Play these games with your kids to make them smarter.
With the internet becoming the source of all things, children are being exposed to more information than ever before.
Crypto Circle X has some more information to play these games with your kids to make them smarter.
Here are some games that are just as educational as they are fun to play!
1) Spot It.
One player has cards that feature words sequenced in a particular order. The rest of players have cards with an image of an item shown at the beginning and middle of the word being counted, but not necessarily anywhere else in it, making it challenging for everyone to find.
2) Word Search.
Provide players with a random word and ask them to find as many as they can in the given scrambled words. For example: “Scoot, coot, goot, et cetera”.
The goal is to find as many as possible so it is sometimes easier to use the “outside” letters instead of the ones that match the phrase; e.g., scoot = sc – o – t – etc.
3) Hangman.
Similar to word search but with a more competitive spirit! This is a really fun game when played with friends and family.
Players can take turns guessing what the secret word is or they can try to get a friend/family member to guess it for them!
4) Word Ladder.
One player provides a word that connects two given words, e.g., “Frog” and “Log”. Other players have to find a way of connecting them using only one letter from each given word, e.g., Frog – L – O – G – Glog, etc.
5) Connect the Dots.
This is a game that requires cooperation and can be pretty competitive! One player provides an image (for example, 1/4 of the word “I”, “N”, “O”, etc.), and other players have to connect them using their knowledge of the first letter(s) of each word.
For example, the first player shows the first letter of the word “cat” (c), and the next person shows the first letter of “moth” (t). They would go on like this until there are no more open letters.
6) Jigsaw Puzzle.
This game is a really fun and engaging way to work on memory and pattern recognition. It allows for both creative and problem-solving skills – it can be challenging, but also rewarding – getting to see the finished puzzle at the end!
7) Create your own.
Have fun by making up your own word ladder! For example, “Fruits” obviously connect with “fruit” and “fish”, so you just need to come up with other words that connect with those two given words!
One of my favorites is “Gooey” that connects to “Gooey” and comes from using google search on “Gee-goo gal lugey”. 🙂
8) Google Image Search.
While searching on the internet can be overwhelming at times, it can also be fun and educational! For example, let’s say you are looking to draw a cat. Instead of relying on your memory of what it looks like (which often fails), try searching for images of different types of cats (let’s say 3) and see if you can tell them apart!
This works especially well when you are pairing up with another person who is doing other things while playing this game.
9) From A to Z.
One person starts with the letter “A”, person 2 starts with “B”, and so on until everyone has their initial letter, e.g., “H”.
The goal of this game is to find out what word starts with what letter. For example, “Hello” starts with the letter “H”, so “hello” and “hello kitty” would both be correct answers!
10) Reverse Words.
One player gives a word and other players have to find a noun, verb, adjective and an adverb that can be connected to it. You can add things like color, size or anything else you think of!
11) Rhyme Time.
A great way to use your creativity! The goal of this game is to come up with rhyming couplets for a particular word.
For example: If you are playing with “Night” as a starting point, you can come up with things like: “Goodnight!” or “Night owl”; the possibilities are endless!
12) Never Lose the Lead.
This is a great way to learn about word opposites! One player starts with a word and comes up with opposite words from it, e.g., “Man” and “Woman”.
Then, all players have to fill in the blanks using their opposite words! For example: “Man woman” would be a phrase that could fit in the blanks. Another example would be: “Old(woman), young(man)”
