Let Us Read Aloud: Reading games to make reading fun for all!

Children learn best when they are doing something which has real purpose, which is engaging and which they like to do. So, playing games is the best way to sneak in reading and learning skills while having lots of fun.

Reading games can help practice skills like phonics, new vocabulary, creative thinking and writing, memory skills, listening skills and so much more.

So, lighten up your reading aloud by having some fun with reading games. There are games and activities that can be made up at home and many available to purchase and start playing right away!

Word Search –

Make your own simple customized word search. Through word search, you can introduce new vocabulary to children, re-emphasize on words or characters read in a book, teach sight words and more.

Crossword –

Again, a simple home made crossword is all it takes to learn, understand and remember new words, synonyms, antonyms and more.

Match the newspaper headline to the picture – Cut some kids appropriate news headlines and related pictures. Jumble it up and have them match the pictures to correct headlines. It motivates them to read the news headlines and understand the description by matching it with correct picture.

Flash cards –

Making flash cards is a very popular learning activity. Flash cards can be used to introduce alphabets, sight words, describing words, action words and so much more.

Word hunt – Word hunt is a very engaging and exciting activity for kids. Hunting words in a book can have various objectives like how many times a given word appears in the book or hunt for rhyming words in the book or hunt for words that have a similar meaning to a given word.

Treasure hunt – Let the kids hunt for a treat in the house following various word clues.

And, if you are looking for games readily available here are a few interesting options –

Rory's Story Cubes is a creative game for children to build up stories based on the cubes. It is a great way to imrove their imagination, communication and creativity.