I Spy Board Game Grocer | Community Helpers Game | Sensory | Our Community
Step into the grocery store and bring learning to life with this I Spy Board Game Grocer Community Helpers Edition!
Kids love spotting familiar foods, shopping carts, and grocery clerks as they race to match pictures on their board. It feels like play, but it’s also building articulation, vocabulary, visual discrimination, and social skills all at once.
Packed with bright illustrations and easy-to-follow gameplay, this hands-on I Spy game is perfect for preschool, kindergarten, and early elementary learners.
Whether you’re working on community helpers vocabulary, speech therapy goals, ELL language development, or simply need an engaging sensory-friendly activity for indoor recess, this resource will quickly become a classroom favorite.
What’s Included in the Grocer I Spy Board Game Set:
10 colorful grocery-themed I Spy game boards featuring foods, shopping carts, grocery clerks, and store items
40 image cards to build vocabulary and matching skills
20 printable tokens for point-keeping and rewards
Step-by-step teacher instructions with flexible ways to play for whole groups, small groups, and independent learners
Each board is filled with playful illustrations that make kids feel like they’re inside a grocery store, practicing real-world vocabulary while strengthening early literacy and language skills.
Skills Reinforced
Primary Academic Skills:
Vocabulary Development – Build expressive and receptive vocabulary with grocery store words and community helpers language.
Articulation & Speech Practice – Support pronunciation of key vocabulary during gameplay in a natural, motivating way.
Visual Discrimination – Strengthen attention to detail as students scan the board to spot their matching picture.
Phonological Awareness & Early Literacy – Connect spoken words to visuals, supporting both phonics and vocabulary growth.
Secondary Skills (SEL + Life Skills):
Turn-Taking and Cooperation – Practice patience and social skills while playing in small groups.
Expressive Language – Encourage children to describe what they see and use new words in sentences.
Focus and Attention – High-energy, fast-paced play keeps learners engaged and motivated.
The Grocer Theme Community Helper I Spy Board Games are Perfect For:
Speech and Occupational Therapy: Target scanning, articulation, and descriptive language.
Literacy & Math Centers: A meaningful, no-prep rotation that can be used over and over.
ELL/ESL Support: Strong visuals paired with spoken vocabulary make this game ideal for language learners.
Homeschool Morning Baskets: A screen-free, hands-on activity for mixed-age groups.
Early Finishers or Rainy Day Fun: Keep learning going without pulling out more worksheets.
Sub Plans: Simple instructions make it easy for substitutes to run without extra prep.
How to Play the Grocer Theme I Spy Flip Board Game:
Choose a grocer theme I Spy game board and place it in the center.
Deal image cards face-down into small piles for each player.
Everyone flips their top card at the same time.
Players race to find the matching picture on the board.
The first to point to or touch the correct image wins a token.
Keep playing until all cards have been matched... the player with the most tokens wins
Bonus Play Options:
In independent play, a single student works through the deck of image cards on their own. They flip one card at a time, search for the matching picture on the game board, and cover it with a mini eraser or token.
This option is perfect for building focus, visual scanning, and vocabulary skills without the pressure of competing against others.
In parallel play, two students each have their own I Spy game board and set of cards. They play side-by-side, flipping and matching cards at their own pace.
This approach works well for children who need personal space, are just beginning to join group activities, or who thrive in a more relaxed, non-competitive environment.
Simply print, laminate, cut, and go! The small storage size makes it super easy to keep everything in one place.
Standards Alignment:
✔ Texas Pre-K Guidelines: Builds vocabulary, visual skills, and cooperative play
✔ Virginia ELDS: Supports sustained attention, early literacy, and peer interaction
✔ Common Core ELA:
SL.K.1a – Participate in collaborative conversations
L.K.6 – Use acquired words and phrases in conversation
RF.K.3a – Demonstrate knowledge of letter-sound correspondences through vocabulary play
Check out what other educators are saying:
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Christine H. wrote: “I used this as a vocabulary game with my RTI group. It was great to have new types of words… and a good tool to see which students could grasp words and images quickly.”
This isn’t just another classroom game.
It’s play-based learning that encourages language, attention, and social interaction while keeping kids excited to learn.
Your students will beg to play again and again, making it the perfect addition to your community helpers unit, phonics practice, or rainy-day fun box.
📥 Download Info:
This is a digital download: no physical items will be shipped.
I love the "Flip" activities. They're always colorful and engaging. These activities reinforce childrens use of language, labeling, identifying of vocabulary associated with specific themes. My students in the past have loved the Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall flip, so when I wanted to update my beginning of the school year activities I happened to find the September themed one and knew I had to purchase it. I laminate my mats and have the kids cover the images with colored small or large game chips, vase jewels or playdough. If the images on the mats are too busyi make sure to uave extra copies for the kids to engage in matching the images. The kids love it!
I am greatly appreciative of this content. I have developmentally delayed preschool baby 3-5 year olds and this really is helping them a lot. I wish I had pictures, but I don't yet.
Great game. My students love it and my kids at home. Lots of fun times playing this game. I love the variety in boards. My suggestion for customers is to print it on cardstock so you can't see through the cards.
My kindergarten students are using these clip cards as a review activity in our morning bins. This is a fun review activity that also helps build fine motor skills.