No.200
Karuta Card Grab
Japanese name: かるた取り
Materials
- A matching set of reading cards and picture/answer cards
- Optional large picture cards
How to play
- Spread the answer cards face up within everyone's view. Choose one reader. Players sit with hands away from the cards.
- The reader reads one card. Each player may touch only one matching answer card. The first to touch it keeps it; do not wrestle over cards.
- For a simultaneous touch, set the matching reading card at the back of the reading pile to retry later. After a wrong touch, return the answer card and sit out the next call as an observer.
- The reader checks each claimed card and waits for hands to return before reading again. Keep the same procedure even when few cards remain.
- After all cards have been read, count collected cards to finish. Invite a new reader. For a homemade set, children may create pictures and descriptions of familiar objects.
Ways to adapt
Preschool children: ten large picture cards. Younger primary school children: twenty cards. Older primary school children: local-themed or original cards.