Reading, Writing, and Rummy

How can you use a simple deck of cards as an effective educational tool? Child psychologist Margie Golick shows you how!

An invaluable resource, Reading, Writing, and Rummy discusses games that are good for two people, large groups, very young children...games that develop particular skills: ordering, enhancing memory, visual-spatial concepts, number concepts and computation, visual discrimination, planning and problem solving...games that incorporate the concept of number, suit, colour, alphabetic value.

Magic tricks, solitaires and card games are described with suggested age, number of players, object of the game, clear instructions and learning skills.