Watch out for letters is a fun game of attention and speed that helps children from 6 years old to consolidate their learning of letters and enrich their language. The box contains a deck of 48 cards containing the letters of the alphabet. Players will have to be quick to recognize the letters on the cards and pronounce a word that begins with a specific letter before their opponents do.

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Contents of the box

40 cards each cointaing 2 equal letters

18 cards containing all different letters

Teaching objectives

• Letter recognition;
• Creativity;
• Lexical production;
• Attention, memory, response inhibition.

How to play

The youngest player turns over the top card and places it next to the deck, face up and clearly visible to everyone. Whoever finds the same letter first must pronounce a word that begins with that letter – without repeating the words that have already been said in previous rounds – and keeps the card. The person who has the most cards when the deck is finished wins.

There are 3 game variations:

Watch out for the syllable
Identify the same letter on the card and pronounce a word that begins with a syllable made up of this letter and another on the card.

Watch out for the color
Identify letters of the same color and say a word that begins with one of the letters found.

Things, names, cities
Choose a category (verbs, places, adjectives, animals, things, cities, etc.) and say a word that begins with one of the letters on the card and which belongs to the chosen category.

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THE AUTHOR

Francesca Maggioni is graduated in Education Sciences and Pedagogical Sciences and she also holds a certificate as a DSA tutor. She has been involved in school and home education for more than ten years, supporting children and young people in their growth and study.