Form a circle with the children. Teacher joins the circle too.

Teacher walks into the center of the circle and says a word.

Then teacher spells each letter while touching or pointing to each student in turn. Go clockwise or counter clockwise but stick to your pattern.

The last letter of the word falls on a student who then must be pulled into the middle and the teacher takes that student's place in the circle.

Kids will play this for an hour. They love it. Older children invent variations and teacher can use whole language if the group is advanced.

Whole expressions like "I love you" or "Give me a kiss" make everybody laugh.

Copyright Robin Tim Day