Does your child balk at the thought of reading a list of words? Change up the activity with one of these fun preschool reading games.
Preschool reading games are the best way to get your child reading and loving it. The more fun the activity, the more he or she will enjoy reading! Not all children will enjoy all reading games, so find one that works best for your child. For more information, read about early literacy tips for parents from Bright Hub.
Drawing Words
Does your preschooler prefer drawing to reading? If so, incorporate the two, and you’re likely to increase her interest in reading. Take several sheets of paper and write words on the top of the paper that you would like her to practice reading – such as cat, hat, and bat – and that lend themselves to visual images. Then have your child close her eyes and choose a paper. Help her sound out the word at the top of the paper, and then let her draw a picture to illustrate the word. Continue until the stack is finished, and then hang her creations up so that everyone can admire them.
Matching Game
If your child enjoys playing typical matching games, try making your own reading matching game to help him practice his reading skills. Cut a stack of notecards in half. Write the names of objects that he can read on one half of the notecard, and draw a picture of the object on the other side of the notecard. (You can also cut a picture out of a magazine.) Turn several of the cards upside-down and play a matching game with your child. To get a match, you need to turn over a word and the picture that it represents.
Spaghetti and Meatballs
This much-loved game can lead to a lot of laughter from even the youngest readers. Have your child read you a book, replacing any “s” word with spaghetti and any “m” word with “meatballs.” In other words, instead of the sentence “Sue went to the mall,” your child would read “Spaghetti went to the meatballs.” Preschoolers find this game hysterically funny, so much so that they might not even notice how much they’re reading.
These preschool reading board games can show kids that reading can be fun. Try some of them, and enjoy laughing your way through this new type of “reading lesson.”