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 in a sentence.
Get your template here to make your own words.
You can make it more complex. A variation to this game is to make as many words as possible from both columns. The winner is the one who makes the most words.
Examples from the game sheet above: fright, dip, cloud
Once your child has mastered this game, it is time to make it a little more challenging, as shown in the diagram below. The object now is to use a circle from each column to make a word.
Examples: bark, cook, mean
Get your template here to make your own words.
Examples: black, fleet, food
This game and many others can be found here. This article contains affiliated links. To obtain free samples, you need to sign up for the newsletter in the affiliate site Rainbow Games.
