- Write a word on a white board or other erasable surface and have your child read it aloud.
- Erase and change the first letter/last letter/middle letter – depending on what letters/sounds you are working with. Ask your child what the new word is.
- Repeat and repeat until you have a decent list of new words that you created just by changing certain letters.
- Have your child read the whole list – blending if necessary and then repeating them quickly to practice fluency. You can extend this activity by having them make up sentences using some or all of the words.
- Sample list:
- start with the word “cup”
- change the “p” to a “t” for the word “cut”
- change the ” u” to an “a” for the word “cat”
- change the “c” to an “h” for the word “hat
- change the “h” to an “m” for the word “mat”
- change the “m” to an “f” for the word “fat”
- add an “s” to make the word “fast”
- You can see how you can keep going and going with this. You can make this as easy or as hard as you’d like depending on what your child can do. Have fun with it!