Rudolph And Your Nose So Bright: Christmas Guessing Game

These pictures of Rudolph make for a fantastic simple guessing game with a Christmas twist. To get a copy of this image, click on it to enlarge and then right click to ‘Save as…’ to get a copy on your device. Continue reading to discover this festive activity.

What you will need

One per child of a cut-out Rudolph

Three larger versions of any colour Rudolphs, made into finger puppets

Activity

Ask the class to greet the first Rudolph puppet you show them, and to ask him how he is feeling. Respond as if you are Rudolph.

Ask the children the colour of Rudolph's nose. Can the class guess the colour of the nose of the other two finger puppets you have made?

Now set up a simple game for the children, based on ‘Knock, Knock, Who’s There?’. The child with the Rudolph to be guessed says the phrases in italics, and the child who is doing the guessing says the alternate parts.

In French, we are going to say: 

Toc, toc, toc!

Qui est là?

Rudolphe avec le nez..?

Le nez…

Oui/non

In Spanish, say:

¡Pon, pon, pon!

¿Quién es?

Rudolph con la nariz…

La nariz…

Si/no

Adding extra challenge?

Have you noticed that the Rudolphs on the sheet at the top are also wearing ties? This adds a wonderful further challenge in French, as we can look at the adjective spelling change for some of the colours and the way we therefore pronounce them, when we use a ‘le’ noun or a ‘la’ noun.

This adds a DfE programme of study objective, based on understanding basic grammar too. This activity can be used across all our language learners, from KS1 and beginners to moving on learners with differentiated challenge!

And in Spanish? Well we can use ‘la nariz’ with adjectives that agree and change the tie to a soft neck scarf to use the masculine noun ‘el pañuelo’.

Finally in German! We will need to tweak the verse a bit for younger learners, but can add differing degrees of challenge with adjectival endings for more advanced learners.

Klopf, klopf, klopf!

Wer bist du?  

Rudolph und meine Nase ist…

.......

Ja/nein

To be more challenging, add the preposition ‘mit’ and practise the positioning of the adjective before the noun with the correct adjectival ending (e.g. Rudolph mit der ... Nase). Or to add even more challenge, introduce the changes in the definite article too by using ‘die Nase’ and also ‘das Halstuch’ (e.g. mit der ... Nase/ mit dem … Halstuch).