A Floor for 
Block Challenge 2
What's New: First or Last
- One-inch cubes are perfect.
- Use four or five different colors.
- You’ll need three or four blocks of each color.
- Play these at a table, or on the floor.
- Put the blocks back into the pile after each round.
- You don’t need to remember the colors from round to round. If the child chooses green to show ‘sh,’ she can choose a different color for ‘sh’ on another round.
Learn to pronounce the sounds correctly.
Can your child play some ‘Match First Sound’s games, and some of the ‘Basic Training for Blocks’ challenges? Then let’s play:
What’s New? First or Last
1. Ask your child to show you, with blocks, a single vowel sound. For example:
You say ‘ah’ -- and the child selects one colored block to show ‘ah.’
2. Then add a sound before, or after, the ‘ah’ sound. For example:
- You could say "If this [block] is ‘ah’, show me ‘ahf-f-f." (You added a last sound: ah --> ahff.) Yes, it sounds sort of like ‘off’--but you don’t need to use real words. Nonsense is fine.
- Or instead, you could say "If this is ‘ah’, show me ‘l-l-lah’" (You added a first sound: ah --> lah.)
4. Then clear off the blocks, and do steps 1 to 3 again with different sounds.
You say…
Child places block:
Show me 'ay'
One colored block
If that says 'ay,' show me 'lay
New color before 1st block
(Clear the blocks) You say . . .
Show me 'ee'
If that says 'ee,' show me 'ees'
(Clear the blocks) You say . . .
Show me 'uh'
Child places block . . .
One colored block
New color after 1st block
Child places block . . .
One colored block
If that says 'uh,' show me 'ug'
New color ayer 1st block
Here are S-t-r-e-t-ch-y Sounds you can use: Any vowel; f-f-f, h-h-h, j-j-j, l-l-l, m-m-m, n-n-n, r-r-r, s-s-s, sh-h-h, v-v-v, z-z-z, th-h-h, ch-h-h.
