Acrostics
Acrostics is one of the challenging word games for kids and cool kids learning games.
It can be played anywhere you have paper, pencils and places for kids to write on.
See how far you can advance in the game.
Start with 3 letter words and then try 4 letter words, 5 letter words, 6 letter words. See if you can get up to 8 or 9 letter words!
2 or more players
Ages 9 and up
Need pencils and paper, timer, dictionary
Begin by choosing a word with 3 or more letters. Players can take turns naming words or they can choose one as a group.
If the word is "house", each player writes that word down the left side of their papers. They write the word in reverse down the right side of their papers ("esuoh").
h e
o s
u u
s o
e h
Leave space between the 2 words so the players can make new words.
Example, the first word will begin with "h" and end with "e". Words should be at least 3, preferably 4, letters long. A player could write "hole" as his first word.
The next word will start with "o" and end with "s" and could be "oats".
Play continues with each player trying to form a word from his columns.
You cannot use the main word as one of your new words.
If playing to choose a winner, the winner can be the first player to complete all his words. Or each letter completed can be one point, and the player with the most points wins.
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