A few Sundays ago, our family was ensconced in the Bees' room, contentedly playing Scrabble, using this game as a typical unwinding activity after a hectic weekend. As we started a new round of game, I saw Big Bee furrowing her eyebrows and arranging one rather long word at length. Suddenly she exclaimed, "I used up all my 7 letters!" Hubby sat up immediately, read through the rules of play intensely and declared, "Then you will get an added 50 point bonus!!! You will beat Mummy this round!"
Both of us looked at her with amazement and she was dazed for a while with delighted disbelief. Needless to say, she won hands down that evening. For the first time! And I must highlight that, since that evening, she had won the game against me one more time! Well done, Big Bee! I am now waiting for her to be victorious over me in Boggle!
Big Bee formed the word "CANDLES" from all her 7 tiles in one round. Those random letters on the top left quadrant of the board belonged to Little Bee who also took turns participating in the game eagerly!
7 comments:
Scrabbles is a great game for kids - educational and good for family bonding too. I've yet to try it with mine though, I'm thinking 2.5 and 4.5 year-olds are too young to understand it?
Your girl did an impressive job there, forming the 7-letter word all by herself! Well done!
I love scrabble too. Your bee is so really good! 7 letter word, wow!
Clap clap... amazing, your girl of yours! Scrabble's great... can't wait for my boy to be bigger to play it with him!
Oh I LOVE Scrabbles. Big Bee is good! I have not taught Marcus how to play yet but once he starts playing, lets meet up and arrange for Big Bee to play with Marcus. :D
Ing: Thanks for dropping by my blog! I think Scrabble might be for slightly older kids who will truly learn to enjoy it when they build a good base of vocabulary, ie in K2 or P1. In the meantime, there is Junior Scrabble for your boys! My little one plays with Junior Scrabble. Good for learning to spell :)
Eileen: Thanks, I guess it is a good combination of luck as well!
Jus: Thanks for visiting my blog! It is a wonderful family game that gets the kids focusing for a longer period of time, hence it helps to enhance their concentration (plus we can relax in between turns when they are brainstorming for what words to form!)
Domesticgoddess: I am sure Marcus can easily start playing Scrabble now with his love for reading and strong base of vocabulary!! :) Would love to meet up for a Scrabble game!!
Luck or not, I believe this is a great positive reinforcement for Big Bee, as well as Mom and Dad, whose efforts paid off well!
Yellowgiraffe: Thanks, pal. Now you know what to do with my Big Bee if you come my house next time! :)
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