This lesson is to help your child isolate the beginning sounds of words and to match the sound to it’s corresponding letter. If you have created a Beginning-Sounds Objects Collection, I would use the objects instead of pictures because they are more “hands-on.” If not, you can use pictures from your Picture File. Directions for creating these two resources are on the November 10th and 11th blogs. (I am going to try to eventually add some Half-Pint clipart that you can download and print when I figure out how to link it to the blog! I’m still new at blogging so please be patient with me as I learn!)
Forest Fun – Lesson 3
“I can sort pictures that begin with t and b.”
Objective: To review letters t and b and to sort pictures by their beginning sound. (RF.K.1, RF.K.3)
Materials: sandpaper letter cards (t, b) and picture cards or objects (t, b)
Procedures: Place sandpaper letter cards t and b on the table. Ask your child to identify each letter and to trace them with his index finger while saying the sound that each letter makes. Give your child a small basket of picture cards (or objects). Have him choose one at a time. If the picture or object begins with /t/, he will place it beside the letter t. If it begins with /b/, he will place it beside the letter b.
Conclusion: When all the pictures or objects have been placed in their correct rows, ask your child to identify the letters and to name the pictures from left to right.
Encouraging movement from left to right helps prepare your child for the reading process.