Hello World! Welcome Friends! Good vocabulary not only helps children communicate better but also become better readers. It also helps sharpen their memory. However, making them cram new words does not help. Playing fun vocabulary games for students helps them learn new words in an interactive and engaging way.
There are various benefits to playing such games at home and school. Besides enriching a child’s vocabulary, it also develops their social skills. Here’s a roundup of some of the best games you can play with your children.
1. Unscramble the Word
It’s one of the simplest vocabulary games for students, which just needs a pen and paper. Create a list of 15 to 20 seven-letter words, but don’t spell them correctly. Now, challenge your child to decode them. Although it’s a fun game, your child may sometimes struggle to unscramble the word.
In such a case, word lists can help your child. The lists contain several seven-letter words that your child can learn. For example, this site has an updated list of popular 7-letter words. You can find words with different combinations of vowels and consonants. Learning these words will enable your child to succeed in this, as well as other word games like Scrabble. It’s because they will be able to form the word quickly. After all, they have already learned it through the word lists.
2. I-Spy Vocabulary Game
Children of all ages can play this classic game. It begins when a person says, “I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with …” The task of the other children is to think of the name of that item. You can change the game by asking the player to spy things of a specific category, like color. The first child who guesses the item’s name correctly is the winner.
3. Pictionary Word Game
Pictionary is another one of the effective vocabulary games for students up to 10 years of age. It can even be changed to improve the vocabulary of your children. The game needs you to have some Pictionary Junior cards.
Now, divide children into two groups and call a person from each team. Give them a clue from your Pictionary cards. Next, give a marker to your child to guess the word or draw it on a chalkboard. They will draw a clue to the word.
Other children can see the clue and try to guess the word.
4. Hink Pink Rhyming Word Puzzle
In Hink Pink Rhyming Word Puzzle, a person thinks of a 2-word rhyme. Further, they provide a 2-word description. The task of others is to guess the Hink Pink. For instance, if a child says ‘angry girl,’ the other one responds ‘mad gal.’ Some other Hink Pink examples are ‘sister blister,’ ‘dairy fairy,’ and ‘hocus locust.’
5. Human Thesaurus
Human thesaurus is hands down one of the great vocabulary games for students. You can play it as a family night game or make your child play it with their friends. Gather everyone in a circle and give a sheet of paper and pen to each.
Now, pick a mystery item and keep it in the middle of a circle. Tell everyone that they only have one minute. During this time, they need to write as many adjectives and synonyms of that item as possible. The person who can come up with the highest number of adjectives and synonyms is the winner of the game.
6. Hangman Word Game
Hardly anyone is unfamiliar with this classic word game. People have been playing it for many decades. In it, one player chooses a word. They then draw dashes along the sheet to showcase every letter in the word. Above them, they draw a platform and a stand.
The other player tries to guess the letter of that word. If that letter is part of that word, the first player who thought of the word fills in the blank. But if that letter is not a part of the actual word, the first person draws one body part at a time.
If you want to win this game, you must guess the word before the body of the hangman is completed.
7. Storytelling Word by Word
It’s a simple game in which you start a story with a specific word. The next person speaks that word and constructs the story with another word. The third player says both the words and adds a third word. This helps build the story.
Final Words
These vocabulary games for students can be played anywhere, anytime. These games enable kids to focus on the sounds and letters of words. It consequently develops the skills crucial for reading and writing. The games are also a great way to beat children’s boredom and engage them in something meaningful.
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