Letter Racecars
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The concepts of phonemic awareness and letter recognition can go hand in hand.
Phonemic awareness is the understanding of letter sounds, which obviously corresponds to letter recognition practice. Children should understand that each letter has a letter name as well as its own letter sound. When this skill is mastered they will begin to blend the sounds, or phonemes, together to read words and then spell them.
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Literacy centers should have plenty of changing activities to strengthen phonemic awareness and letter recognition skills. Often the activities at the beginning of the year will concentrate on learning the alphabet and the beginning sounds of common words or objects. When these skills are mastered the children will focus on the sounds and letters in their names and then move on to high frequency or sight words.
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Sight Word Hunt Corn Sensory Bin
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Some center ideas for phonemic awareness and letter recognition:
Water Tracing
Materials:
Write the letters on a chalkboard. Encourage children to use wet paint brushes to trace the letter shapes and say the names and sounds of the letters as they do this.
Materials:
- Paint brushes
- Water
- Small chalkboards
- Chalk
Write the letters on a chalkboard. Encourage children to use wet paint brushes to trace the letter shapes and say the names and sounds of the letters as they do this.
Letter Match
Materials:
Prepare the materials by writing capital letters on the paint stir sticks and their lower case versions on the clothespins. Children should match the clothespins to the letters on the paint stir sticks.
Materials:
- Paint stir sticks
- Clothespins
- Sharpie marker
Prepare the materials by writing capital letters on the paint stir sticks and their lower case versions on the clothespins. Children should match the clothespins to the letters on the paint stir sticks.
Letter Hunt Sensory Game
Materials:
Combine the shredded paper and the letters in a box or bin and place in the literacy center. Children should search for the letters on their alphabet papers and mark them off as they find them. Note: Make this a game by having two students compete to be the first one to find them all.
Materials:
- Box or bin
- Shredded colorful paper
- Large plastic letters
- Alphabet paper
Combine the shredded paper and the letters in a box or bin and place in the literacy center. Children should search for the letters on their alphabet papers and mark them off as they find them. Note: Make this a game by having two students compete to be the first one to find them all.
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