Here are a couple of game ideas that you may want to make and play with your child at home this summer:
1. Search for Words and/or Letters
Materials:
magazine or newspaper pages
highlighters or light coloured markers (e.g., yellow)
a timer
scoring page
pencils
Directions:
1. With your child, pick a high frequency word (e.g., the, I, is, and, like, this, a, at, be, are, etc.) or a letter of the alphabet to look for.
2. Set the time for a minute or two.
3. Each player scans his/her magazine/newspaper page looking for the special word/letter. Each time you find the word/letter, highlight it.
4. When time is up, each player counts up how many times he/she found the word/letter and records his/her score.
2. Button Toss
Materials:
-various buttons (5 to 20)
-a paper bag with the top of the bag folded down or small box. (A book or a few rocks in the bottom of the bag/box will keep it from toppling over.)
-a ruler or some masking tape or chalk (or whatever is best to make a line on the floor/ground to stand behind)
-a recording page
-pencil
Directions:
1. Search for Words and/or Letters
Materials:
magazine or newspaper pages
highlighters or light coloured markers (e.g., yellow)
a timer
scoring page
pencils
Directions:
1. With your child, pick a high frequency word (e.g., the, I, is, and, like, this, a, at, be, are, etc.) or a letter of the alphabet to look for.
2. Set the time for a minute or two.
3. Each player scans his/her magazine/newspaper page looking for the special word/letter. Each time you find the word/letter, highlight it.
4. When time is up, each player counts up how many times he/she found the word/letter and records his/her score.
We looked for:
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Billy’s Score
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Daddy’s Score
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the
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7
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5
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and
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6
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8
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2. Button Toss
Materials:
-various buttons (5 to 20)
-a paper bag with the top of the bag folded down or small box. (A book or a few rocks in the bottom of the bag/box will keep it from toppling over.)
-a ruler or some masking tape or chalk (or whatever is best to make a line on the floor/ground to stand behind)
-a recording page
-pencil
1. Mark a line on the floor/ground a reasonable distance from the bag/box. (This might require some experimenting to find the right distance.)
2. Stand behind the line, and throw one button at a time until all the buttons have been thrown.
3. Count the number of buttons that you got in the bag/box. That is your score.
4. Record your score.
5. Gather up all the buttons and try again, or the next player plays.
Button Toss
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Mary’s Score
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Mommy’s Score
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1.
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We hope you enjoy making and playing these games with your child. Your child will not only be learning letter/word/counting skills, he/she will also be learning a lot about cooperation, turn-taking and how to be a good winner/loser.
We would love to hear back from you re. the above game ideas. Let us know how they worked or how your family modified the ideas.
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