- Using initial sounds.
- Poster board.
- Pictures of objects [on page 229 – not shown here.]
- Bean Bag
- Divide the poster board into a grid with nine sections. (Vary the number of spaces and letters used with the ability of your students.)
- Color and cut out the pictures that represent the different letters.
- Glue one picture in each section of the poster board. Place the poster on the floor.
- Let children take turns tossing the bean bag onto the board. Each child then identifies the letter he or she hears at the beginning of the object.
- Ask children to name another word that begins with the same sound.
- Make two different boards by using the front and the back of the poster.
- Put a piece of masking tape on the floor for children to stand behind as they toss the bean.
- Make similar games to reinforce color recognition, shapes, and letters.
HINT! Make a bean bag by filling the toe of an old sock with one-half cup of dried beans. Tie a knot around the beans, then pull the cuff of the sock back over the toe.
Excerpted from Dr. Jean Feldman’s Ready Set Read!
Reprinted with permission from:
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