Grandmother’s House

A Game that was created out of sheer necessity in order to keep impatient kids distracted in route to perhaps, an elderly relative’s home for a visit. Concerned parents will go to no ends to provide for their children in any way possible and that include finding a way to keep them entertain and if not for any reason other than their own sanity.

To be successful in this game a player must be able to remember a series of words arranged alphabetically and play begins as one participant uses a word starting with the letter “A” in the story. An example of that would be; “On my way to Grandmother’s house, I put an APPLE in a picnic basket to give to her. The second participant would add to the story by possibly saying; I brought an “APPLE” and “a loaf of BREAD.” The game continues with each player, in order adding another item to the list in alphabetical order.

The game continues and players are eliminated as they fail to recall the alphabetized list of items, however, if the player following the forgetful participant is also unable to recall the list of items in order, the previous player will not be eliminated and the next player has the opportunity to eliminate both. If one of the players in the group is able to remember the entire list in order, then all previous players who have forgotten are eliminated.

It is not necessary that an item be food in the case of the letter “X” when added to chain of words, since in the English dictionary there are no foods listed, starting with the letter “X.”

Once all the letters of the Alphabet have been used, the game continues with the letter “A” again but continues with original list of twenty-six entries.

A useful tip, is to create a spoken rhythm in the way in which the list recited. This often makes it much easier to remember how the story goes by creating “mental markers” along the way.

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