ELA Games for Kindergarteners

ELA and Its Place in Kindergarten

The basics of a language are built early on in life. The earlier children are exposed to the language and its components, the quicker they learn, and the better their skills will be. These formative skills will help your budding orators, authors, and little bees become the wizards they can be. Read on to understand how ELA games for kindergarteners can do your kid a world of good.

The Best ELA Games for Kindergarteners

Help your child build an early love for language arts and skills with these exciting games:

• Interactive Books: A host of wonderfully designed interactive books helps your child develop an understanding of language and build their analytical abilities. Books can include concepts like counting, memory, letters, and sounds. Do check out online stories that can create better engagement.
• Nature trails: The outdoors are the best places to learn. Take your child to various places to help them build their observation and vocabulary based on what they see around them. 
• Sound bakes: Want to try introducing your baby to new letters and sounds – go through their tummy! Bake cakes or cookies using pans and stencils of various letters. To make this even more fun, stick the little cookies in a scoop of ice cream. No better way to learn on a hot summer day!
• Hop on it!: If you ever loved a game of hopscotch, you will know what we mean when we say this one is a hands-down winner! Draw a hopscotch outline and fill it with random letters (Try and use the ones your kid is already familiar with). Now they need to throw a stone on one, and they can only begin hopping if they identify the letter/ sound it right. 
• Letter search: SplashLearn has great letter search games that allow children to match upper and lower-case letters. You will find your children playing them endlessly without getting bored and learning so much as they go along! They can also play a similar game to find lower case letters. 
• Bubble Trap: A super-fun game for children, bubble trap is an online letter recognition game that requires kids to free trapped letters from bubbles. It’s so entertaining, you might end up playing it too. 

How to Teach Language Skills to Your Kindergartener 

Kindergarteners have a whole lot of learning to do. At this stage, they need to start learning to identify letter names, preferably in both upper and lower-case. Many children can associate the letter with its corresponding sound as well. Here are some handy tips to bring about holistic learning:

• Start with letter names. Begin with the ABCs and move onward, so they know all the letters by heart. The song works wonderfully here. Now work on showing them letters and helping them relate to the letter name.
• Once your child has enough practice with names, graduate slowly to its sound. This may take some time and energy, so be patient. When working on letter sounds, try and build their vocabulary so your kid has enough reference points to relate the letter to its sound. It may seem like a lot to you, but you will be surprised how quickly children learn.
• Memory games are ideal at this stage. It is important to recap and strengthen the identification and recall of letters and sounds since children can get confused and forget easily. Stop at every few letters and go back to recapitulate all concepts and words learned.

Being an Enabler in the ELA Learning Process

You are nothing short of a superstar in this process. Small tips can help take your child a long way in helping them learn quicker and feel more confident. Remember to:

• Talk to your child. This includes allowing them to express themselves. Encourage them to speak in sentences, talk about sequences, and help them learn new words along the way.
• Use online resources. There is a world of wealth waiting to be explored, and with the dynamic, colorful, and engaging experience they offer, it is a child’s delight. You will notice your child starting to enjoy the process a lot more.
• Make reading time a must. Keep it at a fixed time every day, so your child starts anticipating and looking forward to it. It also builds a reading habit in them. This is a wonderful opportunity for you to bond, read, share, and discuss a host of different ideas, words, and sounds with them.
• Most importantly, remind your child how well they are doing every single day. Whether they’ve had a good day or a rough one, a simple pat on the back, hug, smile, and even a thumbs-up sign can make them push themselves harder than you imagine.

A lot of a child’s learning rests with the teacher’s skills, patience, and creativity. Using simple chores and experiences and some handy learning aids, you can create an incredible learning journey for your child. 

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