Finding Games at the Right Level of Difficulty

Beginner Games are for children who are not yet verbal or are just learning
their first words
Intermediate Games are for children who are putting at least a few words
together
Advanced Games are for children who are at least starting to put sentences together.
Collections of Beginning
Level Games
More on Beginning
Games
Collections of Intermediate
Level Games
More on Intermediate
Games
Collections of Advanced
Level Games
More on Advanced Games
Social Engagement Joint Attention Games
Joint Adventures

Come Be With Me
Route Games 1
Route Games 2
Route Games 3
Can We Go? What's Your Rule?

Up Step! Up Step Quest!

The Science Bridge 1
Matisse 1
Artistic Play
Matisse 2
Artistic Play
Matisse 3
Artistic Play
The World of Water 1

Where is Your Point?

Whats Your Point?

What are Y!" #oo$ing At?
Safe Emergences 1 Safe Emergences 2
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Earl) *mtaton Games
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Who's *n Charge?

Your +urn!

My Turn%



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Whats Your &uestion?
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Yes ( .o *ames
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Yes ( .o *ames
Learning Words
Learning Language
Learning
Conversation

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Beginning games can
be played with any child
including a child who is
not yet talking and not
yet able to interact
socially with others
More able learners may
enjoy these games too.
You may want to
introduce simle versions
of new games from the
beginner section and then
gradually modify the game
to the more difficult level.
Any child may enjoy these
simle games and laying
easier games encourages
joyful social interaction
and builds social
confidence. Inde!
Intermediate games are
for children who know
and use at least a couple
do"en words and are
starting to combine
words #or signs or
picture symbols$. !hese
games let children lay
with more "inds of
language and try out
different "inds of social
interactions. You may
want to start out with the
beginning level version of a
game when you first teach
a new game. #!his means$
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games% More able
learners will enjoy many of
these games as well.
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Advanced games are for
children who can use
original sentences and
are learning to combine
sentences in order to tell
a story% participate in a
conversation% or narrate
pretend play !hese
games are less structured$
have more stes and&or
involve more retend lay
or more eole.!urple
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