How to play the “I spy” game

“I Spy” is a literacy game useful to develop language awareness.

1. Have one person think of the name of an object that all the players can see.

   Example:

   Chair

2. Have that person say the beginning sound of the word.

   Example:

   /ch/

3. Let the other players guess what the word is.

   Examples:

   “Chicken?” “Chalk?” “Chair?”

4. Let the one who guesses correctly take the next turn, beginning with Step 1 and thinking of the name of a different object.

• Task module: How to play the “I spy” 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

This page is an extract from the LinguaLinks Library, Version 4.0, published on CD-ROM by SIL International, 1999. [Ordering information.]

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