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Jun 12, 1984 | ISBN 9780394721491

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Table Of Contents

Acknowledgments • ix
Introduction • xi

PART ONE: Games for Learning Words 1

Chapter One: Words Everywhere • 2
        GIFT WORDS • 4
        POSTER WORDS • 6
        3-D WORDS • 8
        JUMBO WORDS • 10
        WORD COLLECTION BOX • 11
        WORD HUNT • 13
        CHARADE CARDS • 16
        PICTURE LABELS • 18
        LABEL THE HOUSE • 20
        BODY WORDS • 23

Chapter Two: Games for the Eye • 24
        MAZES • 26
        JIGSAW PUZZLES • 30
        BLINDFOLD DRAWING • 33
        FIND IT • 35
        PICTURE MEMORY • 37
        HOW DO I LOOK? • 38
        SET THE TABLE • 39
        TWO DRAWING GAMES • 42
        A MUCH HARDER DRAWING GAME • 45
        LETTER CONTEST • 48
        SAME AND DIFFERENT • 50

Chapter Three: Word Games • 52
        RAINBOW GAME • 53
        WORD LADDER • 55
        WORD CONCENTRATION • 58
        WORD BINGO • 61
        GOOFY SENTENCES • 64
        JIGSAW SENTENCES • 67
        ZIP CARDS • 72

PART TWO: Games for Learning Sounds • 75

Chapter Four: Games for the Ear • 76
        DO THIS, DO THAT • 78
        TALK A DRAWING • 80
        HARD LISTENING • 83
        WRONG-SPEED CONVERSATIONS • 84
        RHYMING GAMES • 85
        GAMES AND CHANTS • 87

Chapter Five: Letter Sounds • 90
        CONSONANT BOX • 91
        WHERE’S THE SOUND? • 94
        PURPLE PENGUINS PICK APPLES • 96
        GRANDMOTHER’S TRUNK • 98
        ALPHABET WORDS • 100
        LINKING WORDS • 102
        CHICKENS AND WHALES • 103

Chapter Six: Super Sounds Games • 109
        RABBIT SOUNDS • 110
        OOPS • 113
        SOUND TOSS • 115
        SOUND CHECKERS • 117

Chapter Seven: Making Words • 122
        WORDS IN A BAG • 123
        PICK A BLEND • 126
        CHAIN GAME • 130
        MYSTERY WORDS • 131
        BACKWARDS • 133

PART THREE: Games for Understanding • 135

Chapter Eight: What Does That Mean? • 136
        SEE IT—NAME IT • 138
        GO-TO TOGETHERS • 140
        STORY WORDS • 142
        FRUMDIDDLE • 143
        MATCHES AND OPPOSITES • 144
        DICTIONARY READING • 146

Chapter Nine: Making Sense • 147
        TAKING TURNS • 148
        MISTAKES • 150
        FINISH A FAIRY TALE • 152
        TV TALK • 154

Chapter Ten: Imagination • 156
        CIRCLE STORY • 157
        CRAZY ANSWERS • 160
        TALL TALES OF YOUR DAY • 162
        GETTING TO KNOW YOU • 165
        PROBLEMS AND SOLUTIONS • 167
        INTERVIEW WITH AN ALLIGATOR • 170
        PICTURE STORIES • 173

PART FOUR: Reading Every Day • 175

Chapter Eleven: The Right Spark • 176
        READING ALOUD • 177
        COOKING • 179
        TREASURE HUNT • 183
        LUNCH-BOX MAIL • 184
        REAL MAIL • 186
        FAMILY CALENDAR • 187
        SCRAPBOOK COLLECTIONS • 189
        LITERARY LION • 193
        READING TOGETHER • 196

Appendices • 199
        A LIST OF IMPORTANT WORDS • 200
        A LIST OF IMPORTANT SOUNDS • 203
        BOOKS FOR READING ALOUD • 204
        EASY READING BOOKS • 207
        CHILDREN’S MAGAZINES • 208
        A NOTE TO TEACHERS • 209

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