Can your child do a variety of earlier PA games? Then:
Blend Sounds Together
- Say a word ‘in pieces.’
- Help the child to blend the pieces into a whole word.
- Choose 'pieces' to match your child’s skill.
Compound words are easiest.
Syllables are easy.
First sounds plus endings are harder.
Individual sounds are advanced.
Compound words are easiest: base--ball, dog--house, rain--bow, light--bulb, milk--shake, foot--ball, snow--man, cow--boy, pop--corn.
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Syllables are easy: but--ter--fly, as--tro--naut, pa--ja--mas, di--no--saur, birth--day--cake, al--li--ga--tor, com--pu--ter, ba--by, bi--cy--cle, dol--phin, ex--er--cise, el--e--phant, ham--bur--ger, tel--e--vi--sion, cook--ies, gir--affe, um--brel--la, yes--ter--day, lol--li--pop, mos--qui--to, por--cu--pine, spa--ghe--tti, zip--per, mac--a--ro--ni, Ted--dy--bear, wa--ter--mel--on, ti--ger, re--frig--er--a--tor.
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First sound plus endings are a bit harder: t--ickle, ch--ipmonk .
TIP: say t--ickle (not 'tuh-ickle') , ch--ipmonk (not 'chuh-ipmonk').
Whisper /p/, /t/, /k/, /f/, /h/, /s/, ‘sh,’ ‘ch’
rather than saying ‘puh,’ ‘tuh,’ ‘kuh,’ ‘fuh,’ ‘huh,’ 'suh,' 'shuh,' 'chuh.'
Avoid adding the 'uh' vowel whenever you can.
Learn to pronounce the sounds correctly. |
P--opcorn, eee--ellow (yellow), c--omputer, z--ipper, d --olphin, c--artoon, c --ooky, b --icycle, ooo--ishbone (wishbone), t--elephone, p--orcupine, eee --esterday (yesterday), b--irthday, m--osquito, t--elevision, s--paghetti, h--amburgur, d--inosaur , l--ucky, t--eddybear.
ch--eese, f--an, l--ook, s--and, n--ight, s--at, r-- un, l-- et, ooo--ish (wish), sh--ine, m--ake, z--oo, eee--es (yes).
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Individual sounds are advanced.
- Begin with words having a 'stretchy' first sound: M-m-m--o--p. Here is a list of words for easiest sound blending.
- It’s trickier to blend words with a short first sound: p--ie, d--o--g.
Once students can 'Blend' the easiest words, they are ready to begin Ease Into Phonics, if desired
More on this topic: The Reading Treehouse -> THE FLOOR: Phonemic Awareness
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