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English from the Roots up
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Hello, I am using this with my 6 year old and play matching games and bingo but I am also looking for other creative ways to use these cards. For those of you who have used them, what other methods/games do you use with this?
I used this as well, but I had an older child at the time. We really enjoyed it. He would make up sentences using the words and I would quiz him on the meaning. We used it with MFW a few years ago. I am going to use it again with my younger child and will probably use matching game and bingo with it as well.
You could put the cards into a small paper bag, have him pick out a card and make up a sentence orally with the word.
You could also have him draw pictures of the words. Also having a “word of the day/week” and look for that word in use out and about.
I use these cards as well as a computer program called Word Roots by Critical Thinking which my son (9yo) loves. The computer game’s premise is answering questions to build a Roman city. First you match the definitions to a set of word roots, prefixes or suffixes; then you put those 3 things together to make a word; and the last is to fill in the sentence with the correct word. When you complete all three tasks you get a building in the city. My son will usually play the same sort of games with me with the English from the Roots Up cards and makes it like a game show sort of thing.
The computer game may be a little older than 6 yrs. The package says grades 4-12 but I started my son in 3rd grade because he likes language and reading and is ahead of his grade level. But the premise is still fun with his EFTRU cards.
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