Alphabet Fishing

Ini ada variasi permainan buat anak-anak. Lebih tepatnya belajar sambil bermain, vice versa. Cocok buat anak yg yg belum bisa duduk tenang buat belajar. Saya copy-in dari buku Smart Play : 101 Fun, Easy Games That Enhance Intelligence by BARBARA SHER, part-two : Games that enhance verbal-language skills

-----------------------

ALPHABET FISHING

If you have young children, you probably already have a set of those magnetized

letters that stick to the refrigerator. The kids probably played with them at first and in a productive moment might even have arranged them, with your help, into the order of A to Z. Maybe one day you might have made a message out of them. Usually a few get lost and mostly they are just forgotten things on the fridge.

 

MAT E R I A L S

small magnet

string

pencil

magnetized letters or sturdy paper and paper clips

 

D I R E C T I O N S

Take a magnet and tie (or tape) a piece of string around it. Tie the other end of the string to a pencil. That is your fishing pole.

Lay the letters down on the floor so that the small internal magnet is facing up. Spread them out so they aren’t touching each other. If you don’t have magnetized letters, cut some fish shapes out of index cards or other durable paper. Write a letter on each fish and spread them out on the floor or in a box. It’s helpful to include the letters that are often reversed by new writers, such as B, D, P, Q, G, and S. Attach a paper clip to each fish. Have your child stand over the letters dangling his fishing pole and see which letters he catches. It helps to show excitement over each letter he catches. Lay them out face up so he can proudly display his catches.

This is not a test. It isn’t necessary to say “And what letter is this?” It’s more important to get enthusiastic about each letter. “Let’s see what you caught! You got an . . . N!” You could pause slightly before you say the letter to give your child a chance to show off the letters he does know. If you have several players, you can make poles for all of them and have them fish at the same time. The older players can put their letters together to form words.

 

VA R I AT I O N S

Sort and Count:  Some alphabet sets have more than one of each letter.

This gives you the perfect opportunity to introduce the concepts of sameness and of counting. “Let’s see, you caught an A. Now, didn’t you catch a letter that was the same as this one? Where is that one? Oh, you’re right—here it is. Look, now you have three A’s. Let’s count them together—one, two, three.”

 

What Letter Is Missing ?: Place a few of the letters in front of the player and ask him to look away or cover his eyes as you remove one letter from the group. When the player uncovers his eyes and looks at the letters, ask if he knows which one is missing.

 

WH AT I S B E I N G L E A R N E D

This game will help make letters and numbers increasingly familiar and friendly to your learner. You can expand on the game by making connections for him between the game letters and daily life. “Remember that letter S you caught yesterday when you were fishing? There it is again in that stop sign. Look, there are two more of those S’s in that sign that says ‘crosswalk’ and another in that sign that says ‘store’. Gosh, there are S’s all over the place!”

 

 -----------------------