Sssh! The baby is sleeping! And Kitty, you better behave this time and not wake BabyP like you did this morning! Yes, I know you received some sort of personal satisfaction from doing it, but I would appreciate it if you would use your indoor voice when you want my attention.
Today my vocabulary improvement quest continues, and I am excited about a few goodies in the game department. Online games? No! I have links to plenty of those! What I am in need of is some good, old-fashioned, let's-get-these-kids-out-of-their-chairs games. And I hit the jackpot on a really neat site, The Teaching Channel. I guess I have been living under a rock because this website has been around since 2011.
The video below is the one that brought me to the website.
But I really like this idea, too!
Really? Vocabulary paint chips? Why haven't I thought of that? Hmmm... trips to Lowes, Home Depot, and Walmart will probably be in my future.
Here are a few other websites where I have found Vocabulary inspired games and activities:
Really? Vocabulary paint chips? Why haven't I thought of that? Hmmm... trips to Lowes, Home Depot, and Walmart will probably be in my future.
Here are a few other websites where I have found Vocabulary inspired games and activities:
- Flipit Word Parts (This activity screams for ActivInspire.)
- Expansions: An Online Book of Vocabulary Games (My students stare at a computer screen a lot. I need ideas like these to mix it up sometimes.)
- Visualizing Vocabulary (Some of these methods have been around for awhile but could easily be updated using technology, such as Google Sites.
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