There is a plethora of skills students must develop during their elementary years. One of the less exciting skills is learning the myriad prefixes and suffixes that exist in our language, their meanings, and how they combine with base words to generate new meaning. Students enjoy having fun and experiencing success. The acquisition of this skill can be turned into an experience where there is a successful marriage of learning and fun. A card game is useful for these purposes for several reasons.
Students enjoy gaming.
Students tend to retain the information they gather from these less-traditional methods. This is a game for two, three, or four players. First choose a dealer. The dealer shuffles the deck of cards, then deals nine cards to each player. The remaining cards are placed face down in the center of the playing area to form the draw pile.