How to play the “I am going on a trip” game

“I am going on a trip” is a literacy game useful to develop language awareness. It uses a form of alliteration to help players focus on the initial sounds of words.

1. Have one person start by saying (or perhaps singing) that they are going on a trip to a particular place. They will take with them some object that starts with the same letter as the place.

   Example:

   I am going to Paris and I am taking a poodle.

2. Have the other players take turns adding to the list of objects being taken by thinking of something else that starts with that letter.

   Example:

   I am going to Paris and I am taking a poodle and a pen.

3. Continue the game until someone is unable to think of a word or makes a mistake.

   Results: That person then drops out of the game.

4. Continue until only one person is left after everyone else has dropped out.

   Results: That person is the winner.

• Task module: How to play the “I am going on a trip” game
• In task module: Playing literacy games
• In task module: Developing literacy skills, by Martha A. Lane (contributor), Delle P. Matthews (contributor), Leah B. Walter (contributor), Glenys Waters (contributor), Anne Klaassens (editor), and Trudy K. Stewart (editor, contributor)
• In task module: Teaching people to read and write, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In task module: Implementing a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler)
• In modular book: Implement a literacy program, by Carole P. Spaeth (compiler) and Leah B. Walter (compiler)
• In bookshelf: Literacy

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