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Kindergarten Activities on Guessing the Covered Word

Word activities will teach children to learn letter-sound relationships in a fun way. When planning guess-the-covered-word activities, you can organize simple engaging games for small groups or the entire class. Encourage the kindergartners to try their best by awarding stickers or small erasers for a job well done.

Paper
- For paper activities, write down sentences on paper. Some examples include ̶0;I like the color purple̶1; or ̶0;The cat in the hat.̶1; Cover up one word from the sentences, like "purple" or "cat." The students must guess the missing word from each sentence. If the students have word wall words (commonly used words), make up sentences and cover up each word wall word. They must guess each word wall word that goes in each sentence. Award a prize to each child who answers all the words correctly. Alternatively, go over each sentence individually and award a prize for each correct answer. Make the game more difficult by adding a few sentences and covered words that are not word wall words. Have them try to guess the correct word.
Magnetic Letters
- Use magnetic letters to create covered word activities for kindergartners. Make words using the magnetic letters on a table or stick them on a chalkboard. Spell out words like red, bed and head using the letters. Cover up one of the words and have the children guess which word is covered up. Award a small prize for each correct answer. For a more challenging activity, use harder words or words they are not familiar with. For example, use words like rope, hope, slope and cope.
Books
- When teaching kindergartners word wall words, find books that have the words in them. Go through the book and cover some of the word wall words with a piece a paper. Read the book to your students and have them guess the covered words. Each student who guesses a word correctly wins a small prize. Make the activity more challenging by hiding words that are not word wall words.
Rhyming
- Write down several rhyming words on a sheet of paper or on the chalkboard. Cover up one word and have the children try to guess the word. For example, write down words like tan, man, fan and can. Cover up one of the words and have the children guess the word. The first child to guess the correct word wins a small prize. Other word examples include hop, stop, top and mop, or hat, mat, bat and cat. Make the activity more difficult by adding longer rhyming words, such as still, thrill, mill and bill.

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