This song is also available on Jack Hartmann's album Shake, Rattle n' Read.
Focus: Word awareness and identification
Activity – Guide children to understand that words have meaning and that they have their own family of letters. Everyone can give their choice whether it’s a work or not with a thumbs up or thumbs down. If children choose wrong, assist them in understanding why. Have fun with the Word Game.
The word game, the work game
I’ll name some letters; then say how they sound
If it’s a work, thumbs up
If it’s not, thumbs down
B – u – g, says bug
Thumbs up or thumbs down
G – u – g, says gug
Thumbs up or thumbs down
I – s – h, says ish
Thumbs up or thumbs down
F – i – s – h, says fish
Thumbs up or thumbs down
The word game, oh yeah, the word game
I’ll name some letter; then say how they sound
If it’s a work, thumbs up
If it’s not, thumbs down
Words have their own family of letters
That stay the same and make sense together
I’ll name some letters, then ay how they sound
It it’s a work, thumbs up
If it’s not, thumbs down
B – o – o – k, says book
Thumbs up or thumbs down
Z –o – o – k, says zook
Thumbs up or thumbs down
J – e – l – l – y, says jelly
Thumbs up or thumbs down
L – e – l – l – y, says lelly
Thumbs up or thumbs down
The work game, oh yeah, the word game
OPEN VERSION:
Activity – Teachers, parents or children can make up any word or silly non-word and give it thumbs up or down.
The word game, the word game
I’ll name some letters; then say how they sound
If it’s a word, thumbs up
If it’s not, thumbs down
____________________Thumbs up or thumbs down
____________________Thumbs up or thumbs down
____________________Thumbs up or thumbs down
____________________Thumbs up or thumbs down
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