Knowing the sound of a letter is one of the most important steps before learning to read words. Here's a game to practice the sounds of letters.
What you'll need:
* A picture from a coloring book, a blank sheet of paper, and crayons.
What to do:
* Sit beside your child and say, "I'll write a letter on this paper. If you can tell me the sound of the letter and two words for things that start with that sound, you get to color one part of the picture."
"Let's try one." Write a letter on the paper. Start with one you are sure your child knows. Have your child name the sound. "That's right, the sound is t. Can you name two things that start with t? Very good, table and turtle start with t. Pick a part of the picture to color."
If your child does not know the sound, say, "This sound is t. Let's try another." Write another sound and come back to the t the next try.
* Do this again with other sounds until all parts of the picture are colored.
READ*WRITE*NOW Activities for Reading and Writing Fun - May 1997
