Do you remember Mad Libs? You had to think of adjectives, nouns, verbs, adverbs and other parts of speech and at the end, you had a hilarious story that was sure to end in a fit of giggles. Not only is it lots of fun, but its one of those educational activities when they don’t actually realize they are learning something or enforcing something in their minds.
Did you know that you don’t have to actually spend the money on the Mad Lib books from the store? You can actually create your very own using paper and a pen, or your computer. I prefer the computer.
Using your computer, concoct a very short story – only about a paragraph or two. You will want to make the story silly or strange in some way to make the missing parts of speech funnier when they are entered in. When you have finished the story, go back through it and pluck out some nouns, adverbs, adjectives, verbs, liquids, solids and numbers (even names) be sure to use very small type for what used to be there (ie. a verb), so the child knows what part of speech needs to be replaced. If you are stuck for ideas there actually are websites that have some for download, so you might check those out.
Once you have completed the process, print a couple of copies and hand them out to the kids. They can either fill in the blanks on their own, or a much more exciting and funny way to do it is to do it with your friends. Mad Libs are hilarious and the stories usually don’t make much sense at the end.
We have stacks of Mad Lib books at our home and all five of my kids still love them. Interestingly they prefer the home-made versions I make so much more.
Do you still enjoy Mad Libs? I know I do. My kids love to laugh and its so much fun to see them remember what an adverb is!
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