SMILE games hierarchy

SMILE - Making learning to read, write and spell easier.

Skill level Skill Example
* Picture Naming - saying the name of the picture on the card cat
** Syllable Clapping - saying the name of the picture on the card while clapping the syllables in the word say cat while clapping once
*** Rhyming Words - saying the name of the picture on the card and giving another word that rhymes cat, mat
**** Letter Naming - saying the name of the letter and picture on the card c-cat
***** Letter Naming - saying the name of the letter and picture card and giving another word that begins that way cat, car

Game instructions

  1. Choose the direction for the game, eg. if using alphabetic side, players can choose to start at Aa moving along top row, follow the second row from Gg to Pp and then continue along bottom row to reach Zz. It is possible to play this side in reverse order, ie. Zz to Aa.
  2. Player 1 rolls the die and moves his marker to the designated square.
  3. The player says the letter name followed immediately by the picture name, eg. b - ball. If a player can give an additional word beginning with that letter, he wins an extra turn, eg. b- ball, b - banana.
  4. Play continues until the first player reaches the finish.