Does your child notice individual sounds in words?
Or does he know any alphabet letter-sounds, or play-named sounds like ‘the snake sound’ s-s-s-s?
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Then:
Match First Sounds
Say the First Sound
Think of a Word
You’re Out Of Here!
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Say the First Sound
Ask: What do you hear first, when I say ‘s-s-s-sun’?
The child’s answer is /s-s-s/.
| What do you hear first when I say . . . |
(Child says) |
. . . m-m-m-moon? |
m-m-m |
. . . r-r-r-ide? |
r-r-r |
. . . pony? |
/p/ |
- You can stretch out sounds that are stretch-able.
- You can exaggerate sounds that are short.
Remember:
The first sound of ‘shoe’ and ‘sugar’ is sh-h-h.
(Think sound, not how the word is spelled.)
The first sound of 'tickle' is /t/--whispered, not 'tuh.'
Learn to pronounce the sounds correctly.
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Think of a Word
Name words that begin with the same sound as the child’s name (or other familiar names including favorite characters).
- Say: “Richie is looking for things to put in his toy box. Can we help him?”
- Take turns naming things to go into the toy box.
Richie put a rabbit in his toy box.
Richie put a rainbow in his toy box.
Richie put a wrinkle . . .
Richie put a refrigerator . . .
(Nonsense answers are fine--and fun!)
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You’re out of here!
Find the word that does not belong with the other first sounds:
[Parent]: rainbow, star, Richie
[Child]: Star: You’re out of here!
| Which does not belong? |
(Child says) |
| funny, phone, toy |
Toy: You’re out of here! |
| pony, look, letter |
Pony: You’re out of here! |
| sugar, mom, shiny |
Mom: You’re out of here! |
More on this topic: The Reading Treehouse -> THE FLOOR: Phonemic Awareness
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