My monkey children were invited to a pirate themed birthday party a few months ago. What a great party! There was treasure to be found, a real pirate, and a pirate boat pinata! As their craft, all the kids got to decorate their own little treasure chest. This gave me an idea for an educational game. I made several keys out of construction paper, and printed out some simple words to teach my monkey son to read some sight words. We called it the "Treasure Chest Game." I told him that if he learned how to read the words on the keys they would open up the treasure chest and inside was a treasure. He thought this was great. He knew all his letter sounds and now it was time to teach him how to put the letter sounds together. At first I would point to all the letters one at a time and then I would speed up saying the letters and then say the word. Then I would get him to repeat with me both the sounds and the words. I would only do about 5 at a time not to overwhelm him. When there was a word that he had mastered, we would learn a new now. After each session, when all 5 keys were read, he could open his treasure chest. The first few times he got a small handful of smarties and when he learned 10 new words he found a new Hot Wheels car inside his treasure chest. I now have to make up some new keys for him with some new words.
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