Look!! I have a game. I like this game. It’s fun.

What is it

called?

The Children like playing games.

It is called the ‘Word Game’.

This game has ‘letter tiles’. They are thin. They are not fat. They have letters.

Do they have pictures?

No. No, pictures.

tiles

thin

This game has four, green ‘stands’. They are long not short. The letter tiles stand on the green stands. This game has a blue ‘game board’.

long Stand on

t s k

Look! I have a game. I like this game. It has beautiful pictures.

What’s it called?

It’s called the…

This game has letter blocks and cards. The cards have pictures.

Wow! The pictures are beautiful.

I have a game, too. This is the ‘ABC Puzzle’ game.

It has puzzles.

Are there

pictures?

Yes!

Are there letters?

Yes, yes, yes, yes!

The Children have a problem. What game will they play?

We have three games. Which game do you want to play?

I want to play the ‘Spell Game’.

I want to play the ‘Word Game’.

I don’t know.

We can have a vote.

The children have a vote.

Do you want to play the ‘Spell Game’? Put your hand up.

vote votes votes

vote

votes votesvotes

Do you want to play the ‘Word Game’? Put your hand up.

Do you want to play the ‘ABC Puzzles’? Put your hand up.

voteThe ‘Word Game’ has four votes. The children like this game the best.

O.k. Let’s play the ‘Word Game’.

I’ll go second. 2nd.

I’ll go third. 3rd.

I’ll go forth. 4th.

I’ll play first. 1st.

I’m first. May I have a long, green stand?

Yes, you

may. Here.

May I have some letter tiles?

Yes, you may. Here, take seven letter tiles. Put them on the green stand.

They are small not big.

take small

big

Look! I can make ‘dog’.

Look! I can make ‘girl’. Can you see? I like this game. It’s

fun.

Good play!

It’s my go. I’m second.

Good! Well Done! It’s my turn. I can make ‘rabbit’.

It’s my turn. I have a problem. I cannot make a word. Can you help me?

Yes, I can help you. You can make ‘doll’. Look, here. No problem.

A boy walks to the Children’s table. He wants to play the Word Game.

Hello, my name’s Claudette. Yes, you can play this game. Do you understand how to play?

Yes, I can teach you.

No, I don’t understand how to play. Can you be a teacher? Can you teach me?

Hello. My name is Russell. Can I play this game?

First, you take seven letter tiles.

Like this?

Yes!Yes!

Like this?

Second, you put the tiles on the long, green stand.

Third, you make a ‘word’ and put it on the blue game board.

Look, here. I can make ‘game’.

Good. Do you

under-stand?

Yes, I understand.

Thank you for teaching me.

I don’t understand

.

Pack up! Put

the letter tiles,

stands and

game board into the box.

Thank you, thank you, for teaching me. I understand.

Stop! Do not play the game.

Oh! I understan

d.

? ? ?

time

clock

Shaking hands

It’s time to stop. It’s time to pack up.

box

YOU’RE WELCOME! But my hand hurts. O-o-ouch!

Poor Claudette. She is a good teacher but her hand hurts.

O-oh!!sorry,sorry!!