Word map

Word map


 


The word map game introduces new words
and help kids learn to spell them. It would also help in preparing to write an
essay on a subject.


 


How to play is very simple, all you need
is either a blackboard/ whiteboard for a class, or just a piece of paper for a
small group. First think of a category (preferably something simple that has
many things in it like a hospital or a school).


Write the category in the middle of the
paper and ask the kids to think of the first thing that comes to their minds
when thinking of the category.


 


Then link the word to the category and
ask again what do they think about the new word. Then link the next new word as
to create a web of words (similar to a mind map).


 


Example:         Hospital
– doctor – patients – sick – medicine


School – teacher – lesson – classroom – blackboard – chalk – duster


 


You can also test their
spelling by asking them to write the word on the board or by playing hangman.
Try to fill up the board with as many words as possible.


 


Lastly, the kids can even
write a simple essay on using the words about the selected category.