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Guesstures

Primary Category: Physical/Sensory Motor Development

Subcategories: Social Skills, Motor Planning, Creativity/Imagination/Symbolic Play, Problem Solving

Description of how the game can be used to fit the categories: The fun game of Guesstures is an entertaining game that is very interactive for all players. Social skills can be developed by playing this game when the players must guess what the other player is acting out. This requires the players to shout out guesses to try to figure out what the player is acting out. Motor planning is involved in this game because the players must figure out how they will move their body in order to act out the different topics and word cards. Creativity and imagination are involved in this game because the players must act out the different topics on the card and use their imagination to get across the different topics. Problem solving is also involved in this game because the players must try to guess what the other player is acting out and figure it out quickly before the card drops.