We present a series of fun games to motivate children to read. Since, as you well know, reading has to be part of their development from a very young age. In one way or another, we must encourage ourselves to learn certain habits that will give them endless great benefits.
But we know that it is not always easy that, when the time comes, they are the ones who have the reaction to start reading. That's why, we must make reading always essential, but in a very fun way. Only in this way will they fall in love with the numerous stories that will be before their eyes. Do you want to know how to make it more enjoyable?
Alphabet soup But really!
We have always been told that you don't play with food and it is totally true. But in this case we will make an exception for the good of our little ones. What do you think that when you prepare soup for dinner, you make it out of letters? Yes, it is a great idea to form certain words and for the little ones to have so much fun looking for each of those letters that it will lead them to create the syllables, as well as read them later. It is true that the dinner moment will take longer but no one will take away your entertainment or motivation because of it.
Card game
Cards or cardboard are one of the most popular games, both to do at home and in the classrooms. There are many ways to do it, but one of them is to make cards that contain syllables. The children will have to form words with them. They can play among several, taking cards as if they were cards and waiting for their imagination to add syllables, creating words and putting them into a sentence. A creative and perfect game for them.
Songs and karaoke
It will always depend on the age of the little ones. But without a doubt, songs have to be part of learning. There are some that teach us the parts of the body, for example, and thanks to that musicality the little ones will be delighted. But when they are a little older, karaoke is not far behind either. It's a way of learn and repeat words and sounds so that they remain more fixed.
Hangman game
There are games that never go out of style and we love that. Because only in this way can we continue enjoying its many advantages. You know, you have to get a word right and each mistake is marked by drawing a picture of the hanged man. Letter by letter we will get closer to the final wordOtherwise we will lose. You know, you have to adapt the difficulty to the age of the children and just think about having a good time.
Forming words with one's own body to motivate children to read
In this case, several players are needed, who will be in pairs. Each pair is called a word that They will have to represent, letter by letter, with their own body. That is, they can lie on the floor and create said letter with the help of their partner, until they form the designated word. Although it may seem complicated, laughter is more than guaranteed. Have you ever tried it?
A letter bingo
Bingo is with numbers, as you well know, but in this case we are going to replace them with letters. So you need make some similar cards but with the letters of the alphabet. The mechanics of the game are the same, draw letters, have the little ones cross them off the cardboard and when they have a line, they can sing it and win a prize, just as happens when they have the entire cardboard, which will be bingo.
Make representation of the reading
Another idea that comes to mind is this one. Because we have already talked about how reading has to be present from a very young age. Well, in this case, we can make them read and we represent the reading as a mime or with costumes, if applicable. Of course it can also be the opposite: let them represent what we read. Motivating children to read is easier than we think!