Transcript Games to Play at home

Ideas for games to play at home
Hangman
Hangman is a game that the
children love to play at school. Play
this game using words children
need practice with or perhaps topic
related words. You could use it to
practise your child’s spellings for
the week.
Snap!
This is another game that the children
love. Simply make several sets of word
cards (say 5 lots of 5 words) , shuffle
them and play snap.
Extend this by saying your child can
only win the cards if they can say the
word.
Anagrams
Challenge your child to unscramble anagrams. You could mix
up the letters of your child’s current spellings and challenge
them to put the letters in the correct order. It is a good idea to
write the letters on separate pieces of paper so your child can
move them around.
I Spy
This simple game can be adapted ito help
your child hear sounds in words.
1)The classic “I spy with my little eye,
something beginning with “a”.
2)I spy something that rhymes with
“hair”etc.
Parking Game
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You will need a small toy car and a
grid of “parking spaces”, each
containing a word. Ask your child
to drive the car and park in the
spot with a particular word in.
Words on Bricks
words on bricks and play at making sentences. They could be
silly or funny, anything that will interest your child in reading.
An extension of this could be to ask your child to cover their
sentence, write it and then check if they got ot right.
Fiddle sticks.
Write key words on lolly sticks. How many can your child read in
a minute?
Websites
http://www.phonicsplay.co.uk/
http://www.letters-and-sounds.com/
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/wordsandpictures/
http://www.oxfordowl.co.uk/
http://jollylearning.co.uk/2010/10/29/hear-the-letter-sounds/