Vocabulary words helpd kids read better, learn more and succeed on tests. A good vocabulary can also help your student in writing and speaking. Strengthen their word power with some simple games:
*Take turns flipping through random pages of a dictionary and choosing words to act out. If your student brings their reading books to tutoring (the ones they use at school), a lot of the time their will be a dictionary or thesauraus at the end of the book. This would be good to use as these are words they are seeing and using in school.
*Make a bingo board using words your student is learning in school. Write the definitions on slips on paper and have them use pennies or erasers to cover the words on their BINGO boards. This works better when playing with multiple people so grab the group next to you and test out those vocab. skills together.
*Make crossword puzzles
*Choose a theme, like Spring, but don't tell the other players. Write down as many words as you can about Spring for one minute. Then use a thesauraus and write down more words about spring for another minute. After each player has written down their "themed" words, read them aloud and guess what each other's themes are.
*Challenge your student to use one vocabulary word in conversation throughout the evening.
Don't forget to check out the word of the week on the left side of the blog for more vocabulary fun!
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