Easy and entertaining
activities that build essential language-arts skills.
Playing games is fundamental to human behavior.
It’s in our genes! Even babies play games.
One of their favorites is “Drop the Rattle Out of the Crib and See How
Many Times You Can Make Your Parents Pick It Up!” Then there’s “How Much of the
Living Room Floor Can I Cover With My Blocks and Toys?”
Of course, when they get older they play other games, like “How Many
Times Can I Get My Parents to Ask Me to Do Something Without My Actually
Getting Around to Doing It?”
The truth of the matter is that we all play games. It’s how we explore
the world and find out who we are.
Games are fun, too, and some of the most enjoyable and creative games
are the ones we play with words. The wonderful thing is that they can also be
powerful learning tools.
Word games can improve our writing, too. They can help us with spelling and grammar skills, punctuation, and creativity. Maybe writing is a game anyway.
Don’t we tempt and tease our readers, sometimes surprising them and sometimes reassuring them? Sometimes we strut with our words. Sometimes we inform with our words—or shock or show off or even hide behind our words. The word games in Chapter Four can hone the skills we need to do all of this.
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