Super Dog Word Puzzles and Word Scrambles: Learning Games for Kids

By Sandra Baird

Imagine this...Having fun, munching on treats your kids made PLUS your kids' vocabulary and spelling skills are improving by the minute... Sitting around a table are three children, ages 8-11, and their grandmother. They all are each hurriedly printing something on a piece of paper; suddenly the youngest child shouts "I got another one!"Her older b

• Language: English
• Publisher: Speedy Title Management LLC
• Release date: Dec 27, 2014
• ISBN: 9781681272245

Sandra Baird

Sandra Baird has been a teacher for 28 years, teaching English and Special Education. She believes that in order for children to learn they must be active and having fun. She has designed many creative approaches to learning that have made loads of students who were struggling in school become successful learners. She has always been driven by a passion for teaching and learning, for new and fresh ideas. She designed The Smarter In Minutes series of word puzzles and word scrambles to help kids ages 8-12 to improve their spelling and vocabulary while have loads of fun. She added to each book a series of "kid friendly" recipes that are time tested favorites which give the kids practice reading and following directions while creating tasty treats for their friends and families. She hopes that adults and kids will enjoy the books together laughing, learning and creating memories!

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Notes to Parents and Kids

This is a kid friendly classic word scramble game. The words selected are words for kids 7-11 years.

These games are designed by a teacher for parents and other adults to have fun with the kids while playing word games that improve spelling and enrich vocabulary. The 3 levels of difficulty allow children of different ages to enjoy the games.

Everyone will need a piece of paper and pencil to work on the words. This helps children to get the printing and writing practice while having fun.

The fast and easy kid friendly recipes have been adapted for children to be able to follow the recipes and do many of the steps. It is expected that all preparing and cooking of the recipes will be supervised by an adult at all times. For kid’s safety, no recipe should be made without adult supervision.

In each game there will be given a set of 6 scrambled letters.

The players are required to rearrange them into a meaningful word in the following format:

•3 letter words

•4 letter words

•5 letter words

•6 letter words

•7-9 letter words

How Do You Play the Game?

There are 2 WAYS to play this game:

For Parents & Children– Have LOTS of FUN and increase Spelling and Vocabulary Skills

1 .Hold your Kindle Book in Vertical Position.

2.Start from Level 1 – Easy.

3. 6-9 letters will be given.

4. Guide your child to use the 6-9 letters to:

•Form 3 letter words

•Form 4 letter words

•Form 5 letter words

•Form 6 letter words

•Form 7-9 letter words

5. Write the Answer on a piece of paper.

6. For each answer the child gets right, give him a star.

At the end, calculate how many stars the child earned.

7. Dictionaries can be allowed to check to see if a letter combination is really a word. The whole idea is to help kids to expand their vocabulary and to increase spelling skills.

If you have words that are not in the game boxes, but are in the dictionary, you can count these words in your score!

Fun For Adults Too : Play Beat the Clock!

1. Set a timer for 2 minutes

2. See how many 3-9 letters, words you can form

3. Add up your score

4. Go to the next game

5. For adults this is a game of speed thinking!

Recipes

Messy Dog Pile

Hot Dog Buddies

Build a Hotdog Boat

Dogs in Your Bed

Hiding Dogs

Spider Dogs

Mexican Dogs