The ‘Rebus America’ game

About the game

Imagine yourself as a detective solving secret word puzzles! A little house featuring American symbols, picture puzzles and a real investigation await you: which letters will help you find the correct answer?

‘Rebus America’ is a game featuring English words, in which children form a word using the first or last letters of the picture captions. There are rebuses of varying difficulty, a prize grid to add to the excitement, and answers can be checked against a special answer sheet.

Every word you solve is another mystery unravelled in your very own detective adventure.

In the set

• a wooden box-house with windows for letters
• 72 rebus cards: based on the first or last letters of words
• templates with English letters
• a prize board
• an answer sheet

How to play

1. Insert the rebus card.
2. The child identifies the first (or last) letter of each picture in English and inserts the letter tiles.
3. Read the word — and collect your prize.

Where to start

Start with the ‘first letters’ cards featuring short words.

Game variations

• timed rebus;
• team guessing game;
• ‘last-letter’ rebuses for older children;
• check your answers against the answer sheet.

What children can practise

• English words and letters
• logic and quick thinking
• reading

Who it’s for

Children aged 4 and over; at home, at school, and in English lessons.

Material

Wood-based board (pressed wood), bright print.