Erudition Board Game

by Acumen Associates, LLC

Product Features

• Exposes new readers to each letter's basic phonic sound
• Teaches emergent readers to automatically recognize high frequency words
• Fosters both vocabulary learning and reading comprehension
• Instills confidence to enable reading development
• Promotes differentiated instruction - games cards are categorized by reading level

Product Details

• Shipping Weight: 4 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B001TW97UM
• Item model number: ERUD
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #65,174 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
• Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)

Product Description

Er-u-di-tion, an award winning educational board game, jump-starts the road to reading by incorporating over 300 sight words and the letters of the alphabet in an enjoyable, engaging activity. The game takes emergent readers on a fun adventure through literacy land complete with common landmarks and street signs. They earn a bonus roll after correctly identifying a game card. The first player to reach the library is the winner! Players of all reading levels may participate, because they choose from one of four game cards: ? Blue game cards - upper & lower case letters ? Green game cards - beginner level sight words ? Yellow game cards - intermediate level sight words ? Red game cards - advanced level sight words The blue cards also contain two words that emphasize that letter's fundamental phonic sound. The sight word game cards include syllabication and simple definitions to assist in word decoding, word pronunciation and reading comprehension. Through repetitive interaction with basic phonic sounds, sight words and their definitions, emergent readers enhance their reading skills while playing a fun game. Er-u-di-tion provides families and schools with a useful tool for pre-school and elementary school students. There is no better jump-start for the road to reading than Er-u-di-tion!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

4.0 out of 5 stars Sight Words For Many Levels, January 16, 2012

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K. Groh (Pennsylvania) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Erudition Board Game (Toy)

We picked this up when my daughter had just begun first grade. She was doing okay with learning to read but practice on sight words would only help her in her quest to become a better reader.

Some kindergarteners would definitely benefit using this game as well but only if they are beginning to understand simple words or need help with their letter recognition. Preschoolers would benefit from the alphabet cards as well.

The game is simple enough with a traditional game board that you advance from start to finish. There are short cuts and traps to keep it feeling like a game and not a reading lesson.

Card groups are broken down by sight word levels and start with letters of the alphabet and progress to advanced sight words.

Your child is to read the word and if they get it correct, they get another roll and get to advance again. As a parent, it is obviously difficult to play since it is assumed that you would be able to read all the words. So we alter it and I have to answer a Trivial Pursuit question. If I get it correct, I pick another sight word for my daughter to read. If she gets it correct, she gets my bonus roll. You can adapt it whatever way you want that works for your family.

We liked the game and didn't get to take full advantage of it since we purchased it when my daughter could already get through the letters and simple sight words. It is not a high intensity or silly game but if you keep it light, your child will want to play again and again.

A great way to emphasis sight word recognition through repetition and game play.

5.0 out of 5 stars My favorite game for early readers, March 8, 2011

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Daphne B "Mother of 2" (Seattle, WA) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Erudition Board Game (Toy)

This game is perfect for my family! I have a 2 year old just learning her letters, a reader at the 1st grade level and one at the 3rd grade level. It is fun for everyone! There are cards for every level (though the oldest has mastered all the cards but still has fun). I love how they all encourage each other in their reading skills. I highly recommend this game to anyone!

5.0 out of 5 stars sight word game, December 10, 2010

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Val Ford "Val ford" (Texas) - See all my reviews

= Durability:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Erudition Board Game (Toy)

Both my daughter and I were really getting tired of flash cards. Remembering her love for boards games I decided to look on line and see if there were any boards games that had sight words in them. She will get the game for Christmas, but we may use the activity book during her winter break, prior to the holiday. I would recommend the game and plan to write more after we play!

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