Have the kids play Snakes & Ladders to practise reading and recognizing their spelling sight words.
Just enter the list of words to appear in the game, one per line, then press MAKE GAME.
A window will appear with the Snakes & Ladders Words game for you to print.
This game is great for practising reading words.
Each word can appear several times, and each child will get practise in becoming familiar with the words as she plays and has to read the words herself and as she listens to the other players reading the words.
We've entered some words for you to get you started, but you can enter your own.
HOW TO PLAY :
Each player takes their turn which involves throwing a dice and advancing the number of squares shown on the dice.
If the player can read the word of the square that they land on, then they can advance one more square.
If the player lands on the bottom of a ladder, then successfully reading the word allows them to advance up the ladder.
If the player lands on the top of a snake, then the player must successfully read the word, otherwise they must slide down the ladder.
The first player to reach the top end wins.
...parenting tip of the moment
Here's to the kids who are different, Kids who don't always get A's, Kids who have ear Twice the size of their peers, And noses that go on for days, Here's to the kids who are different, Kids who bloom later than some, Kids who don't fit, But who never say quit, Who dance to a different drum, Here's to the kids who are different, Kids with the mischievous streak, For when they have grown, As history has shown, It's their difference that makes them unique.
quoted from Digby Wolfe as quoted in "Right-Brained Children in a Left-Brained World: Unlocking the Potential of your ADD Child" by Jeffrey Freed and Laurie Parsons, page 158
Small children should be supervised by a caregiver when at a computer,
to ensure no accidents occur that could hurt the child and that no equipment gets broken.