The end of the school year is coming fast and teachers are often approached by parents with concerns of what they can do to make sure all the progress their little ones made during the school year carries over to the next school year. Now teachers and parents alike can look to the experts at Super Duper Publications who have handpicked six games for parents to consider for leisurely summertime learning. Super Duper has a long history (28 years
and counting) of mixing fun with learning, especially for those who
struggle with reading, auditory processing, and language. I have reviewed several of their products in the past and I have nothing but the the most positive experiences using their games with my preschooler. She doesn’t think of it as learning but instead as playing fun games!
Listed in alphabetical order, discover these educational card decks and games at Super Duper’s online store:
Auditory Memory for WH Questions Fun Deck ? Grades 1+ With
titles like Hairy Hank and Earl the Squirrel, kids will love listening
to fun, short stories and then answering questions about them. Each of
the 56 imaginative, illustrated cards always pose five WH questions —
who, what, when, where, and why. Students use their auditory
memory skills to answer, ?Who found gold in Gold Mountain?? and ?Why did
Principal Ghostly nearly faint?? Listening carefully has never been so
much fun!
Grammar Chipper Chat ? Grades K-5 Prepositions,
future tense, subjective pronouns — let the Syntax Safari begin! Using
animal picture cards, this exciting magnetic chip game explores 16 of
the grammatical structures found on most language assessments. The
student fills in the missing word on the question side using the
pictures as cues. When play (learning) is done, wave the magic wand for
easy clean up.
Granny’s Candies ? Grade K-6 Hmmm,
octopus and spider — how are they alike? Combine the excitement of
picking colorful “candy” tokens from Granny’s candy jars with hundreds
of opportunities to expand vocabulary skills. First, you fill up the
“candy jars” with “candy” (soft, foamy, and colorful tokens). Then,
players choose question cards from one of eight semantic areas (or mix
and match cards). Youngsters answer the questions, roll the die, and
pick “candy” from the jars. The player with the most “candy” at the end
of the game wins. Sounds yummy!
Say and Glue for Language and Listening ? Grades PreK-4 “Find
the ladybug. Glue it on the ground.” Early learners have a chance to be
in cut-and-paste heaven while they listen and learn six important
language skills: categorizing, telling what items are used for
(functions), following complex directions, following conditional
directions (if?then), retelling stories (semantic recall) and
understanding basic concepts. Appropriate scissors and glue not
included.
Sentence Fill-In Fun Deck ? Grades 1+ The
plumber fixes the house’s ____. Word clues include stairs, wall, pipes
or lights. Students look at 56 whimsical illustrations and finish four
sentences that describe the picture scenes with a noun, verb, adjective,
or adverb. Each of the cards teaches one part of speech. There are 18
noun cards, 10 adjective cards, 18 verb cards and 10 adverb cards. The
cards with solid borders have four sentences that are missing the same
part of speech. Students complete each of the sentences using
one of the four words listed under the picture. Cards with checkered
borders offer three answer choices for each of the four sentences. Game
ideas are included
Understanding Sentences Fun Deck ? Grades K-6 Kids
look at the illustrated card (child throwing a stick to a dog) and
listen to or read three sentences to find the one that describes the
illustration (The dog is fetching a stick; The dog buries the stick; or
The cat fetches a stick). After mastering this set, students move to Set
Two where they read one sentence (The fish swims in the cool pond) and
search for the matching illustration from a choice of three pictures
(duck in a pond, fish in a fish tank, or fish in a pond). Students check
their answers using the Super Duper Secret Decoder.
Granny’s Candies is a great game because we can work on a different category each time we play to change it up based on what skills she needs to work on.
Here is a sampling of the questions to give you a feel for how the game works.
As a bonus we work on her math at the same time. When she answers a card right she gets to roll the dice and then collect the candies. We have her tell us the number on each dice separately then add them. So if she rolls a 2 and a 3 she says 2 plus 3 equals five. Then she enjoys just stacking up the candies.
The workbook has suggested answers for the cards and also has worksheet pages that you can make copies of and give to your kids to do some extra work on the side.
Making summer fun while also finding ways to incorporate educational themes is a win for both the parents and the child. Better yet these boxed games and decks can go anywhere so you can bring them along to a restaurant, waiting at the airport or
playing in the backyard with friends. Parents can find descriptions
and tips of educational tools for every type of learner, no matter what
they are struggling with on the Super Duper Publications website. Their games continue to impress me and time and time again my daughter enjoys playing them. Have your kids play some fun educational games this summer and keep their skills sharp and ready for next school year.
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