Activities
1. Common Objects
Collect several objects that begin with the same sound and make a card with
this letter sound on it. Make a second group of objects beginning with a
different sound and a card to go with those.
Discuss the sounds of the letters on the two cards with your child and shuffle
the objects. Separate the cards on the floor and ask your child to put each
object near the sound that it starts with. This activity can help your child to
"hear" the first sound of a word.
2. Odd-one Out
Say a number of words, all but one of which begin with the same sound. See if
your child can pick out the odd one. It can be helpful to have the
corresponding objects there for the child to look at.
Which starts with a different sound to the others?
3. Sounds Scrapbook
Write a letter at the top of each page of a scrapbook. Concentrating on a few
letters at a time collect pictures of objects that begin with those letters. Do
not use as examples words where the first sound does not make its normal sound
such as in giraffe, ship, cheese, thumb. Stick the pictures on the appropriate
pages.
4. I-Spy
For small children the usual way of playing that starts 'I spy with my little
eye something that begins with ....' can be too difficult. You can make this
easier by providing a clue. 'I spy with my little eye something that barks and
begins with duh'.