Free Reading Games

Helping Your Child Succeed in Elementary School

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The Family Resource Guide: Helping Your Child Succeed in Elementary School contains free, printable, age-appropriate READING GAMES & ACTIVITIES as well as detailed information on self esteem, home learning experiences, early childhood learning activities and introduction to literacy.

READING GAMES & ACTIVITIES

A special section containing numerous skill-building games that parents and children can do together. These printable activity sheets can be reprinted whenever you need fresh copies.

The Read & Do Game

Bicycle Race

Concentration

The Book Worm

The Book Reviewer

Word Bingo (see below)

A Neighborhood Treasure Hunt

Home Treasure Hunt

Word Computer

Sample Game:

Word Bingo

Directions  

1. Word Bingo can be used for several purposes: to reinforce new sight words, practice short vowel words and aid pre-readers in letter recognition and initial consonant sounds.
    
2. One piece of paper with two Bingo boards on it; 18 small squares of paper; list of words to use in game.
    
3. Write a word/letter in each space. Use blank squares to cover the spaces. Write the words you want to work with in the spaces on one Bingo board, one word/letter to a space.
    
4. Have your child write the same words on the other bingo board.
    
5. Since two people play, put the words in different places on the two boards.
    
6. Tutor should call out a word/letter from list.
    
7. Each player should take blank square of paper and cover the word on the board.
    
8. Person who covers all the words in a row, diagonally or the whole board, wins!