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Educational
Crafts and Games for Kids
Language
Arts: Reading, Writing, and Spelling Crafts and Activities
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Learning the ABCs Games
Stack the Cups ABC Game -Before class write the letters of the alphabet on plastic cups or blocks. Have your children take turns finding the letters in order and stacking the cups on top of each other to make a tower. Start with seven cups on the bottom of the stack. If the tower falls down, start again.
Spelling Games
 Spelling Dominoes - Play dominoes and review beginning and ending sounds. Beginning sounds used in this game are: b, fl, ch, h, s, sh t, w, g, it, an, op ar. Ending sounds used are: op, in, am, um ap ash, ill, en at, it, an, and ar.
Patterns and directions to this game are available to members only.
"The
Great Bait Escape" Spelling Game - (Click on the link to print out a pattern for this activity. Patterns are available to members only) In
this spelling game your child helps all the worms escape a certain
fate of becoming bait by spelling words correctly. If he spells
all the words correctly, he will be able to help all the worms escape.
Before class pick several words your child is having problems spelling. Write one letter of each word on a worm (Leave on blank) and place them in a bucket. In class tell your
child that the worms are about to become bait. He can save them
from this fate by spelling all his words correctly. Give him the
worm without a letter. Then tell him the first word. He should look
through the bucket of worms and pick out the ones that spell out
the word you gave him. He should hook each worm on the next
worm to make a chain and then pull it out of the bucket. Then
give him the next word. He keeps finding letters until he has saved
all the worms -- if he spelled them correctly.
Play "Bucket of Worms" - When you are all done saving the worms, curl
up the heads and tails of the worms and see who can pick up the
most worms by connecting them into a chain without touching any
of the worms except the top one. Play like the Barrel of Monkeys game.
3. Duck, Duck, Goose Spelling Game - This game is played like Duck, Duck, Goose except children spell out a word. The child walks around the circle tapping a child's head for each letter of the word. On the last letter he runs around the circle while the child that was tapped last chases him. If the child spelled the word wrong, or if the child chasing him tagged him, he has to do it again.
4. What letter is missing? - Write a spelling word on pieces of paper one letter per paper. Place the letters in order and show your child the word. Tell him to close his eyes while you remove one letter. Mix up the papers. Now tell your child to put the letters back in order to spell out the word and then tell you which letter is missing. (You can use letters from a Scrabble game or letter blocks instead or cutting up pieces of paper.)
5. Play Hangman - Play hangman except use only your child's spelling words. If you don't like the idea of a hangman, make up a different character.
6. Spelling Review with a Puppet - You will need a puppet that can open and close its mouth for this review game. Tell your child that the puppet is very hungry. Give your child some small sheets of paper and tell him that the paper is the puppet's food, but the puppet only likes to eat food that has words on it and only words that are spelled correctly. Give your child a spelling word and tell him to write it on the piece of paper and then try to feed it to the puppet. If the word is spelled correctly, make the puppet eat it up and make happy sounds. If the word is spelled incorrectly, make the puppet start to chew on it but then spit it out and choke on it. Tell your child that the puppet didn't like it because he didn't spell the word correctly. Let him try again until he spells it right.
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Learn
to Spell Helps
Learn
American Sign Language and Spelling at the same time - This
is a great way to review spelling words. Teach your child the signs
for each of the letters. You can find information and printouts
for each letter on many web sites. Here is a link to www.where.com.
Once you both know the letters, you can take turns spelling words
to each other and seeing if you can guess what the other person
is spelling.
Make
up your own sign language - This is a great way to review and
get the wiggles out at the same time. Help your child come up with
different ways he can make each letter of the alphabet using his
whole body then give him a word to spell using his body.
 Word
Pictures - Here's
a fun activity that will teach your child words and get his imagination
working.
What
you will need: Card stock or other heavy paper, glue, and any
other objects you can think of.
What
to do:
- Help
your child think of words that you can use small objects or
pictures to form the letters. For example, for the word "food" you can use food.
- Gather
all the materials you will need.
- Help
your child figure out how to spell the word he or she will be
decorating. Write the letters as big as you can across the paper.
- Glue
things on the letters to spell out the word using only things
that actually relate to the word.
Some
other examples:
- Use
glue or glitter glue to spell out the word "glue".
- Use
fish stickers or fish crackers to spell out the word "fish"
- Use
beads to spell the word "Beads"
Word Search - Make your own spelling word search - At Discoveryschool.com
web site you can type in your child's spelling words and make
a personalized word search.
Copyright Notice - The craft patterns, ideas, songs, etc. on this web site are copyrighted. You may not publish a copy of them on any other web site, but you may publish a picture of a finished project from this web site on another web site as long as you state where you got the project and include a link back to the project on this web site for the directions and patterns. For example, you may publish a picture a lapbook in which you used a craft from this web site as long as you state where the project came from and include a link.
Learn
to Read Games
 "What Can It Be?" Reading Game - This is a great way to review vocabulary words that your child is having trouble remembering.
What you will need: Construction paper, pictures from coloring books, magazines, calendars, etc.
What to do: Mark off lines one inch apart on a piece of construction paper as shown in the picture. Print one of your child's vocabulary words above each line. Cut on the lines leaving one inch from the side of the paper intact. Glue a picture on another piece of construction paper, any size will do, even a very small picture. Then staple the word page on top of the picture page. Staple the left-hand side that hasn't been cut so that you can lift up the word strips to see what is under them.
Ask your child to pick any word on the page and tell you what it says. If he can tell you what the word is, lift the flap to reveal part of the picture underneath. If he doesn't guess correctly, he should pick another word to read. Keep playing until he has discovered what the picture is.
 Feed the Lion Learn to Read Game - You will need a lion puppet or other puppet for this activity. You will also need some pictures of different objects that will fit in the puppet's mouth. Find some objects that a lion might eat and some that it would not eat. You can glue the pictures onto sticky notes or place rolled up tape on the back so they don't fall out of the puppet's mouth when it opens it.
Tell your child that the lion is very hungry and it will eat almost anything, even little kid's fingers. Show your child what the lion has in its mouth by opening the mouth of the lion. Ask your child if he knows what the picture is and what letter the picture starts with. Tell him that if he can tell you the beginning letter sound, he can save the object the lion is eating. But if he says the wrong letter sound, the lion will not give it to him and may even try to bite his fingers. After your child has guessed the letter sound open the lion's mouth again. Tell your child to see if he guessed the right sound by reaching in the lion's mouth and pulling out the picture. If he said the correct letter sound, the lion will let him have the picture. If he answered wrong, he better be careful because the lion is very hungry. If the object is something that a lion would eat in real life, your child may decide to feed it to him. If your child wants to feed the lion something that it wouldn't normally eat such as a tree, have the lion try to eat it and then cough and choke and spit it out.
A paper bag lion puppet pattern is available to members and on the C lesson of the ABC, I Believe lessons.
 Feed The Dogs Reading Folder Game - This game can be used with children at all levels. Word endings are written on the dog bowls and beginning sounds are on pieces of dog food (square pieces of paper). Your child must place the dog food into the correct bowl to spell a word. Each dog must end up with only three pieces of food. The patterns for this game are available to members only. (Just click on the link.) It includes six games with different word endings: at, it, og, ot, ig, ed, ut, in, an, ar, un, ap, ake, ace, ice, and oke.
 "Is it a Word?" Learn to Read Game - Cut up two different colors of card stock into 2" pieces to make cards. On one set of cards write words endings and on the other set write beginning sounds. Fold down the tops of two paper bags as shown in the picture. Write "Ending sounds" and Beginning Sounds" on the bags matching the colors you used for the cards. Write the title of the game, "Is it a Word?" on the bags as shown in the picture. Place the cards in the appropriate bags.
How to Play:
1. The first player selects one card from each bag and puts the letters together to see
if they spell a word. If the letters spell a word, the player gets a point. The player then
places the cards back in the bag and shakes it up again for the next player. The first
player to reach ten points first wins.
"Is It a Word?" File Folder Game 1: Words ending in ail, ew, ead, ake, ide, ade, ask, ike, ead, op, out, ill, ain, ue, ank, ug, ail, amp, ing, all, and ink.
"Is It a Word?" File Folder Game 2: Words ending in eel, eal, eet, eat, eed, ead, eep, and eap.
Copyright Notice - The craft patterns, ideas, songs, etc. on this web site are copyrighted. You may not publish a copy of them on any other web site, but you may publish a picture of a finished project from this web site on another web site as long as you state where you got the project and include a link back to the project on this web site for the directions and patterns. For example, you may publish a picture a lapbook in which you used a craft from this web site as long as you state where the project came from and include a link.
Squirrel Color Sheet and Activity Page - This activity sheet can be used for many activities.
 Spelling Word Review Ideas:
A. Writing spelling word - Have your children write their spelling words on the acorns and glue them to the color sheet around the squirrel.
B. Spelling Game - Cut out around the squirrel's arms. If a child spells or says a word correctly three times in a row, he can place the acorn with that word in the squirrel's arms. Tell him to keep practicing until he can get all the acorns in the squirrel's arms on the first try. You can write, "I know how to spell all my words" at the bottom of the color sheet.
C. Matching Spelling Words - Write out all the vocabulary words on a set of acorns. Place them in the squirrel's arms. Make a matching set for your child. Turn over all the acorns. Ask your child to find the acorn that matches the top acorn in the squirrel's arm. Keep playing until your child has matched all the acorns.
D. Fall Words - Cut out all the acorns. Have your child think of words relating to the fall season; and then write them on the acorns.
E. Search for Acorns - Write your child's vocabulary words on the acorns. Scatter them around the room. Ask your child to help the squirrel find his acorns. When your child finds an acorn, ask him what the word is on the acorn and let him place it in the squirrel's arms. If he doesn't know the word, save it and hide all the acorns he doesn't know again. Keep playing until he can remember all his words.
A pattern for this game and activity sheet is available to members only.
Copyright Notice - The craft patterns, ideas, songs, etc. on this web site are copyrighted. You may not publish a copy of them on any other web site, but you may publish a picture of a finished project from this web site on another web site as long as you state where you got the project and include a link back to the project on this web site for the directions and patterns. For example, you may publish a picture a lapbook in which you used a craft from this web site as long as you state where the project came from and include a link.
 Acorn Search File Folder Game - In this game children help the squirrel find an acorn and review math facts or vocabulary words the same time. Write your child's math facts or vocabulary words on the back of the leaf patterns. Hide an acorn pattern under one of the leaves. Your child then turns over one leaf at a time looking for the acorn. He has to answer the math problem before he can look under another leaf. You can use this game for a group of children or for just one child and hide more than one acorn behind the leaves. A pattern for this file folder game is available to members of The Resource Room.
A pattern for this file folder game is available to members only.
 Flat
Cat Learn to Read Game and Craft -
Use this cute little cat to play a word game that teaches your children
words that rhyme with "cat". Children will love making their
own flat cats to take home and help them learn to read.
What
you will need: Two or three Styrofoam dinner plates or heavy
duty paper plate for each cat, one small paper plate, acrylic paint,
glue or staples, large paper clip, and sticky note paper or plain
paper.
What
to do:
- Cut
out legs, ears, and a tail from one paper plate or a Styrofoam
tray. I cut the feet from around the rim of the paper plate so
that they naturally bend down. Try not to have the feet and tail
stick out too far. This makes it harder to spin because
the tail and legs keep bumping on things.
- Glue
or staple the legs and tail to the top of one plate.
- Cover
that paper plate with another paper plate to form the cat's body.
The plates should be glued or stapled top to top.
- Fold
the small plate in half to form the cat's head. Glue ears
to the head at the fold. Glue the head to the body.
- Paint
the cat.
- Write
words that rhyme cat such as rat, mat, sat, flat, fat, bat, hat,
pat, rat, tat, at, and vat on sticky note paper or just small
pieces of paper. Place the stack of words in the cat's mouth. Secure the words with a large paper clip or clothespin.
- To
play have the children sit in a circle around the cat. Take
a hold of two of the cat's legs and spin the cat. (Practice
this before class) The child that is in line with the cat's head
picks a word card and reads it. Keep going until all the
words have been read.
 Rainy
Day Words Cloud Craft
-
Children assemble the cloud and rainbow craft. They think of
words that describe a rainy day and write them on the raindrops.
They can then make a cloud shaped book and write a rainy day story
using the new words they have learned. Members,
click on the link above to get further directions and a pattern.
 Label
Mommy Game -
Here's another fun activity to help your child learn to read.
What
you will need: sticky notepapers, or small pieces of paper
and tape, and marker.
What
to do:
- Before
you start tell your children that they need to pay attention really
well because every word that they remember they will get to stick
on you, but every word they forget, you get to stick on them.
- Help
your children think of words that are body parts such as eyes, ear,
nose, forehead, cheek, hand, feet, chin, lip, mouth, etc. Go over
each word and write them on a separate piece of paper.
- Mix
up the words and set them out on the table. Have your children
take turns picking a word and trying to figure out what it is. If a child figures out what they word is he picked, he can stick it on the body part that is written
on the paper. If not, you get to stick it on him.
Twister Review Game - This is a great way to teach children who can't sit still for very long. Use a dry erase marker to write numbers, letters, or vocabulary words on the circles. Write the same numbers, letters, or words on the spinner. Play just like twister except call out the words instead of the colors.
Compound Words - Compound words are two words together that make one words such as ladybug. There are many other insects that have names that are compound words. Ask your child if he can think of any. Play the following game with your child.
Compound Word Bugs Game
Write the following words on cards: Lady, fire, yellow, walking, June, grass, bumble, wolf, cut, ear, swallow, butter. Write these words on a different color of cards: Bug, fly, jacket, stick, bug, hopper, bee, spider, worm, wig, tail, fly. (A pattern is available to members only.)
Mix the cards up and place one color on one side of the table and the other color on the other side of the table. Have your child try to match up a card from one side to a card from the other side to make compound words. Once your child knows which words go together play a concentration game. Turn all the cards over and take turns turning two cards over at a time. If they match, the player gets to keep them. The player who gets the most cards wins.
Draw Compound Bugs - Use the cards from the Compound Word Bug Game above. Mix up the cards and have your children pick two cards from each color group. Have them put them together to make a new type of bug, and draw a picture of the new type of bug.
Frog Learn to Read Game - Musical Lily Pads - Cut out lily pad shapes from construction paper. Write your children's vocabulary words on the lily pads, one per lily pad. Tape them to the floor in a circle just far enough apart so that your children have to leap to reach the next lily pad. Play like musical chair except no one has to sit down. As you play some music have the children leap from one lily pad to the next. When the music stops each child reads the word on his lily pad.
 Feed the Kitty Word Sounds Game - This cute little kitty will help your child learn to read in a fun and active way.
What you will need: Two paper plates, card stock, glue, and scissors.
What to do:
1. Print out the patterns for the eyes, nose, arms, and tongue (Large file or small file) and cut them out. Color the nose and tongue pink.
2. Print out the cat face pattern (Large file or small file) and use it as a template to cut a paper plate to make the cats face. Use the the pattern to cut just the ear shapes out of another paper plate for the back of the head. Glue the two paper plates together (top to top) to make the face.
3. Glue on the nose and eyes. Draw in the whiskers with a black marker. Color in the ears. Glue the arms on the back of the head as shown in the picture.
4. Cut a slit in the paper plate used for the back of the head 2 1/2" long and 1/4" wide. Slip the tongue down through the hole so that it stick out of the mouth.
The Kitty can be used to teach and review many subjects.
- Review Letter Sounds - Print out small pictures of different items and place a piece of tape on the back of each one. Using pictures from your child's worksheets works great. Tell your child that the kitty is very hungry but she only wants to eat things that start with the "a" sound. (Move the kitty's tongue back and forth.) Ask your child if he or she can find a picture of something that starts with that sound and place it on the kitty's tongue. If the child is correct, the kitty will eat it. (Pull up the tongue so it looks like the kitty is eating it. And pull it all the way out and remove the picture. Then place the tongue back in it's mouth. If the child picked a picture that does not match that letter sound, just move the tongue back and forth and tell your child that the kitty does not like that one because it doesn't start with that sound, and he should try again. (You can also play this game using ending sounds and long or short vowel sounds.)
- Review words - Play as above only use word cards with matching pictures. Show your child a word card and have him feed the kitty a picture that matches the word.
- Review numbers or letters - Give your child a pad of small sticky notes. Tell him that the kitty is hungry for a certain letter or number. He should write the letter or number on the sticky note and feed it to the kitty. If he is correct, the kitty eats it. If not, he must try again.
- Spelling Words - Play as above only have your child write his or her spelling words on sticky notes. If he or she spells them correctly, the kitty will eat them, if not, he must try again.
To find educational ideas for this craft go to the Preschool Crafts, Educational Games, and Activities Page.
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Learn
to Read Helps
1. Reading with a Puppet - This is a great technique to use when you have a child that has a hard time sitting still and concentrating. This will take a lot of the frustration out of reading. Children love to feel like they are in control and this technique will give them a little control. When you are having a hard time getting your child settled down enough to read bring out a puppet that says he knows how to read. Make the puppet sound like he is bragging. Say something like, "I can read 100 words a minute! I can read the whole dictionary. Do you want to hear me read?" Of course your child would prefer the puppet to read than himself even if the puppet is better than him. Once the puppet starts to read, have him get stuck on some easy words or say the wrong words and read the sentences so they don't make sense. Your child will then try to help him. If he doesn't volunteer his help, have the puppet ask him for help. The puppet can then say, "Wow, you're a pretty good reader!" This will give your child confidence in his reading. When my child was trying to help the puppet read and didn't know a word, she would whisper to me and ask what the word was and then tell the puppet. It was a lot of fun and she was reading!
2.  Dial-a-word
Word -
Children turn the inside wheel to make words that rhyme with "at"
and form new words. Each new word is represented by a picture
below the word.
What
you will need: Card stock, crayons or markers, scissors, and brad.
What
to do:
1. Print
out the patterns:
Word Wheel 1 - Cat - top
wheel and bottom
wheel
Word Wheel 2 - Can - top
wheel and bottom
wheel
Word Wheel 3 - Rib - top
wheel and bottom
wheel
Word Wheel 4 - Pin - top
wheel and bottom
wheel
Word Wheel 5 - Tub - top
wheel and bottom
wheel
2. Cut
out the wheels. Cut out the square at the top of the
wheel. Cut out the window at the bottom leaving the top attached
to form a flap to cover the window.
3. Punch
a whole through the center of both wheels and put a brad in
the center so that the wheels turn.
4. Have
your child color the picture.
5. The
child turns the wheel to find a new letter, sounds out the
word to figure out what the new word spells. When he thinks
he knows what the word is, he opens the flap to see if the
picture matches the word he guessed.
Spelling and Vocabulary Word Games -
1. Match Game - Use
the word cards to play match game. Write your child's vocabulary words on index cards. Make two cards for each word. Place all the cards face down on a table. Take turns turning over two cards at a time trying to find matching cards. If they match, the player gets to keep the cards and try again until he misses. The player that has the most cards at the end of the game wins.
2. What's the Word? - Write all your child's spelling words or vocabulary words on index cards. Show your child a card and ask him what the word is. If e knows the word, he gets a penny or other reward. (If you are using spelling words, ask him to spell the word without showing him the card). If he knows the word or can spell it, take it out of the cards in your hand and place it on the table face up. If he doesn't know the word or can't spell it, tell him what it is or how to spell it and then place it in the back of the cards in your hand. Keep playing until all the cards are on the table.
3. Timed Review - Use
a certain amount of cards and time your child to see how
fast they can say all the words. See if they can beat
their time.
4. Find the Special Card Vocabulary Review Game - Place
a sticker on the back of one of the word cards. Place
all the word cards on the table face up. Have your child select a card and tell you what it says. If she says the word correctly, she gets to turn it over to see if there is a sticker on it. If she doesn't know the word, help her pronounce it and then let her turn over the card to see if there is a sticker on it. Keep playing until your child finds the card with the sticker. You can give her a small reward for finding the card with the sticker. Place the sticker on another card and play again. Keep playing until your child gets bored.
5. Find the Missing Part Vocabulary or Spelling Review - Write your child's spelling or vocabulary words on index cards; but write half of each word on one card and the other half on another card. Write the first half of the words on yellow cards and the second half of the words on green cards so that your child knows to match up the cards with a yellow first and then a green. Spread the cards out on a table face up. Ask your child to match up the cards to make words. You can time her the first time and then have her do it again to try to beat her first time. Keep playing until your child can match up all the cards quickly.
6. Find
a word - You will need old children's magazines. Open
up two magazines to pages with about the same amount of words
on them. Take turns picking a word to look for. Each person
looks for that word on their page and circles all the ones
they find. The person who finds the most on their page wins.
7. Find
letter blends, or endings - Pick a common word blend such
as tr, pr, th etc. Tell your child that every time she finds
that blend in the book she is reading she will get a reward.
Or if she can find a certain number of words with that word
blend she will get a prize. This is a great way to help them
learn how to spell.
8. Vocabulary words and Review Words on pieces of 4" x 2" sheets of paper. Pile the pieces
of paper up with some covering each other. The object of the
game is to uncover all the vocabulary words by saying them
correctly. If a child says the word correctly, he can pick
up the piece of paper. He can only say the words that are
all the way uncovered.
 Reading
Crafts and Activities
1. Goldfish
Reading Craft - With this activity children learn numbers, left
and right, up and down, and big and small. They glue gold fish crackers
onto the fish outlines. If you don't want to use real crackers,
or you can just have your children color in the fish and eat the
crackers for a snack.
What to
do: Print out the pattern: (Large
file or small file)
Have your children glue the fish onto fish outlines. (You will need
both rainbow fish crackers or goldfish crackers and the giant fish
crackers for this project.)
2. Friday Fun Day Treasure Hunt - Treasure hunts are a great way to reinforce reading, math, and thinking skills. Your child will be motivated to read and figure out problems because he will be anxious to find the treasure at the end of his hunt. You can design your treasure hunt to match your child's skills. In our home school, Fridays are fun days. We play review games and take field trips relating to what we are studying, etc. Treasure hunts are great because you can review all the materials you have covered that week. Click here for a sample treasure hunt that we have used. I used a box or candy corn as the treasure for this hunt. This treasure hunt was written for a fourth grader.
3. Learning Vowel Sounds Song
I Had a Vowel
Written by Narita Roady
(Sing to the tune of "Bingo")
Sing using the short vowel sounds.
I had my vowels to make some words
And this is how they sound
A - e - i - o -u
A - e - i - o -u
A - e - i - o -u
And that is how they sound
I had an 'A' to make some words
And this is what I made
Cat, hat, bat, and rat
Cat, hat, bat, and rat
Cat, hat, bat, and rat
And this is what I made
I had an 'E' to make some words
And this is what I made
Set, bet, get, and jet
Set, bet, get, and jet
Set, bet, get, and jet
And this is what I made
I had an 'I' to make some words
And this is what I made
Sit, bit, hit, and fit
Sit, bit, hit, and fit
Sit, bit, hit, and fit
And this is what I made
I had an 'O' to make some words
And this is what I made
Cot, dot, got, and rot
And this is what I made
I had an 'U' to make some words
And this is what I made
Cut, hut, nut, and rut
And this is what I made
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Sing using long vowel sounds.
I had my vowels to make some words
And this is how they sound
A - e - i - o -u
A - e - i - o -u
A - e - i - o -u
And that is how they sound
I had an 'A' to make some words
And this is what I made
Ate, cape, hate, and mate
Ate, cape, hate, and mate
Ate, cape, hate, and mate
And this is what I made
I had an 'E' to make some words
And this is what I made
Tea, see, weed, and keep
And this is what I made
I had an 'I' to make some words
And this is what I made
Bite, like, kite, and ripe
Bite, like, kite, and ripe
Bite, like, kite, and ripe
And this is what I made
I had an 'O' to make some words
And this is what I made
Note, hope, rope, and joke
Note, hope, rope, and joke
Note, hope, rope, and joke
And this is what I made
I had an 'U' to make some words
And this is what I made
Cube, rude, tube, and tune
Cube, rude, tube, and tune
Cube, rude, tube, and tune
And this is what I made
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Writing
Games
1. Play "Don't Complete the Sentence" - Players take turns
writing a word and adding to the previous words to make a sentence.
The player who completes the sentence looses. Each player must have
a sentence in mind when he adds his word. If a player can't think
of a word to add to the sentence, the other player must finish the
sentence. If he can finish the sentence, he wins. Younger children
will like this game if you just write silly sentences and don't
worry about who finishes the sentence.
2. Write
a Silly Story - Each person takes a turn adding one sentence
to the story until it is finished.
Writing
Activities
1. Write it Down! - Do you have problems getting your child to concentrate on his schoolwork? Does he keep coming up with questions and changing the subject? Here's a solution that will keep him focused or at least help him with his spelling and writing. Make it a rule that during school your child cannot ask a question that doesn't pertain to his lesson or change the subject unless he writes the question down so you can read it. For example, he might write, "Can I have a snack?" You would answer him by writing something such as, "You can have a snack when you finish your math." When he is finished he might write, "Can I have a snack now?" You can then write, "What would you like for a snack?" Make the words appropriate for your child's reading level.
If your child has a question that doesn't pertain to the lesson, such as "How do they make pencils?" Have your child write it down and tell him that we will set this question aside until we are done with the lesson and then we will try to find the answer. This will work great with children with ADD because they can then get their attention back to the lesson knowing that their question will be answered later.
This also works great when you are on the telephone. Your child won't have to interrupt you and he won't forget the question because it is written down. Don't worry about his spelling when you are doing this activity. Just keep track of the words he is misspelling and add them to his spelling list.
2. "Duck
on a Bike" - Written by David Shannon (Ages 3 - 7) - One
day down on the farm a goofy looking duck decides to ride a bike.
He says hello as to all the different animals that that live on
the farm as he rides by. They all say hi back in their won way,
but what there really thinking is something completely different.
Cat says, "Meow, but what she thought was, "I wouldn't
waste my time riding a bike." She is seen lying on the ground
licking her paw like she could care less. Horse says, "Ne-e-e-igh!".
But what he thought was, "You're still not as fast as me, Duck!"
He is pictured with his nose up in the air and glancing sideways
at duck. Goat say, "M-a-a-a". But what he thought was,
"I'd like to eat that bike!" He is shown with wide eyes
staring at the bikes tires.
3. Creative
Writing - This is a great book to demonstrate repetition in
writing. Your children can write their own pages to add to the story.
Let them pick an animal and decide what he thought after saying hello to Duck.
If you have beginning writers have them use the fill in the blank
worksheet. More experienced writers can follow the pattern used
in the book. They can then draw a picture illustrating their own
page. Here
is an example my daughter wrote. "Then Duck rode, no-hands,
past armadillo. "Hello, Armadillo," said Duck. "Hello,"
said Armadillo. But what he thought was "He needs a helmet
like me." Art
- This is a great book to demonstrate perspective in drawing.
We see the duck on a bike drawn from every perspective imaginable.
For
more activities relating to Children's books go to the Activities
and Crafts for Popular Children's Books Page for members only.
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