Activity: Vocabulary Game Improve your first grader’s vocabulary with this fun game that can be played anywhere, whether you're waiting at the doctor’s office or sitting on the school bus. Turn wasted time into productive time and have fun along the way. If you play the Vocabulary Game consistently, your child will soon have a superb, admirable, excellent, magnificent, splendid vocabulary! What You Need: A variety of items that can be described by your child. This activity travels well, so take it on the road, to the park, or to the store. What You Do: Ask your child to describe something he sees. It doesn’t matter what it is, as long as he can see it clearly and describe it easily . Pick out a word from your child’s description and offer synonyms for it. For example, your child describes a tree as big. That big tree might also be described as enormous, large, huge, immense, gigantic or gargantuan. Point out that the words y