The "touch!" game

Teachers often play the "touch ...." game in class. It's a great way for kids to consolidate new vocabulary by finding the picture that goes with the word they hear from the teacher. The game comes from a popular Japanese new year's game called Karuta.
Students often get excited in this game and the action of touching/grabbing the card becomes all important. To make this game really effective, make sure the students say the picture and not just "touch!!" To make this game even more useful, try making the students ask you a question, then you answer and they slam the card, repeating the answer. For example, the students say, "What is it?" and the teacher answers, "It's a dog!!" Then the students slam the dog card and the winner can repeat the sentence to the teacher again.