Reading for Children

Let's Make Reading Fun!

Thanks for dropping by and welcome to my next post. In this post I'd like to tell you about a very simple game/activity (the simple ones are often the best) that we often incorporate into the reading component of classes at our school. This activity is called 'Reading Treasure Hunt'.

We like using Reading Treasure Hunt at our school for many reasons. Firstly, and very importantly, children seem to really enjoy this activity, which is something that we constantly focus on with our reading activities. It's a frequently requested favorite! Reading Treasure Hunt also benefits the children's reading in many ways. This activity is great, as it helps to improve the children's sight word recognition, phonics decoding skills and skim reading skills. Additionally, it's good for reinforcing vocabulary and practicing counting.

It's best to do Reading Treasure Hunt once students have completed reading a story in class. There are many different ways to go about Reading Treasure Hunt and I recommend playing around with it and finding what works best for you and your students. The basic idea of Reading Treasure Hunt is that the teacher selects either words or phrases from the story and the children race to find the words or phrases within the story. When they find the word/phrase, children raise their hands and tell the teacher what line number within the story the word/phrase is in.

Again, this is good for the children's sight word recognition, phonics decoding skills, skim reading skills, reinforcing vocabulary and practicing counting. As with any game/activity, the success of the activity will often depend on the teacher's enthusiasm for the game. Remember to be creative, show excitment and enthusiasm with your reading activities and the children will reciprocate.

You can see Reading Treasure Hunt in action by watching the video below.

I hope you find Reading Treasure Hunt helpful in your classes. Comments, feedback and questions are most welcome.

...And remember....have fun reading!
Greg

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