Flying Horse: Games I like to play
Each week, "Flying Horse" features dozens of Central Illinois children's thoughts and drawings on various topics. This week: Games I like to play
Clue and Twister: I like to play Clue because I like to play it with my family. I also like Twister because it's very fun. I like games.
Haley Janssen
Grade 5, Calvary
Football: I like to play football because I think it is fun to throw and catch a ball. Football is also fun to watch.
Lucas Lancaster
Grade 3, Cedar Ridge
Go fish: My favorite game is go fish. Go fish is a card game. I like to play with my Nana when we go on vacation or her house. Go fish is so fun all you have to do is ask another player if they have one of the cards you have and if they don't, they say, "Go fish," and you draw a card from the card pile.
Jackson Kilpatrick
Grade 4, Centennial
Many games: I like to play Nintendo Switch, Klask, Monopoly, Mario Life, Snakes and Ladders, Sagrada, No Thank You Evil, Farkle, War (with cards), disc golf, and Harry Potter Mischief in Diagon Alley.
Jersey Baier
Grade 3, Cornerstone
Tennis: I like to play tennis. Tennis is my main sport. I like to rally the ball. Also, I like serving, especially when I get it in the correct spot. I also like to play on the trampoline. My favorite game to play is poison ball. You have a ball on the trampoline, and someone starts by jumping. The ball bounces around.
Azalea Bair
Grade 4, Cornerstone
Gaga ball: A game I like to play is Gaga Ball. I like to play Roblox. I like to play baseball and basketball.
Chase Glowacki
Grade 2, Corpus Christi
Hide-and-Seek: I like to play hide-and-seek. I also like to play soccer.
Grace Bussan
Kindergarten, Epiphany
Slam cups: I like to play board games and slam cups. I like playing freeze-tag also.
Felicity Bussan
Grade 2, Epiphany
Roblox: I like to play Roblox. I like to play board games. I like to play outside. I like to play kickball. I like to play school. I like to play dress-up. I like to play basketball.
Barbara Landstrom
Grade 2, Glenn
Guess Who: I like to play the game called Roblox and Guess Who because it is a guessing game. I love guessing games.
Hazel Langeni
Grade 1, Grove
Soccer: My favorite game to play is soccer. I like how we pass the ball, make goals and practice teamwork. It is fun when so many people are cheering for me and my team will always be there to help me.
Thanukha Hariharan
Grade 3, Grove
Favorite game: My favorite game is hide-and-go-seek. I like that game because it is fun. I play with my family.
Scarlett Cunningham
Grade 2, Jefferson Park
Fortnite: Fortnite is my favorite game. I also like Roblox. They both have so many games in them. I love soccer and football, too.
Markus Zoeller
Grade 3, Mount Pulaski
Car games: I like to play car games. I like car games because I get to drive the car. I play games on the TV.
Rishi Pehumala
Grade 5, Northpoint
Super Mario Wonder: A game I like to play is Super Mario Wonder because it has new power-ups. It also has new bosses.
Gideon Knowlton
Grade 2, Parkside
Board games: I like to play board games. My favorite is Candyland. Puzzles are fun. Daddy and I play video games.
Ariana Flores
Grade 1, Prairieland
Brawl Stars: My favorite game is Brawl Stars. Brawl Stars is a super great, battle royale game that has a ton of fun mini games! There also are a lot of cool characters to choose from. My favorite character is Jacky, and she has a super powerful jackhammer that is useful.
Taryn Poling
Grade 3, Prairieland
A classic: Clink! Clank! I love playing Connect 4 with my brother, mom, and friends. This is a classic game that takes strategy. When the first player gets four tokens in a row either diagonal, vertical, or horizontal, they win! Connect 4 is one of my all-time favorite games, and I would challenge anyone.
Samantha Ott
Grade 5, Prairieland
Tag: I like to play tag and hide-and-go-seek. I like to play Trouble. And I like to play Uno.
Na'rice Thomas
Grade 3, Sheridan
Subway Surfer: I like to play Subway Surfers, and I like to play Roblox, and I like to play Minecraft and Fortnite and like Guess Who and I like to play the Game of Life. I love so many games.
Elias Aviles
Grade 2, Stevenson
Candyland: Games I like to play are Candyland and Uno. I like Candyland because it is fun. If you pull two green you move up two greens. If you get a candy wherever the candy, is you go to the candy. I like Uno because I always play with my family. You can play almost any card you want to play. It is fun.
Elora Jennings
Grade 3, Stevenson
Jenga: My favorite game is Jenga. I like to win.
Thea Berkland
Grade 1, Sugar Creek
Bee Swarm: I love to play Roblox. There are a lot of games in Roblox. My favorite is Bee Swarm.
Drew Hunker
Grade 3, Washington
Online games: I like playing online games and board games. The online game is Roblox and Snake Clash. The board game that I like is Monopoly and Uno. I like a lot of games.
Charlotte Kopp
Grade 4, Washington
Kickball, golf: I like to play kickball because it's like baseball and soccer were mixed, and golf is my favorite game ever because you have to have a precise hit.
Blake Bunton
Grade 5, Calvary
Pokémon: Pokémon is a fun game to play. Sorry! is a fun game to play with friends and baseball.
Alec McDaniel
Grade 3, Cedar Ridge
Connect 4: I like to play games. My favorite game is Connect 4. I am really good at Connect 4. Connect 4 is fun, and I beat my brother, Shawn, every time. It is so funny to say I win to Shawn. Shawn always beats me in Uno. Connect 4 is still my favorite game.
Lucy Turley
Grade 4, Centennial
Basketball: The games I like to play are basketball games because I get to shoot baskets. I like to dribble the ball. I like to pass the ball to my teammates. We care for each other, and we cheer on for each other.
Madalynn Holschbach
Grade 2, Corpus Christi
Badminton: I like to play badminton, and also running.
Bala Adilhya
Grade 2, Glenn
Dolls: I love playing with dolls because it is super fun.
Lucy Ersland
Grade 1, Grove
Lots of games: I like to play lots of games. I like playing soccer. I like to play Monopoly because it's so much fun. I like playing Uno. It is a fun family game night game. Sportwise I like soccer and softball. I like Chutes and Ladders. I play basketball too. it's fun.
Becca Ellen Gordon
Grade 3, Grove
Hi Ho! Cherry-O: My family and I like to play Hi Ho! Cherry-O. My family loves to play Uno. We play Guess Who a lot. Wren and I like to play tag outside.
Sloan Brown
Grade 2, Jefferson Park
Baseball: I really like baseball. I like baseball because I have played for five years. I play with my friends. I am really good. It is very fun to play.
Hudson Schmid
Grade 3, Mount Pulaski
Mario Kart: My favorite game is Mario Kart. I play on my Switch. I always choose Mario as my character. Rainbow Road is hard but I keep trying.
Gael Nsiangani
Grade 5, Northpoint
Sorry!: One game I like to play is Sorry! because it's a board game. Every time you land on Sorry! you have to go back to where you started.
Amiyah Bryant
Grade 2, Parkside
Monopoly: I like to play Monopoly. It is so fun. There are so many types like "Bluey" and "Toy Story."
Nolan Sarver
Grade 1, Prairieland
Skip-Bo: Skip-Bo is what you yell when you win the game. This is how you play: You can get five cards, and you have to put them biggest to smallest. If you do, you win and say "Skip-Bo." This is my favorite card game because it is challenging and fun. Me and my Mimi play all the time.
McKinley Walker
Grade 3, Prairieland
Uno: My absolute favorite card game is Uno. I've been playing for years and I know good strategies. I first like to get rid of most of my normal cards, until I only have a few left. Then I can make my family draw a lot while I get to do the best part of the game, shouting "Uno!"
Isabella Wiechmann
Grade 5, Prairieland
Video games: I like to play Call of Duty, Roblox, 2K25 and Madden25. I like to play football. I like to play with Kyson at recess.
Davion Hosea
Grade 3, Sheridan
Minecraft: My favorite game is Minecraft because you get to bid. Minecraft is my favorite game because we get to dig.
Rhett Kintner
Grade 2, Stevenson
