Syll-A-Ball Meme Game K-3

Take a beach ball, blown up, and write words on it with a permanent marker.  The younger they are, the bigger you should write so that you can help from a distance.  Fill up all the space on the ball with words!  Any direction writing will work.  Now that takes a few minutes to do, but you only have to do it once!

You have made a Syll-A-Ball!  Play like silent ball.  The child who catches it looks where their thumb landed, says the word and how many syllables.  They they pass it to someone else.  Teach what a syllable is, play the game, and never have to teach a formal lesson again!  

The game easily identifies someone who needs reteaching!  When there is a mistake, I explain that word and reteach for a minute.  Then, that student needs to get one right to stay in the game.  I either make them toss to themselves or they can pick a word they want (quickly).  Second graders LOVE it.