A perfect game for beginning readers. Kids love the scramble to build words! Phonics practice comes naturally when kids attempt spell their own words from letter tiles. Who "Gnu" learning could be this much fun! A winner of 3 Awards of Excellence: iParenting Media's Excellent Products Award, 2006 The National Parenting Center's Seal of Approval, 2006 Canadian Toy Testing Council 2 Star Award The object of the game is to spell more three-letter words than the other players. Word-Starter cards which have one letter and two blanks are spread out for everyone to see. Players slide the clever Letter Getter to magically reveal two letter tiles. At the same time, players must look at these tiles and try to make three-letter words by filling in the blanks on the Word-Starter cards. The player with the most three-letter words when all the tiles run out wins! Building your vocabulary is three times more fun with What's GNU? The three-letter word game that spells FUN. Ideal for Beginning Readers Phonics in a Format Kids Love Builds Vocabulary & Assists in Speech Development 36 Word-starter Cards 72 Letter Tiles 2 to 6 Players
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Author: Guest This is a very creative and educational game. I love it, but my kids tried to play it once and have not asked to play it again, so I'm wondering how to get them into it again. Part of the problem is that they found the rules confusing, and part of it is that they are not quite ready for it as far as their spelling skills are concerned. I think they'll like this game a lot more in a year or so, so perhaps I jumped the gun a bit with my expectations.
So, here's the deal. Buy it and try it, and if the rules with the game don't work for you, make up your own game. Gnood luck!
Author: Guest This game is a great game for teaching phonics and new words. They love being able to choose the letters, and a great educational activity.
Author: Guest This is a great game for new readers and for readers who need some extra help and practice. As a retired teacher and now a tutor, I'm using this with a second grader who is having trouble with reading. She really enjoys this game and is getting much better at spelling short words, as well as recognizing longer words because of the skills she is learning with this game. I'd recommend this to anyone with a young reader! P.S. It can also be used with older readers just as a fun game by having a time limit to make a certain amount of words.