| These are not your grandmother's old search and find | | | | - A variety of brightly colored permanent markers |
| paper word find puzzles! Anyone who has ever seen | | | | - Scissors |
| the wonder in a new reader's eyes, as the world of | | | | - Several boxes of washable markers, or dry erase |
| words opens up to them, knows what a joy reading is | | | | markers |
| to children developing reading skills. Get in the car with | | | | - Large sponge material to be cut into erasers |
| any new reader, and before long, you will see signs | | | | Cut the plastic into large squares, approximately 3x3 |
| you never saw before, and see the joy and | | | | feet in size. Print, in brightly colored block letters, words |
| excitement of the new reader, as they see a whole | | | | your child knows from reading class at school. A good |
| new facet of the world becoming real before them. | | | | suggestion for this age group is to write all the words |
| Everyone remembers their first reader. "See Spot! | | | | from left to right, as they would normally appear in their |
| See Spot run! Run, Spot run!" | | | | readers. Then, surround the letters with random letters |
| That remembered, word find puzzles can be used at | | | | of the alphabet. A decorative border of the ABC's in |
| your child's party as entertainment, but you must keep | | | | order will make the word puzzle look nice. |
| it simple. | | | | The children can each be given their own plastic word |
| Not only will this be a great learning tool, and wonderful | | | | find puzzle sheet, their own washable markers, and an |
| entertainment for your new reader's party, it can be a | | | | eraser, to take home as party favors. These sheets |
| 'do it yourself game' that costs very little. To make this | | | | will be used again and again, and while being very |
| game yourself, here is your shopping list: | | | | simple, inexpensive, and fun, your do it yourself word |
| - 1 roll of heavy plastic | | | | find puzzles, will be great learning tools as well. |