It's all about the GAME! So, seriously... do you want to find the most addictive game to play in your classroom, that has the kiddos learning the entire time?  If so, you seriously might want to try out my Spot that Word games.  Ya'll - I've never seen anything like it!!  All of the first graders absolutely LOVE playing this game! How do you play? Put the deck of cards in the middle (face down) Each kid picks one card  Turn the top card in the middle over Each kid tries to find their one word match with the middle card (the coolest thing ever... each card has ONE match with every other card) The player who says their match first takes the middle card and their card and puts it to the side. That player takes another card (the other players keep their card) Flip the middle card and do it again. When the deck is gone - players count to see how many cards they accumulated That player wins Shake hands Play again! What comes in the de......

SPOT THAT WORD - New totally cool center time activity game that gives the students practice with 57 1st grade sight words.  How did I come up with this game, you ask... WELLLLLL...... To make a long story short - my 21-year-old son started talking about this cool game him and his new wife played with a cousin of hers (called SPOT IT).  As they were explaining the game, the teacher in me, thought... "HUMMMMM - I bet I could change the pictures to words and make it a learning game as well."  Needless to say, hours upon hours, days, upon days later, I realized that this task was going to me much more daunting than I realized and I should probably just give it up.  BUTTTTT - that little voice inside my head kept saying, "Juneau, this would be so cool --the kids will LOVE IT!"  So, I plugged on with excel spreadsheet after excel spreadsheet, until finally I figured out the most efficient way to replicate the game.  PHEWWWWWWW!!!!!!!  I have to give a s......