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Parenting Guide | Memory Game For The Whole Family

Parenting Guide | Memory Game For The Whole Family

  Download this game from my store at TeachersPayTeachers.  Watch the video below to learn how to play. The best way to bond with children is to play with them.  Playing together builds bonds and creates trust.  Playing is also an effective way to reduce school and work stress.  Children often prefer to play computer games.  These games often do not require much personal interaction.  It is much better for parents and children to play card or board games.  It is definitely more fun.  It is a great way for children to unwind from homework and school stress.  When they win at the game they will feel good about themselves.  By playing together, families often see each other in a different light. Here is a simple memory game that is anyone can play.  The rules are simple and it can be easy or deceptively hard.  Watch the video to learn how to play.   Download this game from my store at TeachersPayTeachers.  It makes a terrific gift too! Start a regular games night to keep your family ties strong.  Playing with your children when they are young builds strong channels of communication.  Playing feels natural and is what children love [...]

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Word Games Build Vocabulary for School Success

Word Games Build Vocabulary for School Success

A major difficulty students have in school is writing compositions, essays and long, detailed answers. One reason for this is that their vocabulary is limited so they find it difficult to write well. You can give your child a head start by helping him or her develop a wide vocabulary.  Here is a word game that will help you accomplish this. This game will also help your child spell and read better. This is a pen and paper game. In this word game, words are formed from their building blocks of consonants and vowels, as shown in the diagram below. You can start with simpler words and building up to longer words. For more fun, make it a competition with prizes such as movie nights or extra computer time. Be creative with prizes for the whole family. The aim of the game is to match a circle from the left column with a circle from the right column to form a word. Examples from the game sheet above: file, late, rude Use coins to cover the circles that make a word. The winner is the person who makes the last word. To extend the game, each word must be used [...]

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Sight Words: Help Your Child Be a Fluent Reader

Sight Words: Help Your Child Be a Fluent Reader

You can help your child be a fluent reader. When children first start reading, they have to learn to recognize the shapes of the letters, the combination of letters that make up a word and the way to pronounce the word. Some words like ‘table’ are easy to learn and remember because they refer to an object. Other words, like ‘the’ or ‘and’ are harder to remember because they are abstract in nature. These words occur very frequently and are necessary to master for your child to be a fluent reader. Learn what the common, high frequency words are by clicking here. High frequency words are also called ‘sight words’ because children have to learn to read them by sight as opposed to learning to sound out the words. Here are some easy ways to help your child be a fluent reader. Teach high frequency sight words Help your child to be a fluent reader by teaching high frequency words. Highlight these words wherever you find them. Learning just 100 high frequency words will enable your child to read fifty per cent of virtually any text, whether a children’s book or a newspaper report. When you combine immediate recognition of [...]

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