hy can’t learning be bigger/longer.
fun? Make it a game. Most
anything can be modified Trivial Pursuit: If you can come
to fit a current board or card up with 6 categories, you can
game out there. There are many play trivial pursuit. We have
flashcard sites on the internet decks for each of the following:
that have free access to science, history, language arts,
flashcards on many subjects, and the Bible
although I have found most too
advanced for my 6-year old. Scattergories: Name 10 mammals…
You get the idea
War: War is that game where there
are two players (you can use Outburst and Taboo are also other
more). The dealer deals out the favorites in our house.
entire deck of cards so each
player has an equal number of You can also make your own game.
cards. Each player keeps his Get posterboard, several
cards face-down and lays out the different colors of stickers and
card off the top of the deck. The index cards. Use the stickers to
player who laid down the create the “spaces” on the board
highest/biggest card gets all of and the index cards for the
the cards in the pot. Anyhow, we clue/question cards. Don’t forget
have several decks made with to add lose a turn, and other
ordinary index cards: fractions, specialty cards. You can make the
math operations (addition, game pieces out of either mini
subtraction, multiplication, plastic animals from somewhere
division), alphabetizing—the card like Target or get the big 1-inch
closes to “A” gets the pair, and puff balls, glitter, google eyes,
for my youngest, picture cards glue, cardboard for the feet and
and she identifies more/less or make your own.
stuff I forgot from grade school
In short, make learning fun. I and had fun doing it.
have learned (relearned) a ton of
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Dr. Dawn-Elise Snipes currently runs an online private practice
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