Children love “I Have, Who Has” card games, and you can find many of them online to teach a variety of skills. You can find my “I Have, Who Has” games for Numbers and Shapes at these links.
Before I play skill based “I Have, Who Has” games, we play a “fun” version first so that children can learn how to play the game and they can see right away how fun it is to play.
Here’s a Wildlife version of “I Have, Who Has” that children can play for fun before you start playing to learn skills. Then when it’s time to learn numbers or shapes or letters, they will think it’s just a game.
I play this game with the class at large group and small group. Once the children understand how to play, I’ll add the cards to a center so children can play on their own. You can even use it as a transition activity by having the kids line up as soon as they have “read” their card and put it in the basket.
At the beginning of the year, you might also want to play this game with photos of children’s faces to help them learn their classmates’ names.
“I Have, Who Has” Game Directions
To play, deal out all of the cards to all players in the group. If you play this game at small group, each child will have a set of cards, but if you play it at large group or as a transition activity, only give each child one card. At small group, have the children lay out all of their cards on the table so they can see them. The first player chooses any card and reads it. For example, “I have an alligator. Who has an elephant?” That child places that card in the basket, and everyone looks at their cards to see if they have an elephant. The person who does then says, “I have an elephant. Who has a giraffe?” That child places that card in the basket, and so on. Play continues until all of the cards are in the basket. It shouldn’t matter which card you begin the game with– just make sure all of the cards are used even if you, the teacher, has a few.
Download Wildlife “I Have, Who Has” Game
Wildlife “I Have, Who Has” Game Printable
Note: This printable is FREE. Just click to download!
Don't worry - we never sell or share email addresses!
Thanks for this idea. I love it. You always have great ideas that I use quite often in my classroom. I love getting your posts. This helps me so much because we as preschool teachers know how busy a classroom is and just having the time to look up new ideas can be hard. So your posts are a big help to me.
Thanks so much for this idea. I teach Latin to 2nd -5th graders. I will use the pictures to ask, ” Who has. . .?” in Latin. The first student who raises their hand with a correct response in Latin and shows the picture, will get a token. The winner with the most tokens will get a choice of two prizes and the other students will receive one prize. What a fun way to break the ice the first day of Latin classes!
Thanks again. I’m sure the kids will love this.
Thank you Karen these are really cool..the kids will enjoy them for sure..!!
Thank you, this will be a great way to introduce the game
Karen,
I think this is an excellent game. Thanks a lot ! You always have awesome ideas?
I love this activity! Very suitable to our units on animals!
thank you so much!
My preschoolers and I love your games! The animal photos are fantastic. Thank you for sharing another quality resource.
Thank you I will use these with my kiddos
Thank you!!! We love your games!!
Yay!! Fun game. Thanks, Karen, I will use this game this year.
I love that game, looks cool can’t wait to try it out! Thanks for the freedie!
I love all of your ideas and products. I think it’s a great idea to introduce this game with pictures of animals first before introducing letters, numbers, shapes, or rhyming pictures. I am just wondering about something though. Are you referring to the red bird as a cardinal or just a bird and is the bug referred to as a beetle or an insect? Thank you so much for your emails and free printables!
I let the kids decide what to call the animals, three year olds tend to say bird, while older ones call it cardinal. We had a great discussion about lizard/ salamander too!
My 3-6 year olds love the “I Have, Who Has” game!
It is a good way to gather kids who have no work, to comfort those who just left Mom or Dad, and it is easy to learn. Thank you!
Karen,
This is great. I love your ideas. God bless you for sharing what you have. You will never lack ideas.
thank you.
Thank you for your games and fabulous ideas. We like trying out your new activities.