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Is the
relationship
between written
alphabet letters
and sounds.
Celebrate the Power of Reading 1
Phonics Activities
Phonics
is the relationship between
written alphabet letters and sounds.
Alphabet Knowledge
• Alphabet Fun
• Alphabet Suitcase Did You Know?
• I Spy
Analogy To be able to use phonics successfully in
• Words Have Families reading a child must:
Word Structure
• Environmental Print • Be able to hear the sounds in our language
Irregular Words
• Know the alphabet well
• Spelling Rap • Know the sounds the alphabet letters
make
• Be able to blend the sounds together
• See patterns in words
• Know the word he reads makes sense
Children who use phonics are more successful
readers. Phonics also helps them spell words
when they are writing.
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Phonics Alphabet Knowledge Phonics Alphabet Knowledge
Alphabet Fun Alphabet Fun
(Continued)
• Find out what letter your child needs to • Use hands to “write”
work on. large letters in the
• Work with one letter at a time. air.
• Make sure child knows that letter before • Use a flashlight in a
starting with another. dark room to “write”
• Let your child “write” the letters; help only letters on the wall
if he needs it. • Use fingers, hands
• Have child say the name of the letter as he or body to form letters
writes it. • Use actions: crawl, jump or hop out letter shapes
• Say the sound it makes. • Take turns “writing” letters with fingers on each
other’s backs
• Use shaving cream on a cookie sheet to write
letters
• Use play-dough, clay or pipe-cleaners to form
letters
• Make a rainbow letter: trace over a letter with a
crayon; repeat four times with different colors
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Phonics Alphabet Phonics Alphabet
I Spy With My Little Eye Alphabet Suitcase
• Think of an object in the room. (ex: a • Ask child to name a place. Ex: Miami
book) • Say “We’re going to Miami and we’re going to
• Say, “I spy with my little eye something pack a suitcase.
beginning with b /b/.” • We can only take things beginning with the
(Say the letter name and the sound.) same letter as Miami – m.
• Have child guess. • Say the letter and its sound.
• Take turns. • Ask child what he can pack that begins with m
/m/.
• (Objects can be silly. Have fun!)
Ex: maps, money, monkeys, melons…
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Phonics Blending/Decoding/Patterns Phonics Patterns
Some Words for: Words Have Families!
Words Have Families, Use: It Begins with an A
bat cat fat hat mat pat These words belong to word families:
rat On page with C: get set On page with W:
wet
can fan pan ran van
• Ask child if he can think of any more words that
belong to the –et family.
bit fit hit sit
• Think of rhymes! Ex: bet jet let met net
pet set vet yet
hop mop top • Write them next to wet.
More word families from the book:
Page A: then E: hen
Page P: bed U: red
Page S: thin chin
Page U: string thing
Page L: stick lick
Page M: bright night W: right
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Phonics Pre-K Activity Phonics Irregular Words
Environmental Print Spelling Rap
Choose sight words or spelling words
Things to do with Pre-K and Kindergarten your child must learn.
children.
Let’s read: the, does, and said
Product labels Road Signs Commercials Child repeats the three words.
Billboards Coupons Now let’s rap!
Advertisements
Store signs Business names I’ll say the, and you say the. (Child echoes the.)
I’ll spell the: T-H-E.
• Make a collage of labels and advertisements Now you spell the. (Child echoes T-H-E.)
for child to read
• In supermarket, read product labels I’ll say does, and you say does. (Child echoes does.)
• Read door signs: Men; Women; Exit; Pull; I’ll spell does: D-O-E-S.
Push Now you spell does. (Child echoes D-O-E-S.)
• In car, read road signs, billboards, store
names I’ll say said, and you say said. (Child echoes said.)
• Read informational signs: Danger; Stop; I’ll spell said: S-A-I-D.
Wet Paint Now you spell said. (Child echoes S-A-I-D.)
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Beginning
Consonants jug sun Short Vowels
bell key tent cat
cat lamp van bed
dog mouse watch pig
fish nest yarn box
ghost pig zip cup
hand ring
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