Remember the old "Concentration"
game show on television? If you are a baby boomer, you
probably watched it. Here is a spelling game that your child
can play that is based on the same concept. This game is for
two players.
Materials:
Colored index cards - a different color for each player
Markers or crayons
Directions:
1. Used colored index cards. Each player picks one color.
They write their spelling words on the cards, one word per
card.
2. They each shuffle their own cards and lay them out, face
down, in front of them. For example, if they have twenty
spelling words, they could lay them down in four rows of
five.
3. The first player turns over one of his cards and one of
the opponent's cards. If they match, he keeps both cards,
lays them to the side, and picks again. He may keep picking
cards as long as he gets a match.
4. When the player picks two cards that do not match, he
must put them back, face down, in the exact location in
which he found them. Now it is the opponent's turn.
5. Play continues in this way until all the cards are used
up. The players count their cards, and the one with the most
cards is the winner.
If you are a teacher, this is a fun game to play in the
classroom. It keeps the children occupied, because they
don't have to wait a long time for their turn, as in some
whole-class games.
If you are a home-school mother or are looking for a way to
review spelling words with your child, you could play this
game with him or her.
A Healthy Breakfast
For Your Child
By
Carolyn Joana
Breakfast is usually the time
when you're busiest - what with packing your kids off to
school, looking after the house and rushing to work too.
Often moms give a ready-to-serve breakfast with sweet
cereals and cereal bars which do not have much of a
nutrition profile to boast of.
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