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7 Board Games to Increase Reading Skills 

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7 Board Games to Increase Reading Skills 

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Check out these fun board games that can help improve your child's literacy skills. Board games are a great activity for a cold winter day!

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Would you like to spend more time together with your family? Do you want your kids to build their literacy skills? You can actually achieve both goals with these family board games.

Ages: 4+
There are several ways to play this storytelling game. My family likes the tell-a-group-story method. Players randomly select a few of the playing pieces and then one scene card is turned over. Each player takes a turn adding to the story, integrating one of their playing pieces into the story each time. The stories get very creative and silly.

Tip: Use the game pieces to create a writing experience. Have your child randomly select three icon pieces and turn over one scenery card. Then, have your child write a story based on the objects and scene selected.

Ages: 4+ (best for kids who need to work on letter sounds and beginning sounds)
This game is part strategy and part letter sound identification. Players have to match pictures of objects with beginning letter sound cards. For example, if you have a " V" card you cover the volcano picture with a chip. The goal is to cover five spaces in a row to win.

Tip: Challenge your kids to think of other words that begin with each letter sound. See how many words can be named in 30 seconds; each player scores points for each correct word. This allows for two winners in each game.

Ages: 7+ (younger verbal kids too)
Hedbanz is a game that will generate lots of laughs. Each player wears a card on their headband and asks yes/no questions to determine the pictured object. The key is to guess the answer in as few questions as possible.

Tip: This is a great game to use with kids who have speech and language challenges. They will work on formulating questions and picking specific vocabulary.

Ages: 8+
Playing Boggle takes me back to my childhood. I vividly remember the sound of letter cubes shaking around in the plastic box. If your kids like word searches, then Boggle is their game. Shake the letters and see how many words can be found in a short of amount of time. The real challenge is finding words that other players don't spot. Shake and repeat.

Tip: Challenge your family to learn two new words each game. It might be fun to focus on words with same prefix or suffix and talk about how the words are related.

Ages: 8+
For most, the first word game that comes to mind is Scrabble. The game has been around since the 1940s. The neat thing about this word-building game is that it also builds math skills. Players strategize high point letter tiles to use on the board in just the right places.

Tip: Try Bananagrams, Wordical, or Quiddler which are all spinoffs of the classic Scrabble game.

Ages: 8+
Read My List! is another game that has multiple variations. You can play a round where you list as many words you can think of to fit into a certain category. Another variation is to listen to a list of things and then guess the category. Finally, players can do a lightning round where they compete back and forth to name items in a category until someone gets stumped.

Tip: To include younger children, play without racing each other. The lightning round and list rounds would be appropriate for children over age four.

Ages: 9+ (younger strong readers could also play)
My personal favorite on this list is Apples to Apples Junior. There are two stacks of cards. The green set contains descriptive words such as kind, cool, and bold. The red set contains people, places, things, and events. Each round, players choose the best red card from their hand to compliment the green card word. The judge selects the favorite played card as the winner of the round.

Tip: Use the blank cards that come with the game to add vocabulary words your kids are currently studying.

Have fun building literacy skills and enjoying time with your family with one of these games.

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Would you like to spend more time together with your family? Do you want your kids to build their literacy skills? You can actually achieve both goals with these family board games. Ages: 4+ There are several ways to play this storytelling game. My family likes the tell-a-group-story method.

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Check out these easy and fun ways to help your child increase their math skills while grocery shopping.

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Some parents spend hundreds of dollars reinforcing their kids' math skills. But mathematics is part of everyday life, especially when shopping. Since you have to go to the grocery store anyway, why not make it a mathematical playground? There are a number of different skills to practice both before and during shopping. Begin by approximating a budget, get your kids' help to make a list, and you can take off from there.

Math Skills at Work: Grocery Shopping

Here are some ways to reinforce fundamental math concepts including operations, estimation, and working with currency. Don't try all of these activities on one shopping trip - you'll never get home! But one or two will add a dose of fun and learn to list.

Estimation

Before shopping, have your child write down an estimate of the cost of each item on the grocery list.

Use the produce scale: Explain to her that each pound is divided into 16 ounces. Tell her how many pounds of fruit you wish to purchase, and estimate how many pieces of fruit you will need to bring it to the desired weight.

Let him hold different types of vegetables that weigh approximately the same amount (potatoes and onions work well). Have him put one in each hand and estimate which one is heavier, then use the scale to test his estimation.

Before you check out, let your child examine the full cart. Ask her to estimate how many bags it will take to pack away all of the items. She can also estimate the total cost of the cart.

Addition/Subtraction

Use the shopping list on which your child estimated the cost of the items. Have him add up his estimated total and subtract it from your budget. Is his estimation under budget? Use subtraction to see how much money you'll have left over. If it's over budget, have him help you figure out by how much and where you can cut that cost.

Ask her to determine the change you'll get from the cashier.

Comparison

Compare the costs of different brands of items, looking at the size of the package and deciding which is the better deal for the money. Older children (4th and 5th graders) should be able to do the actual calculations to decide the best deal. If you've never done this, divide the cost by the quantity to determine the unit price. For example, you can buy 2 pounds of grapes for $2.00 or 3 pounds of grapes for $3.50. $2.00/2= $1.00 per pound vs. $3.50/3=$1.16 per pound. Thus, the cost of 2 pounds is the better price.

Compare the actual cost of your groceries to your child's earlier estimation.

Compare the quality of items vs. the cost per unit and discuss whether quality makes a difference in terms of getting the best deal.

Multiplication

Take your child through the produce section and point out how the fruits and vegetables are priced (per pound or individually). Have her calculate how much it would cost to purchase three apples or four pounds of grapes. This lesson can be extended at home by using the sales flyer to calculate the sale price vs. the regular price.

Sit down with your child and the sales flyer. Give him an assortment of coins and bills to work with. Then, pick a few items in the flyer and ask him to show you the money needed to purchase the items.

Provide older children with coupons, the sales flyer, and a calculator. Ask them to figure out how much certain items would cost if you used the coupons.

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Some parents spend hundreds of dollars reinforcing their kids' math skills. But mathematics is part of everyday life, especially when shopping. Since you have to go to the grocery store anyway, why not make it a mathematical playground? There are a number of different skills to practice both before and during shopping.

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