Alphabet Shopping

This is a fun game where children have to say an item that they (could have) bought in a supermaket in alphabetical order around the classroom. The game begins as follows.

Child 1: I went shopping and I bought some apples
Child 2: I went shopping and I bought some bread
Child 3: I went shopping and I bought some custard
Child 4: I went shopping and I bought some doughnuts
and so on until the letter z (or until the children can't think of anything else!)

To make it more challenging the children could have to remember everything on "the shopping list" as it goes around the classroom. For example:

Letters that are particularly difficult, e.g. the letter "q", are fun because children will find it difficult to think of a word. When a child gets stuck you could ask the whole class if they can think of a food begin with "q". Then you could use the word "quince" as an example. This is a good word to use because it features in the poem "The Owl and the Pussy Cat"! You could read the poem to them later on in the day!

For the letter v try vanilla ice-cream.
You can cheat on the letter x by writing x-mas cake on the board.
For the letter z we recommend using zucchinis!