Braille
Snowman
The snowman is melting. Hurry! Find the word that will save him from disappearing.
Word Scramble
Oh no! The word is all scrambled up!
Can you put it back together?
Activity details
Take turns and test your partner’s imagination and vocabulary!
Goals
To increase vocabulary and create combinations of letters to make words.
To communicate, discuss and compare creations.
The adult prepares
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1 baseplate
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1 alphabet baseplate
The children play
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Player 1 thinks of a word, finds its letters, mixes them up in their hand and give them to player 2.
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Player 2 reads the letters, makes a word using all the letters…
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… and writes it on the baseplate.
The players compare their words.
Thank you.
Amirah,
can you give some clue?
It starts with an A.
Okay.
Thank you.
I think I’ve got it.
Alphabet!
Correct. Waouw !
Facilitation tips
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Clues about the word may be helpful: definition, placement of letters.
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Designate a specific number of letters or mandatory letters to be used.
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Get the players to imagine a story about their word (or words).
