Guess the Word –word explanation game is a fun game that is themed by leisure time activities and fun everyday life coincidences of Reading Grandmas and Grandpas. Our team wanted firstly to support vocabulary learning, and secondly to encourage children to use Finnish language.

In this game, words are explained in turns. The game contains 45 picture cards and 45 word cards. The cards were created based on a questionnaire made for the Reading Grandmas and Grandpas. The words are explained in different ways, and players get points both from explaining the words and making the right guesses.

But why did we make a card game? A good game is on the other hand challenging, and a fun way to learn on the other. One may test his or her limits safely while playing. In addition, playing has more studied benefits:

- One must use the less active parts of the brain while playing, which enhances the use of the brain.

- Games and motivation have a connection and games increase one’s study motivation. 

- Games may increase focus and bring joy to learning.
- Games make independent learning without a teacher possible. 

- Doing and trying by yourself are effective ways to learn. 

- Learning games are suitable for teaching other than only routine skills.

Many situations connected to playing are also good for practicing linguistic skills. These kinds of situations are diverse interaction situations and the need to express things, emotions and will. Guess the Word –word explaining game sets a good environment to learn. 

Would you like to have this game? Please contact moi@lukumummit.fi to get the game in a pdf-format.

You may also order the game in colors, delivered in its box, from the web store of Niilo Mäki institute from here:
http://kauppa.nmi.fi