Rainy Day Educational Games for Kids

Rainy days seem to bring everyone down, leaving them with feeling for blah and boredom. With the rain kids can not go out and play. This leaves them bugging Mom and Dad and whining about being bored. If they are not whining about being bored young kids seem to just bounce off the walls and driving Mom and Dad nuts. So why not keep them and yourself entertained with some educational games?

The Alphabet " I am thinking of .." game:

This game is played along the lines of " I am thinking of a number between.." game. This game works great with preschoolers who are just learning their alphabet. To play the game tell your child that you're a thinking of the "blank" letter. Give them the number in the alphabet that the letter falls on. So if you were thinking of the Letter M you would tell your child that you are thinking of the 13th letter. Of course no game like this is fun if you don't have fun hints to give , so use hints. Hints can include whether it is a vowel or a constant. Or you can tell them that the letter comes between the Letter D and the Letter R. This can help narrow it down for your child. Once your child has guess correctly move on to another letter in the alphabet.

Reading Bingo:

This game is good for children who have a good knowledge of sentence structure. You can gear the game to your child's grade level. Make a bingo board with words that go with the sentences you have created for your child. Words like is, are, has, had and so on.

Example of a bingo sentences: She has/had a cookie yesterday. The glasses is/are dirty.

Now your child has to figure out if the correct sentence structure would be to use the word has or the word had. Then your child would look on his or her bingo card and see if the correct word was on it. If the correct word was there they would mark that word.

The winner the game is won the same way normal bingo is won.

Treasure hunt:

Treasure hunts are always fun for children of almost any age. Think of objects that you have in your house and send your child to find them. To make this educational don't give your child a list naming the actual item. Instead give them a describing list. Describe the items using the color, texture, maybe even what it could be used for. This will educate your child in colors, different textures and even how different items are used.

I what I want to be when I grow up research:

This is a great way for you to get to know your child. Have your child tell you what he or she wants to be when he or she grow up. Then together look up different things about that occupation on the computer. Tell your child all the things you have found on the computer and look at pictures of people who do that for a living. Your child can get a better insight into the profession they are wanting to be. It can also help fuel their pretend time by giving them more information on that occupation.