How to Play "Word Guess" the Reading Game

Video Transcript

"Hi, I'm Katalin, the creator of Creative English. I am here on behalf of Expert Village, and I?m going to explain you why reading games are important for children. The next word I'm thinking of is also a short word, and the second letter is "o". Coat...No, Book, Poster...No...What did you say? Book. Yes, it is a book. Excellent! Now the next one I'm thinking of is again a shorter word, and the third, no the fourth letter is "c". The fourth? It's getting more and more difficult. Picture? No, again, the third letter is a "c". So it doesn't matter when your children make a mistake, because this is how they learn spelling. It's very difficult to spell in their head; it's much more difficult than on a piece of paper and that is why it's advisable to give a piece of paper for the younger children. And they can try out the words. But, it doesn't matter, when they say a wrong word, just smile and point out that that letter is the third, or the fourth, or the second, so it's not the same that you mentioned, and the game can carry on. If lots of time has come by, then you can give them a clue, and this time I'm saying "time", this is the clue word. Oh, I know, clock. That's not fair, I knew it! Oh well, you weren't quick enough. Let's try another one. You can make this game more difficult by thinking of two words and then you can say that I thought of two words, and both of them starts with letter this or letter that or both of them, both of their third letter is a certain letter, or, it's even more difficult, both of their last letter is the same letter."