Abstract: An instructional game includes a game board on which there are a selected number of rows of pegs or pins protruding from the surface of the board. Associated with each pin is a phoneme in a particular language. Two sets of different rings are provided to the two teams or players. The player of one team encircles one peg and its associated phoneme with one of the rings of one set. A player of the opposite team encircles a different peg and its associated phoneme with a ring from the second set. This continues alternately until a player recognizes that he has completed the word when he encircles a particular phoneme whereupon that player or his team removes all the rings, capturing the rings of the opposing team or player. This continues until all of the adversary's rings are captured.