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I have been so blessed to receive The Reading Game, 2nd Edition by Allsaid & Duun, LLC. This game was created by author Kenneth Hodkinson, who is known for his Wordly Wise Vocabulary Textbook series, which we are fans of! This game is geared for ages 4+ for 2+ players. I think it works best with small groups.
What's included? This box set has six stages of memory games, picture flashcards and storybooks. Each stage is color and animal coded. Within each stage there are 6 levels as well that include 60 memory flashcards, 3 picture flashcards and 1 storybook per stage. I also want to note that there are downloadable worksheets available for pre-post sight word assessment as well as other resources.
Here you can see the memory flashcards and six stages: red/skunk, orange/snake, yellow/bear, green/penguins, blue/unicorn, and purple/zebra.
Above you can see the first ten cards in the first stage. Each word has a pair for the matching game and the first 5 words are can, cat, is, me and not.
And here are all the flashcards for the entire first stage (skunk) so you can see the 6 different levels.
Above are the larger picture flashcards and storybook for the skunk level.
And here you can see what the picture flashcards say.
These are all the storybooks for all 6 stages!
How do you play? Once your child knows their alphabet letters they can start this game! Individual words are introduced on flashcards through a fast-action memory card game. Each color game contains 30 words that are taught in five word segments, so there are 6 levels to each game and students will be learning 5 words at a time. Frequent exposure to these words through play helps hard-wire them into long-term memory. After the first 10 words are mastered, the student will be able to read a picture flashcard. This helps transition students from individual words into a sentence format. After another 10 words are mastered, another picture flashcard is read. After all 6 levels are complete for each game, the student will have learned 30 words for every game (so at the end of the entire game, they will be reading 180 words). Also after mastery of each of the 30 new words, students will read a short story. The very first story is told using only the first 30 words and tells the story of a skunk without a stripe. I want to note that you don't want to jump ahead until your student has mastery of the current words. You will start out playing this game just a few minutes a day. And if your child is like G, they will beg to play - he absolutely loves it!
Working through level 6.
Reading through the first picture flashcard again.
And the next one...
I checked his mastery and he knows all 30 words confidently in the skunk level so now he is moving onto the story!
G has completed the skunk stage 🎉
G is completely finished with the skunk stage and we have moved onto the snake stage. I cannot say enough good things about The Reading Game. I never thought I'd be teaching my 4 year old to read but this game is really doing it. G loves it and I am truly amazed at how much he retains from the few minutes a day we put into it. I should note that we don't play it everyday but we do play it regularly. The Reading Game is not super parent intensive in its design and set up but I love being involved and playing with G. He loves for me to quiz him on all the words before playing. The other kids enjoy quizzing him and helping him with his words as well. This is not only for those just beginning to read as it can also be helpful for those that are really struggling too. If you are looking for a fun game for your young reader, new reader or struggling reader, I highly recommend The Reading Game! It definitely helps build confidence in reading.
Check out the short video below of me quizzing G on his flashcards and then you will see him read a few of the picture flashcards.
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