UK 4+ 1+ 15 + Contents 8 double-sided game boards, 99 letter tiles, 11 spare tiles, 1 fabric pouch Setup Carefully remove the game boards and the letter tiles from the sheets. Put the 11 empty tiles aside: they are spares for possible lost tiles later on (write the missing letter on both sides of the tile). Game 1: Tico’s letter game (one or more players) Use: game boards and letter tiles The child learns the letters in a fun way, and little by little learns how to spell simple words referring to the images. Place the letter tiles in a pile in the middle of the table. On the yellow and blue sides, all/some of the letters are already given, while the green and red sides are totally blank. Start with the yellow sides where all the letters are given. Practise spelling by placing the correct letters on top of the printed ones. Complete one side at a time. When the child knows how to place the letters in the right places, it is time to move on to the blue board, on which some letters are given. Next, continue to the green and red game boards, which do not have any letters yet and are therefore more difficult. Game 2: ABC worm (1–2 players) Use: letter tiles Place the letter tiles in a pile in the middle of the table. Practise the alphabet by picking tiles from the pile and putting them in the correct alphabetical order, creating a long ABC worm. If necessary, you can use the pictures below to help with placing the letters in the correct order. If you want, you can have a race: who will be the fastest one to make the ABC worm? Game 3: Word race (2 or more players) Use: letter tiles and fabric bag (plus pen and paper to keep score) Place the letter tiles in the bag and the bag in the middle of the table. The players pick 10 tiles each from the bag and place their tiles on the table in front of them. Now the players have 2 minutes to spell as many and as long words as possible with their own tiles. Each letter can only be used once. Use a timer or have someone checking the time on a watch. The game is ends when one of the players says he/ she is finished and says “stop!” When the time is up (or someone said “stop!”), each player reads their word(s) out loud and collects their points. For each letter used in a word you get 1 point. Write the points down on a piece of paper. The player who collects the most points wins the game. If two or more players have the same amount of points, the winner is the player who made the longest word. Tips You can play multiple rounds and sum up the points of each round to find the winner of the game. After each round, return the letters in the bag and mix them before starting a new round. You can also play the game with longer/ shorter amount of time and with more/ fewer letters. Game 4: PIP! (2 or more players) Use: letter tiles and fabric bag Place the bag with the letter tiles inside in the middle of the table. Each player takes out one tile at a time and places it in front of them. When the players have collected a few tiles, they try to form a word of at least 3 letters. Immediately when a player has succeeded in doing that, he/she shouts “pip!” (it doesn’t matter whether it is their turn or not). The player reads out his word, and if it is correct, places the letters aside. If the word is not correct, the player returns one of his letters in the fabric bag. The player to the left of the one who shouted “pip!” continues the game by taking a new tile from the bag, and so on. The first player to spell 3 different words is the winner. Tip: You can make the game a bit more difficult by agreeing that the word(s) should have at least 4 or 5 letters. More great games at 01922 A