This is a phonemic awareness activity – click here for info on why these help. You can use a puppet for this activity to make it more fun.
- Tell your child that you will be putting some sounds together to make words. Tell him/her that you (or the puppet) will give them a sound and a part of the word and they will have to put them together to make a word. For example: You say: /n/…eedle. Your child says the word “needle”.
- Remember that the goal is for your child to blend sounds together orally, not to be able to read these words. So don’t be afraid to use big words – it’ll really add to their listening/speaking vocabulary!
Samples:
/t/…iger
/d/…inosaur
/m/…onkey
/b/…asket
/t/…elevision
/j/…ungle
/p/…oodle
/m/…idnight
/s/ andwhich