Kindergarten Activity No. 56 : All About My Mum

All about my Mum

Getting to know those who are close to us is important. Spending time with our family helps us to get to know each other better. When we spend time together, we learn about our personal interests and how to respect and tolerate each other. One important way a child learns of his/her self-worth is through his/her interactions with his/her family. When we give quality time to our family, we create a bond and give our children a strong sense of belonging and security. Create opportunities at home in which all the family can engage in.

Below is an activity that will serve as an icebreaker to help your child get to know you better.

How to play this game:

Print the document all about mum (see link below). This document contains picture cards which your child can use as prompts to ask questions about you. (If you don’t want to print the cards you can draw your own). The cards will help your child ask you questions about your:

Favourite colour
Favourite sports
Favourite lipstick colour
Favourite food
Favourite shop
Favourite drink
Favourite TV programme
Favourite shoes
Favourite song
Favourite book
Favourite dress
Favourite fruit

The cards have no words written on them. Pictures are an important part of learning how to read as they introduce the child to reading. While asking you questions about your favourite things your child will be building his/her vocabulary skills and sentence structure.

To print the document all about mum use this link:

all about mum

After printing the cards, cut along the dotted line, fold the cards in half and put them in a bowl or in a sack.

Now let the fun begin; let’s find out who knows mum well! Start the game by asking your child to put his hand in the bowl or sack and take a card. Ask him to unfold the card and ask you a question (depending on the picture on the card). For example, if the picture s/he picked is a bowl of fruit your child has to ask you: “What is your favourite food?”

Apart from getting to know you better, this activity will help your child think, observe, and enhance his vocabulary. If your child does not ask the question correctly, rephrase it and encourage him/her to repeat it. Give full answers and describe why you like that particular thing. This will help children enhance their language skills.