your team: camping is fun!
- Stand up and mime lighting a campfire carefully. Show each step.
- Discuss with your group: what food will you cook over the fire?
- Compare: collecting wood or catching fish — which is easier?
- Explain: what will you do if it rains during your camping holiday?
- Act out cooking something over a campfire. Your team guesses what.
- Ask your partner: will you go camping again? Why or why not?