Preschool Word Games
Word Games for Preschool:
The preschool children will enjoy the word games tremendously, and develop their vocabulary, auditory - and oral skills at the same time!
"Feelies:"
- Hide some toys or other objects in a paper bag.
- Let the preschooler put their hand into the bag and "feel" the objects. Identifying themone by one.
- Ask the preschooler to describe each object, while feeling it, give detail.
- Encourage the children to use describing words such as: hard, soft, cold, smooth, curved,hollow, and so on.
- The preschool children would have developed their observation skills, as well as their sense of touch.
Word Lists:
- Let the preschool children start by one child saying: "I went to the zoo, and saw an elephant,"for instance.
- The next child will continue the word list by repeating the first animal, then add another.
- See how long the list can be, before a child omitts an animal.
- The word game will encourage the other children to pay close attention, and thus stimulate and develop their auditory skills, during the a fun game!
"I Spy...":
- Let a preschool child start the word game by saying: "I Spy with my Little Eye..."
- The child will use descriptive words, giving the other childrenclues to what he or she is "spying."
- For example: "I spy with my little eye something beginning with the sound or letter "b."
- It is big, and has a round shape, and it blue. "What is it?" A ball.
- Encourage the children to be creative, use their imaginations, and make their friends put on their "thinking caps."
- The preschool children would have developed their observation skills at the same time.
- Have fun!
Tongue Twisters:
- The preschool children will have fun saying the tongue twisters, and "catching out" one another, getting it wrong!
- The preschool childen will develop their auditory and oral skills during the activitiy.
- For example: "Katie's Kittens caught Kyle's Kite."
- "She sells sea-shells at the sea shore."
- "Moses supposes his toeses are roses,
- But Moses supposes erroneously,
- For nobody's toeses are posies of roses
- As Moses supposes his toeses to be."
- Enjoy!
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