Looking for a fun way to encourage reading-readiness in your children? Let Word Chase! be your guide. With Word Chase!, an eco-friendly reading-readiness board game for children ages 4 and up, children become familiar with the top 25 building block words - the most commonly used words - in the English language. Called “sight words” or “instant words” (as, and, the, he, she, you, I, …) and known also as the “Dolch List” and “Fry’s Instant Words”, these building block words are are essential for reading fluency.
Jill Gaynor and Erin Smith, business partners who both started their careers in education by teaching at the elementary school level, created Word Chase! together. The game is designed for 2 to 4 players. Each player starts with a game piece (a cow, a fish, a cat or a bird) and five cards, each card containing one of the 25 building block words. Taking turns, players move ahead in the game by moving via a bee path to an area containing a group of words, then by recognizing and stating the matching word from their hands. As children learn the game, they can incorporate additional fun alternative ways to play, as listed in the board game instructions.
Word Chase! also uses soy-based ink, as opposed to traditional petroleum-based ink; and all of Beyond Learning products, including packaging, are printed with soy-based ink on recycled paper. What’s more, a percentage of profits are donated to CHEC’s Blue Butterfly Campaign, a coalition working to educate the public about preventable childhood illnesses and disabilities caused by exposure to toxins in the environment.
Word Chase! retails for $19.95. Buy one for your family and several for those 4 or 5 year old birthday parties that are just around the corner - www.beyond-learning.com.
By Kris on 01/22/07 in Children, Toys, Featured, Activities, Clever Learning
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