Letter and sound games

50 ABC Letters and Sounds Games • Kids Activities Blog

Today we have a whole bunch of alphabet fun with letter and sounds learning games and activities for toddlers and preschoolers to help you young students prepare to read with fun pre-reading playful learning ideas.

ABC Games & Alphabet Sounds

Many parents have kids that are soon to enter kindergarten for the first time and are wondering what their kids should know before they head out to school on their own.

As a mom who once taught Kindergarten, I always wanted to make sure my kids are well-prepared and ready to begin their school career with a bit of an advantage by knowing their letters and sounds.

Related: Grab our free Kindergarten readiness checklist as a guide

I have seen the value in children knowing their letters early.

That said, I also recognize that kids are kids, and I want to make sure they have time to play – both independently and with me.

Learning Through Alphabet Games

Children acquire knowledge through play, so learning letters at our house is rarely a sit down structured time.

It’s a time of play and games!

The kids have fun and don’t even realize they are learning at the same time. I don’t believe we should leave teaching up to the schools. You get the great honor of being an educator of your child, and you can supplement what is happening at school by engaging your child in enjoyable yet educational ways.

Related: Check out our huge abc letters resource that has letter activities, letter crafts, letter printables and more for every letter of the alphabet!

I hope these resources help you feel equipped to take the reins in your own child’s education.  

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Hands On Letter Games

1. Letter Toss Game

Muffin Tin Learning  – Want to make learning fun? This game involving throwing pennies and will keep your kids engaged. They will  barely know that this is actually a lesson.

2. Growing Letters Game

Alphabet Flower Garden –  This garden is full of letters and learning opportunities. It is definitely a great way to explore and grow in alphabet knowledge.

3. Unlimited ABC Games for Kids

ABC Mouse – This site gives kids tons of alphabet and phonics practice through interactive games and printables.

4. Matching Letter Game

Magnetic Alphabet Board – This letter matching activity is self-contained and is a tool to get  kids to match up letters and help with identification.

5. Touch and Feel the Alphabet Game

Play Dough and Magnet Letters – Letting kids explore using their senses is a great way to learn. Play Dough is a tactile  way to watch this happen.

–>Need a Set of Alphabet Magnets? I like this Magnetic Letters Alphabet Fridge Magnets Set that comes in a handy carrying tub.

6. The Great Alphabet Race

Race the Alphabet – Do you have race tracks and a child that loves playing with cars? This activity is for you! If you don’t have your own track, here’s another version.

Preschool Alphabet Games

7. Fishing for Letters

Magnet Letter Fishing  – Take your magnet letters and make a simple fishing pole. With a pond full of letters, your kids will have a lot of fun  casting their line for another catch.

8. Pirate Vowel Game

Gold Coin Vowel Sound Drop – Your little pirate will have fun learning his or her vowels be playing this game.

9. Letter Stacking Game

ABC Letter Stack Game – Stacking up letters has never been so fun. They get to stack and stack until they fall, which I am sure will become the favorite part.

Related: Use these with our playful preschool homeschool curriculum

10. It Begins With…

Initial Sounds Blackout Game  – Want kids to be able to identify the beginning sounds of words? This fun game will help them do exactly that.

–>Need a Wooden Alphabet Set with Flashcards? I really love the cuteness of this Tangame Wooden Magnetic Letters Alphabet Refrigerator Magnet Flash Cards for Preschool Kids that comes in a magnetic tin.

11. Letter Scavenger Hunt

Architecture Letter Scavenger Hunt – Have you seen those photos that find letters in architecture? Your kids get to go on their own letter scavenger hunt with this fun activity.

Creative Letter Games for Alphabet Sounds

12. Interactive Alphabet Learning Games

A-Z Letter Learning Activities – This post brings you over 90 activities for each and every letter of the alphabet. What a great resource!

13. Climb the Word Ladder

Word Ladder – Kids get to “climb” to the top of the ladder as they successfully identify letters and sounds. They don’t need to worry if they “fall,” they have the opportunity to try again.

14. Flashlight Alphabet Game

Flashlight Alphabet Game – My kids are obsessed with flashlights. I know my preschooler would love this game!

–>Need Foam Alphabet Letters for Practice? This Gamenote Classroom Magnetic Alphabet Letters Kit comes in a plastic organization case and magnet board and would be great for home too.

15. Make a Letter Game

Letter Formation Activity – Using materials you probably have at home, your kids will have a lot of fun forming their letters.

16. Hungry Hungry Letters Game

Alphabet Monster  – This hungry monster will only eat letters if you can say the name or sound of a letter. What a fun craft to make that also turns a great letter learning opportunity.

ABC Games that Help Kids Learn Letters and Sounds

17. Let’s Host a Reading Hop

Reading Hop  – This letter learning game will keep your kids active and hopping all around. If you are looking for a way to take learning outdoors, you have found it.

18. Alphabet I Spy

Alphabet “I Spy” – Take the classic and beloved game of “I Spy” and turn it into an alphabet search activity. Brilliant!

19. Can You Catch the Letters Game?

Runaway Letters Game  – Your child gets a chance to grab letters and runaway while you creativity beacon the letter’s return. This is a great way for moms, dads or teachers to interact with their kids during the educational process.

–>Need a Fun ABC Game? I love this ABC Cookies Game from Goodie Games that is a fun alphabet learning game for toddlers and preschoolers.

20. LEGO Spelling

Lego Spelling  – If you add letters to duplex legos, you have a great way to work on sounds and words.

21. Letters Inside of Letters Activity

Making Letters with Letters – Learning letters will be reinforced over and over again as your kids use letters from magazines to create their own larger letters.

ABC Games for Pre-K

22. Letter Swat Game

Spider Letter Swat – Kids will enjoy learning their letters as they swat away at the flies in this entertaining game.

23. Letter Squirt Game

Squirt the Letter  – This is a game I know my son, especially, would love. He loves anything squirt gun and anything water. Squirting the correct letter is right up his alley.

24. Letter Lacing Activity

Letter Lacing – This letter lacing, quiet bag activity works on fine motor skills while also developing the skills needed to develop in reading.

–>Need Letter Lacing Cards? I like this wooden set from Melissa & Doug that has both animals and letters on the sturdy lacing cards.

25. Alphabet Sounds Race

Letter Sounds Race – Get your kids moving with this letter sounds race. This is a great learning opportunity for your active kids! More alphabet sound learning activities are fun too!

26. Disappearing Letters Game

Disappearing Letters  – Kids will learn to love to trace their letters as they see  the trick to making them disappear.

Alphabet Games for Learning

27. The Game of Bang

Bang – Bang is a letter identification game that will be a lot of fun for the little gamers in your life.

28. Letter Chomp Game

Mr. Shark Alphabet Chomper Game  – I love the idea to make a shark out of an envelope in general. Add the learning aspect of having the shark chomp letters, and you have a great game.

29. Letter Tiles Activity

DIY Bananagrams Letter Tiles – Here’s a really smart way to make letter tiles. You can turn them into magnets or play the classic Bananagram game with your creation.

–>Need a Bananagram Game? Here is the original Bananagram game for kids.

30. Make Pretzel Letters

Soft Pretzel Letters – Kids can learn their letters as they have fun making pretzel dough. Through using both the sense of touch and taste, this becomes a fun activity for all.

31. Travel Alphabet Game

Alphabet Words Game – This is a learning game that can be taken anywhere. Keep your kids occupied working on their letters at restaurants, home, car rides and more.

ABC Games for Letters and Sounds

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Sensory Bins with Letters – Sometimes the best way to help kids learn is to let them explore. This sensory bin will help kids do just that.

33. Alphabet Seek & Find

Seek-N-Find Alphabet – This letter game is like an eye spy for letters. It involves a plastic tube (easily substituted by a water bottle), and will keep your kids searching for their letters for quite some time.

34. Letter Formation Fun

Tactile Writing – Kids learn to write letters as they use rice and paint  to feel their way through the process or writing.

–>Need a Wooden Letter Matching Set? I like this durable Alphabet flash cards and wooden letter puzzle set from LiKee Alphabet.

35. Homemade Domino Letter Fun

Craft Stick Dominos  – These craft stick dominos are an easy, homemade version of a domino game with a  focus on learning letters and matching symbols. What a fun idea.

36. Flashcard Games

ABC Flashcards  – Flashcards can be used by a variety of games and activities like flashcard basketball. These ones are free. And so are these kids alphabet cards you can download & print instantly.

Related: Here are a bunch of ideas for flash card games for kids

How to Help a Child Learn Letters and Sounds Through Play

37. Make a Sun-Powered Letter Puzzle

Make a DIY shape puzzle using the sun with alphabet letters for a really fun matching game you can play inside or out. Or use this method without the sun to make this fun abc matching game for kids.

38. Collect Alphabet Treasures

Use these free alphabet labels to create small containers for each letter of the alphabet for a special letter collection activity!

39. Make Easy Alphabet Crackers

Making alphabet crackers has never been easier or more fun!

–>Need an Alphabet Snack? I like these Happy Tot Organics ABC Multi-Grain Cookies…yum!

40. Play Alphabet Zipline!

Use these alphabet printable letters to create your own alphabet zipline in your living room. It is really fun.

41. Play a Silly Letters Game

Try these alphabet games for preschool that are full of fun and a little silly…

42. Make Pipecleaner Letters!

Try to do some fun abc formation with pasta and pipe cleaners which is a fun way to explore letter shapes.

43. Make Bathtub Alphabet Soup

Use bath letters for a big big big batch of bubblebath alphabet soup {giggle}.

44. Color a Letter Coloring Page

• Letter A Coloring Page
• Letter B Coloring Page
• Letter C Coloring Page
• Letter D Coloring Page
• Letter E Coloring Page
• Letter F Coloring Page
• Letter G Coloring Page
• Letter H Coloring Page
• Letter I Coloring Page
• Letter J Coloring Page
• Letter K Coloring Page
• Letter L Coloring Page
• Letter M Coloring Page
• Letter N Coloring Page
• Letter O Coloring Page
• Letter P Coloring Page
• Letter Q Coloring Page
• Letter R Coloring Page
• Letter S Coloring Page
• Letter T Coloring Page
• Letter U Coloring Page
• Letter V Coloring Page
• Letter W Coloring Page
• Letter X Coloring Page
• Letter Y Coloring Page
• Letter Z Coloring Page

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These playdough pre writing activities are both fun and super hands-on learning.

46. Make Gummy Letters

This sour gummy recipe makes the cutest alphabet letters to learn and eat!

47. Try a Fun Alphabet Activity Book

There are so many quality workbooks for kids on the market right now so we narrowed it down to some of our favorites that just might fit your kid.

48. Color by Letter Activities for Letter Recognition Fun

We have a whole bunch of color by letter printable pages for kids that help them recognize letters while playing a game:

1. Color by letter – A-E
2. Color by letter worksheets – F-J
3. Coloring by letters – K-O
4. Color with letters – P-T
5. Preschool color by letter – U-Z

49. Play the Missing Letter Game

Use one of our favorite preschool games, What is Missing? and use either letter flashcards or abc fridge magnet sets to create sequencing of the alphabet and then remove a letter or two.

50. Play Alphabet Beach Ball Toss

Modify our fun sight word game with letters instead of sight words. Your beach ball can be covered with the letters of the alphabet for throwing and catching learning fun.

Games for ABC Sounds

51. Learn and sing the ABC sounds song

I love this fun song from Rock ‘N Learn that goes through the entire alphabet with sounds for each of the letters.

52. Play an online ABC sounds game

Monster Mansion is a free online alphabet match game that kids can learn the abc sounds and match them with the proper letter on the proper monster!

53. Print & Play a letter sounds game

Preschool Play and Learn has a really colorful and fun letter sounds board game you can print and play at home or in the preschool classroom. Each player will pick up a card and identify the letter and /or say the sound that the letter makes.

More Learning Games from Kids Activities Blog

• Now that we learned out letters, don’t miss out on our number activities for preschoolers!
• When your child is ready, we have a big giant list of sight word activities that are fun too!
• We have some really fun games teaching kids how to read a clock.
• My favorite massive resource of fun is our kids science games here at Kids Activities Blog.
• It doesn’t have to be October to play some frightful Halloween games.
• Let’s play math games for kids!
• If you need to work out the wiggles, we have the best indoor games for kids.

What was your favorite abc game? Did we miss some alphabet activities that you do with your kids?

6 Fun Letter-Sound Correspondence Games For Young Readers

 What Is Letter-Sound Correspondence?

Letter-sound correspondence means exactly what the words say: It is the understanding that every letter corresponds to a specific sound or set of specific sounds.

Having a good grasp of letter-sound correspondence is crucial to learning to read. Think back to when you were learning to read. You were probably told to “sound out” words that were hard for you.

This was a good suggestion, but it required your knowing the letter sounds so that you could, sound-by-sound, figure out the unknown word.

That’s because letter-sound correspondence is at the heart of phonics and is the key to cracking the alphabetic code.

Is Learning Letter-Sound Correspondence Important?

This question gets an enthusiastic “yes” from us!

Without a solid understanding of letter-sound correspondence, children will struggle to learn how to read. They can end up relying on memorizing words, which will only work for a short time.

In order to read, then, your child must first see letters in a word, match each letter to a sound, and then blend those sounds to read the word. Eventually, this becomes automatic and reading becomes fluent.

We all know that a rock-solid foundation in the basics will encourage confidence, something your child will need in their toolbelt as they embark on their journey to becoming a strong, independent reader!

6 Fun And Easy Letter-Sound Correspondence Activities

1) Say The Sound

This first activity is simple but fun and effective!

To begin, you’ll give your child a letter. Feel free to use any kind of letter you want — cut one out of cardstock, draw one on a piece of paper, etc. — but those magnetic letters that stick on the fridge may work best.

The goal of the game is for your child to say the sound that matches the letter you hand them. (Hint: you may have to remind your child not to use the letter name but only the letter sound.)
If they say the right sound, they get a point!

To make it more interesting, you can set a specific number of points for your child to reach. Once they reach 10 points, for example, they win the game!

2) Goldfish Toss

For this activity, your child can get a little more physical! If you’d like to give it a try, gather a big bowl and a pile of Goldfish treats (or any other small snack that’s easy to toss if you don’t have Goldfish crackers on hand).

When you’re ready to begin, say the name of a letter and let your child give the matching sound. When they say the correct letter sound, they get to throw a Goldfish cracker into the bowl.

The goal is to fill up the bowl with as many Goldfish as they can. And at the end of the game, you can go straight into snack time!

3) Letter Hop

The best part of this activity is that it gets your child moving and jumping. Not only will their brain be working, but their body will be, too!

For this game, you’ll need several target letters — B, T, and M for instance. Write each one on its own sheet of paper.

To begin, hold up one of the letters and say a sound. If the sound you said matches the letter you’re holding, then your child can make one giant hop toward you. Continue with another letter or repeat the same letter.

As your child gets better at the game, you can say a word instead of a sound. If the first sound in the word matches the letter you’re holding, then your child gets to hop.

The goal is to reach you in less than 10 turns. For even more fun, involve multiple kids and see who can reach you first!

4) Letter-Sound Treasure Hunt

This activity is another simple but effective one. It’s like your child’s very own letter-sound correspondence treasure hunt!

To play, you’ll need several magnetic letters and a pillowcase. Drop all of the letters into the pillowcase, and then say a letter sound.

The goal is for your child to grab one letter at a time — for more of a challenge, doing so without looking! — until they pull the matching letter out of the bag.

5) Limbs And Letters, Oh My!

For this game, your child won’t just hear the letter-sound correspondence with their ears. They’ll make it with their arms and legs, too!

Every time you say a letter sound, your child will try their hardest to twist their body to make the shape of the letter that matches the sound they heard. This is sure to end in fits of laughter as they wiggle across the floor to bend their body into an “S” shape.

You can take turns making shapes with your bodies and contorting yourselves to look just like the alphabet! And feel free to partner up if your child can’t quite make the shape of a letter with only their body.

6) Muffin Pan Challenge

If you’re interested in trying this activity, you’ll need six letters, a muffin pan, and two sets of different small objects (coins and paper clips work great!).

To play, you will use one of the objects, while your child uses the other. You could be coins and your child could be paperclips, for example.

Place a different letter in each cup of the muffin pan. Say the sound of one of the letters and let your child try to drop a paperclip into the right cup. If they succeed, they get to claim that cup!

Next, your child can say the sound of one of the letters and have you toss a coin into the corresponding cup. (It doesn’t hurt if you have a LOT of trouble getting your coin in the right cup!) When you get the letter correct, you claim the cup.

When all the cups are full, whoever has the most items in the pan wins. And then, while you’ve got it out, maybe you can use the muffin pan to make a sweet treat together!

Letter-Sound Correspondence For A Bright Future

We hope that these activities were helpful! Remember, all children are unique. A letter-sound correspondence game that works for one of your children may not do the trick with their siblings.

Don’t fret! There’s a perfect fit for every child. And we know that with you guiding them, your child will master letter-sound correspondence in no time!

At HOMER, we’re always here to lend a helping hand, and we would love to be a part of your routine! Our Learn & Grow app offers tons of personalized, effective activities to develop your child’s reading skills — letter-sound correspondence included!

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Sound and letter games | Consultation (senior, preparatory group):

"Games with sounds and letters".

Parents first need to be taught to distinguish sounds in a word, and then to replace the sound with a letter. The main thing is to do it while playing.

You can play with your child everywhere: in transport, at a bus stop, in a supermarket, while waiting for a doctor. Even when preparing dinner in the kitchen, you can play with the sounds.

It is better to start with those that stretch easily: a, y, o, i, l, m, n, s, h, sh. Naturally, sounds that the child does not pronounce should be avoided. The more family members take part in the game, the more interesting it will be.

Here are the simplest games with sounds.

• Ask the child: “What sound does the word a-a-ist begin with?” Lightly pull the first sound. After waiting for an answer, ask: “Is there a sound a in the words: “watermelon”, “beetle”, “onion”? What words contain the "a" sound? Choose words with your child. To make the game more interesting, set the order: for a correct answer, the child receives a forfeit, for a mistake - he gives a forfeit.
• Here is a more difficult game: you name a word, the child answers with a word beginning with the same sound. Then he calls the word, and you, answering, are mistaken. Let him find a mistake, give him a phantom for it.
• Even harder: with your child, make up a chain of words, starting with the next sound of the previous word. For example, "ball" - "suitcase" - "nose" - "sled" - "needle", etc.
• Children love to play lotto. It is desirable that several people take part in the game. The host has chips, and the rest have cards with pictures. The host asks: “Who has a word that begins with the sound p?” The hand is raised by those who have on the cards images of objects whose names begin with this sound. They receive chips and cover the image with them. The winner is the one who first closes all the pictures on the card.
• And how children love to play with the Sound Eater!

Introduce your baby to him. Say: “Sounds have a terrible enemy - the Sound Eater. It feeds on sounds. Here, in our kitchen, the Zvukoedik ate the first sounds in some words. Guess which ones: (k) ran, (sh) kaf, (s) tul, etc.

The next time the Sound Eater can eat the last sound in the words: “hundred (l)”, “hundred (l)”, “cymbal (a)”, etc. Come up with a new story each time. The sound-eater can get into the garden, the store, the street, the circus, and go fishing.

Play with the Sound Geek until the child can easily identify the first and last sounds in words. And only after that teach him to hear and find sounds in the middle of a word, and also to determine their sequence in words, first from three, and then from four or five sounds.

• The game "House of Sounds" will help you with this.

Draw a house with three windows. Say: “The word “cat” lives in this house. He has three rooms, each with a window. All sounds of the word "sleep" separately. Let's put the word "cat" to sleep. What sound will sleep in the first bedroom? Give the child a blue chip (consonant sound): “This is the first sound. Call him to sleep." The child calls: “K-k-k,” and puts the chip in the first window. Give a red chip (vowel sound), let the baby call the sound “o” to sleep. If he loses it and the second sound “t”, be surprised: “Does “kt” live here? I thought a co-o-ot lives here. ”

Make the game more difficult by suggesting words of four and five sounds. Let the child "settle" in the houses all his friends, animals, "put for storage" food, clothes, furniture.

All these games are board games. If your child prefers outdoor games, you can play Sound Relay with him.

• Place three toy cars (you can take potatoes, cups or other objects instead) a short distance from each other and say that each car contains a sound, and together they carry a word. Take the first car and, moving slowly towards the other car, say: "Ssss." Having reached the second car, drive it and pull the second sound "oh-oh-oh." The third machine rumbles in its own way: "mmm." Ask: “What word is driven by cars?”

Introduce the letters to the children along with the sounds. When showing the outline of a letter, say not its name, but the sound that this letter stands for. And introduce children only to block letters. To memorize the correct style of letters, it is good if you look for them in the text, sculpt from plasticine, draw on sand or snow with a stick.

• In order for a child to easily recognize a sound substitute in a letter, include the learned letters in sound games. For example, when playing "House with Sounds", offer to enter the letters of the word CAT in the boxes. Carrying words in typewriters (the game "Relay of sounds"), he can load not invisible sounds, but letters of a split alphabet or cubes with the image of letters.

If a child knows letters and is able to distinguish sounds in words, this does not mean that he can read. He has to make one more discovery: to learn how to merge a consonant sound with a vowel.

• This is where the Letter House game can help. The house itself can be cut out of cardboard and cardboard strips with letters can be inserted into its windows so that they can be moved freely. In the first window, fix any consonant, and in the second window, stretch a strip with vowels. Help read the syllables: la, lu, lo, ly.
• So, you have taught your child to read syllables – you can start reading monosyllabic words: “poppy”, “varnish”, “son”. After each read word, be sure to find out if the child understands its meaning. Offer to find a picture with the image of this subject, make a sentence with this word.

In conclusion, let's say: teaching children by playing should be simple, without fanfare, but fun, sensible and interesting. Fairy-tale characters can come to visit them, bringing entertaining material in their portfolio, a cheerful Pencil, who can draw magical pictures and diagrams that will come to life with the help of children. They always have a lot of stories, fairy tales about sounds. Together with the Zvukoznaiki, let the Zvukoviki fly in, who will turn every lesson for children into a fairy tale, open up a diverse world of words for them, develop their powers of observation and help in understanding the world around them.

Advice for parents: "Funny games with sounds"

Dear parents!

Children of older preschool age often have difficulties in mastering the skill of phonemic (sound) analysis and synthesis of words.
First, let's define what the mental operations of analysis and synthesis are.
Analysis is the process of mentally dividing a whole object into parts, as well as establishing connections and relationships between them. Synthesis is a process of mental connection into a single whole of the parts of an object and its features, identified in the process of analysis.
The main difficulty that children experience when dividing a word into its constituent elements - phonemes (sounds) is the inability to hear vowel sounds and separate vowel sounds from consonants.
We bring to your attention games and recommendations that will help develop phonemic perception in children (the ability to hear and distinguish speech sounds) and the ability to analyze and synthesize words.
"Say how I am." An adult pronounces a word, highlighting one sound, and the child repeats (mmmylo, car, dommm). It is necessary that the child learns to isolate a specific sound when pronouncing a word.
"Find the place of the sound in the word." To make it interesting for the child, make a road out of colored paper, divide it into three parts, choose a small toy or chip that you will move along the road together. Decide which sound place and in which word you will search. Slowly pronounce the word and focus on the sound (sssok, nosss, missska). If the sound is heard at the beginning of the word, then the toy is at the beginning of the road. If the sound is heard in the middle (end) - the toy moves to the middle (end) of the road and stops there.
"Name the first (last) sound in the word." The game is played with a ball. The adult calls the word and throws the ball to the child. The child, having caught the ball, calls the first (last) sound in the word.
"Say the word for the given sound." The game is also played with a ball. The adult calls the sound and throws the ball to the child. The child, having caught the ball, calls the word for a given sound.
Suppose that the child has learned to determine which sound you emphasized when pronouncing a word; he himself can say a word, highlighting any sound in it, name words for a given sound, determine the place of a sound in a word. But this does not mean that he has learned sound analysis. When conducting such an analysis, it is necessary to name the sounds of a word in the same sequence in which they are in this word. That is, if you ask a child what sounds the word “cat” consists of, and he answers you: “The word “cat” has the sound “o”, the sound “k” and the sound “t”, - this means that he He hears individual sounds in a word well, but he still does not know how to conduct its sound analysis.But sound analysis is the basis of competent writing.Just imagine what happens if your child writes down the sounds in a word in an arbitrary sequence!
In order for a child to analyze any phenomenon, it must be understandable, materially represented. Let's draw a diagram of the sound composition of the word: in the word "house" there are three sounds - let's draw three cells. We will offer the child a picture on which a house is drawn, so that it is clear which word we will parse, and under the house is a diagram of this word: our baby already knows that words consist of sounds. We show him that the cells under the picture suggest how many sounds are in the word. "How many cells?" - "Three". - "How many sounds are there in a word?" - "Also three." - "Let's find these sounds and name them in order. Say the word "house" so that the first sound is heard in it." “D-d-home,” the child says diligently. "What is the first sound in this word?" - "D". - "Very good! Let's close the first cell with a chip, what sound will it be?" - "D". Any material can be used as chips: cut squares from white cardboard or take a mosaic and select white or yellow elements from it. Don't touch the red, blue and green ones - you'll need them later.
So, in front of the child is a diagram of the sound composition of the word "house". The first cell is already closed - the first sound in the word is found. You can move on. "Now let's pronounce the word "house" so that we hear the second sound in it; the first, "d", - we already know. Help the child for the first time, say with him: "to-o-oh. "
Here we are the scheme of the sound composition of the word will help: you need to pronounce the word and at the same time move your finger, or better with a special stick - a pointer according to the scheme and stop the pointer on the second cell for a long time. om". "What is the second sound in this word?" - "Oh". - "Excellent! Let's designate this sound with a chip. "The child takes exactly the same chip as the first one and puts it on the second cell. "You see, - you continue, - we already know two sounds in the word "house". Let's find the last sound in this word. Say the word "house" so that the last sound is heard."
And again, you move the pointer along the already almost completed word scheme and say: "do-m-m-m." "What is the last sound in the word 'house'?" - "M", - the child answers and puts the last, third chip on the diagram. It is very important to ensure that the child pronounces the word in strict accordance with the movement of the pointer, otherwise he will skip sounds.
Here is the first sound analysis of the word. When studying with a child, you need to remember all the time: we teach him the sound analysis of the word, we teach him to listen to the word, to hear the sounds that make it up. Therefore, sounds should be called as they are heard in the word!
In the preparatory group of the kindergarten, the children get acquainted with the characteristics of sounds and learn to make a sound analysis of a word using special color designations. To help a child make a sound analysis of a word, an adult must himself be guided in which sounds are vowels and which are consonants. Let's remember that vowels are sounds, during the formation of which the air in the oral cavity does not encounter obstacles in its path. Only the voice is involved in the formation of vowel sounds. These sounds can be sung. Vowel sounds are marked in red.
Consonant sounds - speech sounds consisting of voice and noise or only noise that is formed in the oral cavity, where the air stream meets various obstacles: lips, teeth, tongue and palate. Consonants are hard and soft. Hard consonants, for example, the sound "n", we designate in blue, and soft consonants, for example, the sound "n", - in green.
To make the child interested, include entertaining moments, try to maintain a strong interest in joint play activities, a desire to learn new things and acquire knowledge and skills. A child can make word schemes using not only cards and chips, but also with the help of buttons, toys of the appropriate colors. You can make a sound analysis box and fill it with tokens. Working with multi-colored mosaic elements, chips, tokens, buttons develops fine motor skills of fingers, visual perception and attention.
Choose the items you like and make a sound analysis of the word with your child. For example, the words "poppy".
"M-m-mack" (the sound "m" is emphasized) - tell me how I am. What is the first sound in this word? Is it a vowel or a consonant? Why? Is this consonant hard or soft? Take the token that stands for the consonant solid sound "m" and put it under the picture.
"Ma-a-ak" - tell me how I am. What sound do you hear after the "m" sound? What is this sound? Why? Take the token that represents the vowel sound "a" and place it also under the picture to the right of the first token.
"Mak-k-k" - tell me how I am. What is the last sound in this word? Is it a vowel or a consonant? Why? Take the token that represents the consonant sound "k" and put it again under the picture after the token that represents the sound "a".
Name all the sounds in the word "poppy" in order. What is the first sound in the word poppy? What is the final sound in this word? Where is the sound "a": at the beginning, at the end or in the middle of a word? Name the vowel sound in the word. Name the consonant sounds in the word. What are they: hard or soft? How many sounds are in the word poppy?
Sound analysis results in a colorful scheme.
Now you can invite your child to draw it in a notebook in a cage or on a piece of paper and pronounce the word again by sounds. It is not recommended to move on to the sound analysis of complex words without mastering simple ones.
To develop sound synthesis, play the game "Guess the word" with your child. You name individual sounds, and the child guesses the word, for example, "k", "o", "t" - "cat".

Good luck to you and your children!

GAMES WITH SOUNDS AND LETTERS

The sounds of speech and the letters they represent in writing play an important role in language learning. The ability to isolate individual sounds in a stream of speech is called phonemic hearing. Games with words, when the child is asked to listen carefully and notice changes in words, as well as to pronounce words in syllables, are the key points in the formation of phonemic hearing. This will help in learning to read. Before you start teaching your baby to read, you need to explain to him that words consist of sounds or phonemes. This understanding underlies the formation of phonemic skills. WHAT THE DOLL LOVES TEACHING TO THINK 1. You will need a finger puppet to tell the child what she likes. 2. Having heard the doll's first phrase, the baby should continue it with a word beginning with the same letter. For example, if the doll loves popcorn, the child might say "pie" or "pizza". 3. You can come up with a few more words for the same letter or ask the doll to tell more. 4. Pictures cut out of magazines will help your child remember words. LETTER BALLOON DEVELOPS THE THINKING 1. Cut out photographs from magazines of objects whose names begin with the letters "W". You can also cut out the letter "W" from paper. 2. Blow up a balloon and explain to your child that the word "balloon" begins with the letter "Ш". 3. Stick pictures on the balloon. 4. Name the objects in the pictures. First, the word "ball" is pronounced, and then the name of the item: "ball-hat, ball-scarf, ball-fur coat, ball-pants." 5. You can toss the ball up while reciting the alphabet. Try to complete the alphabet without dropping the balloon on the floor once. SPEAK A SOUND DEVELOP YOUR THINKING 1. You will need a poster with the letters of the alphabet. 2. Point to a letter and ask your child to say the sound it represents. 3. First, choose the letters that the child knows. 4. Then add a new letter. Children often confuse the sounds "b" and "d", so they can be added first. 5. When the baby is confident in naming all the letters and sounds, offer to play in a different way. You pronounce the sound, and the child shows the corresponding letter. SING A NEW SONG DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS 1. In a familiar song, replace one consonant in the chorus with another. 2. For example, you can sing "In the field a birch stood" only in the chorus instead of "Luli-lyuli, stood", sing "Buli-buli, stood" or "Muli-muli, stood. " NAME THE FIRST SOUND TRAINING VISUAL MEMORY 1. Write the names of family members, pets, friends and acquaintances on cards. 2. Place the cards in the box. 3. Have your child take out one card. 4. Look at the card with your child and sing to the motive of the song about the beetle from the film "Cinderella": This word has the first sound, The first sound, the first sound, First sound __________ . 5. Let the child try to guess what name is written on the card. 6. Instead of names, you can write simple words on the cards. A SONG ABOUT VOWERS DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS It's not difficult for me to repeat: U, S, E. Vowels are easy to learn: (clap), I, O. It's not difficult for me to repeat: (clap), S, E. Continue replacing vowels with claps. WHAT SOUND DO WE HEAR? INTRODUCING RHYME Group game 1. Divide the children into two groups. 2. Groups take turns saying the words and identifying which vowel occurs in each word. FIRST GROUP: "Poppy, cancer, varnish". SECOND GROUP: "Beam, stick, rolling pin". ADULT: "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound "a", sound "a", sound "a". FIRST GROUP: "Feast, peace, shooting gallery". SECOND GROUP: "Fork, file, Milka". ADULT: "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound" and, sound "and", sound "and". FIRST GROUP: "Gender, stake, table". : "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound "o", sound "o", sound "o". FIRST GROUP: "Bush, crunch, empty." SECOND GROUP: "Murka, burka, Turk", ADULTS: "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound" y", sound "y", sound "y". FIRST GROUP: "He lived, was, washed." : "What sound do we hear?" ALL TOGETHER: "Sound "s", sound "s", sound "s". COUNTING SOUNDS INTRODUCING CHILDREN'S ROEMS 1. Select poems for children in which there are often words starting with one or another letter. RAFT Raft Raft Raft Floats, On a raft - Shaggy cat. Catching fish Cat from a raft, Lots of fish Cat! 2. Read the poem aloud, highlighting the words beginning with the letter "P" with your voice. 3. Have the children listen carefully to the poem and count how many words begin with the letter P. 4. Read the poem again and count the words beginning with the letter "P" on your fingers. FIND THE WORDS FOR THE SAME SOUNDS TEACHING TO ANALYZE AND COMPARE 1. When teaching children to read and write, it is important to teach them to compare the initial sounds of different words. 2. Prepare picture magazines, scissors, cardboard cards, and glue. 3. Cut out pictures from magazines and stick them on cards. Choose images of objects that are familiar to children, the names of which begin with the same letter (for example, a boy, a ball, oil, a car, and so on). 4. Arrange the cards on the table in several rows face down. 5. Have the child turn over any two cards. If the names of the objects shown in the pictures begin with the same sound, the kid takes the cards for himself. If not, put the cards back face down and try again. SOUNDS AROUND US DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS 1. The ability to correctly pronounce the sounds in a word is very important when learning to read. By introducing the child to the sounds of the world around us, we help him learn to match letters and sounds. 2. Take a children's book with large bright pictures of animals. Show the child a dog and a cow, reproduce barking and mooing. Introduce your baby to the sounds that other animals make. 3. Write a letter on a piece of paper and say the sound it represents. For example, if you were talking about how a cow mooes, write a bright letter "M" on paper and play the sound "m". 4. Prepare these cards for all the animals depicted on the pages of the book. Bug PROMOTES CREATIVITY 1. You will need white round stickers (one large and many small ones), a sheet of black paper and a small white card with the child's name. 2. Have your child glue the white circles onto the black sheet in the shape of a beetle (L). 3. Ask your child where the beetle's head is and draw two eyes. 4. Have your child run their index finger over the beetle, making the sound "g". 5. When the baby reaches the end, ask him to say "bug" and buzz "zhzh". 6. Learn this rhyme: This letter is wide And looks like a beetle. Yes, at the same time, like a beetle, Makes a buzzing sound: - F-F-F! 7. Glue the child's name card to the bottom of the sheet. 8. Have your baby crawl or fly like a bug. FIND YOUR SOUND DEVELOPS THE MIND Group Play 1. Prepare pictures of people and animals. For example, a fireman, a policeman, a dog. Label each one accordingly. 2. Show the picture to the children and ask whose name starts with the same sound as the name of the picture. 3. Have the participant whose name matches the name of the picture come forward, say their name and match it with the name of the picture, for example: "My name is Sveta. There is a dog in the picture." 4. This game encourages the development of thinking and gives every child the opportunity to be the center of attention. WHAT I LOVE ENHANCES VOCABULARY 1. Ask your child to name a favorite activity or treat. Explain that the word must begin with the same sound as its name. 2. Help your child find the right words, for example: "Katya loves sweets and swims." 3. Have the child, with your help, write their name on a piece of paper and draw something they love next to it. FIRST SOUND DEVELOPS OBSERVATION 1. Give your child a piece of paper that says "My name is _______" at the top. 2. Ask your child to write their name on the pass. 3. Help your child find and cut out pictures of objects that start with the same sound as their name. 4. Repeat the task with the names of close relatives and the names of pets. FUNNY NAMES DEVELOPS A SENSE OF HUMOR 1. Have your child say their name. 2. Say that today you will call him in a new way. 3. Let the baby choose any letter. Substitute this letter at the beginning of his name. For example, if Anya chose the letter "P", then today her name will be Panya. 4. Do the same for your name. Children love this game very much. SOUND SHOPPING DEVELOPS THINKING 1. You will need a magazine with pictures of familiar items. The ideal option is skating toys. 2. Let the child imagine that he is ordering goods from a catalog. Ask to point to the item that the baby would like to buy. 3. Name an object and pronounce the first sound in its name. For example, if the child chose the ball, you should play the sound "m". Help the baby if necessary. LETTER BAGS INTRODUCING CAPITAL AND SMALL LETTERS 1. You will need 5 bags and 5 cardboard cards. 2. Choose the 5 letters of the alphabet that your child likes best. Usually these are the letters of his name. 3. Label each bag with the letter of your choice (uppercase and lowercase). 4. Help the child to find and put into the bag the items whose names begin with the sound corresponding to the letter on the bag. REPEAT A SOUND TEACHING TO EXTRACT INDIVIDUAL SOUNDS 1. Games with words and speech sounds develop phonemic hearing in a child and help in language learning. 2. Explain to your child that words can begin with different sounds. Show this at the reception of body parts (mouth, lips, elbow, ankle, and so on). 3. Point to your mouth and say, “Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.” Have the child repeat after you. 4. Ask your child to find objects in the room whose names begin with the sound "r" (this is a pen, a rose, a racket, and so on). 5. Repeat the task with a new sound. FIND THE SAME SOUNDS TEACHES TO FIND THE SAME SOUNDS 1. The ability to match letters and the sounds they represent is fundamental in learning to read. 2. Write a capital letter on each of the 10 cards. 3. Write the same letters on 10 more cards. 4. Shuffle the cards and place them face down on the table. 5. Have the child turn one card over and say the sound it makes for the letter written on it. 6. Have the child turn over the next card and make the sound corresponding to the letter. If the sounds are different, you need to put both cards on the table with the letters down. If the sounds are the same, the child takes the cards for himself. The game ends when your little student manages to correctly name all the letters and collect all the cards. TALES WITH STICKERS DEVELOP THE FANTASY 1. You will need stickers with pictures and two sheets of paper. 2. Keep one sheet of paper for yourself and give the other to the child. 3. Write a letter on a piece of paper and ask your child to pronounce the sound it represents. 4. Have your child look for two words that begin with the same sound. 5. If the child completed the task successfully, give him two stickers. 6. When your child has a lot of stickers, come up with a fairy tale together. SAME OR DIFFERENT SOUNDS DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS ,"l"). 2. Explain to the child that you will now make two sounds. If the sounds are the same, he should raise his hands up, if they are different, put them on his knees. 3. Start with two identical sounds. Say "m" twice, "p" twice. Remind that if the sounds are the same, you need to raise your hands up. 4. Say 2 different sounds (for example, "m", "p"). 5. This game helps children match letters with the sounds they represent. 6. When the child learns to easily distinguish between different sounds, move on to sounds that sound very similar (for example, "b" and "e"). LISTEN CAREFULLY TEACHING ATTENTION Group game 1. This is a game of attentiveness. Let the children listen to the story, clapping each word that begins with an "s" sound. 2. Write on a piece of paper or on the board the words that the children have correctly marked with cotton. 3. If the children make a mistake, read the word again, highlighting 1 sound with your voice. 4. After writing down 4-5 words, read them aloud. Get a funny offer. FUNNY SENTENCES DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS 1. In this exercise, you need to replace the initial sounds of all words with the same sound. 2. It is better to start with short and simple sentences. Say, "The dog barked loudly." Ask the children to replace the first sound of each word with a "t" sound. It will turn out "Tobacco tagged loudly." 3. The exercise is not at all as simple as it seems at first glance. It requires mental work from the child. 4. Children learn to match letters and the sounds they represent. 5. The kids will love the funny suggestions that come with changing the initial sound. For example, the sentence "Let's go for a walk" can turn into "Let's go for a walk." NAME THE SOUNDS IN ORDER INTRODUCES THE ORDER OF SOUNDS IN A WORD 1. Each sound is important in a word, so you should teach your child to correctly name not only the first, but also the sounds following it. 2. Cut out from magazines pictures of objects and animals familiar to the baby, the names of which consist of 3 letters (cat, ball, oak, chalk, soup, juice, etc.). 3. Ask the child to choose any picture. Explain that now he will need to name all the sounds in this word in order, and you will help him. 4. For example, the kid has chosen a picture of a cat. Show one finger and ask the child to name the first sound in the word "cat", i.e. "k" sound. Now show two fingers - the baby should say "o". Show 3 fingers and ask to pronounce the third sound in the word, i.e. "t". 5. Repeat the exercise several times and then ask the child to switch roles. Now let him show his fingers, and you name the sounds. 6. Having successfully completed this task, move on to four-letter words. LISTEN TO SOUNDS DEVELOP THOUGHT middle of the word "cat"). 2. First, use the same sound that occurs at the beginning, middle and end of the word, and then, when this task becomes too easy for the baby, include several sounds in the song at once. 3. Sing a song to the motive "Far, far away in the meadow ko..." Here are the words "poppy", "ball", "moss", Name the first sound in them. (pause, child answers "m") That's right, "m"! Here are the words "oak", "onion", "soup", Name the middle sound in them. (pause, child says "y") That's right, "y"! Here are the words "juice", "poppy", "cancer", Name the last sound. (pause, the child answers "k") That's right, "k"! REMOVING THE FIRST SOUND DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS Group play 1. The purpose of this exercise is to help children understand that the meaning of a word changes when the first sound is removed or replaced in it. 2. Ask the children to sit in a circle. Explain that sometimes, if you remove the first sound in a word, you can get a new word. 3. Say, for example, the word "chalk", emphasizing the first consonant sound, and ask the kids to repeat after you again. Then say "ate" and ask the little ones to repeat after you again. 4. Ask which sound has disappeared and repeat both words again. 5. This is a rather difficult task. Perhaps the children will be able to repeat after you only the second word "ate" the first time. They need time to learn to identify the missing sound. 6. Children can name words in rhyme instead of the missing sound. In this case, it is important not to mix two different exercises and concentrate on the first sound. Knock knock knock. it's a sound DEVELOPS A SENSE OF RHYTHM 1. Sit your baby at the table. 2. Say a simple word (for example, "cat", "juice") and ask the child to hit the table as many times as there are sounds (phonemes) in this word. 3. Have the child count the sounds of the word out loud. 4. Say the word again, separating each phoneme (for example, "k" "o" "t"). 5. If the child is interested, continue the game. CLAP LIKE ME DEVELOPS LISTENING SKILLS 1. The ability to feel and repeat the rhythm is very important for the formation of phonemic hearing. 2. Explain to the child that he will first need to carefully listen to the rhythm that you set by clapping, and then repeat it at your signal. 3. Start with a simple rhythm (eg 2 claps, pause, 2 claps, pause, 2 claps). Choose a rhythm taking into account the age and preparedness of the baby. 4. You can also say the words rhythmically and change the tone of your voice. For example, say "cat, cat, cat", but say the last word louder. 5. Have your child repeat after you. SOUNDS AND JUMPING DEVELOPS AGGRESSION Group Play 1. Draw a few thin lines with chalk on the floor or asphalt (their number may vary). 2. Before the start of the game, the participants stand on the first line. Explain the rules: you pronounce the word, the children listen and count the sounds in it, and then stand on the line corresponding to the number of sounds in the word. 3. Begin, for example, with the word "cat". Say the word and command: "Begin!" 4. The guys have to jump forward as many lines as there are sounds in this word. The one who correctly completed the task (i. Learn more Fun activities for math Bedtime time stories Lexile and guided reading level Fun games with sight words Cartoon buildings at night Games to learn the alphabet Stories to read kids All about kangaroos Kids learning word games Sound out alphabet letters Fairy tale little red riding hood