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Summary: Find different ways to make "Missing Letters," the reading game for kids exciting in this free video series on teaching kids to read and like reading.
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Katalin Toth Katalin Toth is an experienced mother of two children. She is a professional English teacher who is teaching English creatively to toddlers, nursery and schoo... read more
Hi. I am Katalin, the creator of Creative English. I am here on behalf of Expert Village, and I am going to explain you why reading games are important for children. You can also play this game on the floor which will encourage the children to move a bit, and bend down for the cards. You can make them walk around the room, or jump around the room, or hop around the room. So, in this way, you can, you can make them move a bit. It is especially useful in the winter time when they are closed in the house and they don't do so much exercise. You can play music and then they need to find a word when you stop the music, or you can clap. You can give different signs, and you can also point different objects in the room. So, you can use your creativity and find out more ways how you can play with them. Also, it can be suitable for a group of children when you have some guests and they're getting bored and they start fighting. Then to stop that you just introduce this game and they will love it! If you don't have anything by hand you can play this game with body parts. Actually use your ears or nose or head or arms, hand, whatever. So, the advantage of this game that basically you can play, play it anywhere. You just need some pieces of paper and the pen, and then it's done. Very simple.