Sounding words for kindergarten

Helping Kids Sound out Words

I often receive emails asking how to help kids learn to sound out words. Many times, it’s because kids struggle to blend together the sounds in the word. For example, they may sound out the individual sounds in a word, like /l/ – /o/ – /g/ and then say something like, bat. Ugh. And this can be very frustrating for the adult and the child.

What can be done to help kids learn how to sound out words? Before we decide to beat our head against a wall, let’s explore some ideas together!

Before I get too far, I want to share just three warnings, if you please.

1. First and foremost, you want to make sure your child is developmentally ready to sound out words. This is key. If kids aren’t developmentally ready, sounding out words will be nothing but frustrating for your child and for you. I have a post called How You Know Your Child is Ready to Read and The Measured Mom also has a great list of ways to know when your child is even ready to sound out words.

2. Secondly, sounding out words isn’t the end-all-be-all for figuring out words. As kids progress in their word knowledge, we want them to use other strategies. Also, some words are not so easy to sound out and we’ll address those in a minute. But for the purpose of this article, we’re going to zone in on sounding out words.

3. Thirdly, sometimes you can try every trick in the book and your child still struggles to sound out words. Take a deep breath. Keep modeling. Keep playing with sounds. Keep teaching with a multi-sensory approach. Some children really struggle with sounding out words. Be patient and don’t compare your child to another child.

Helping Kids Sound Out Words

When your child/student struggles to sound out words, here are some tips to try. Remember to keep in your mind my three warnings mentioned above. If you haven’t read them, go back and do it!

1. Play with sounds in words. Even though kids may know their letter sounds, seeing the letters in print and attempting to make and blend the sounds all at the same time blows their mind. It can help to take a step back and remove the actual letters and just play with sounds, specifically blending sounds.

In my 7-day reading series, 3 Important Skills Needed for Reading, I address specifically how to do this by playing with rhyming words, playing with syllables, and playing with phonemes {the individual sounds in words.} For our purposes, phonemic blending and phonemic segmenting will be the most helpful for readers who are struggling to sound out words.

2. Get kids writing and spelling. As I mention in my post on invented spelling and in Teaching Kids to Spell, allowing kids to “sound out” their spellings can actually increase their awareness of sounds words.

For example, if your child wants to write the word hat, help her listen for each sound in the word by stretching the word out. {This is called phonemic segmentation.} Then, after the word has been spelled, ask your child to read the word by blending the sounds back together again {phonemic blending.}

“I love you,” spelled independently by my 4 year old.

So often parents feel that kids shouldn’t spell words until they can spell the word correctly {as taught in some curricula}, but allowing kids to spell by sound can boost kids’ awareness of sounds in words which, in turn, can actually help them become better readers! {You can also read more about this in our 10 week Preschool and Kindergarten Writing Series.}

3. Start with sounds that can be prolonged. Letters don’t all make the same kinds of sounds. In other words, not all letter sounds were created equal {read more about letter sounds here}. Some letters are harder to blend than others. For example, trying stretching out the word pat (p–a–t). Now try stretching out mat (m–a–t). Can you hear how it could be easier to blend together mat than pat?

This is because letter sounds from letters like m, f, h, r, n, s, z and vowels can be stretched or prolonged, making it easier to blend them together. In other words, there’s no break of sound in between them. On the other hand, the letter sounds of c, d, t, and p do not continue their sounds. Try a few sounding out exercises with your child using real and/or silly words with these prolonged sounds like Sam, fan, zom, or nis. Say them slowly at first, then each time you sound them out, say the sounds closer and closer together.

4. Use word families. Blending together two sounds can be much easier for some young readers than trying to blend together three sounds. We typically teach sounding out as three separate sounds {t-o-p}, but many readers will find blending together easier if we teach it like t-op, as explained in my word family post.

One of my favorite activities for young readers is to focus on ONE word family, such as -at. Help kids see how adding different sounds to the beginning of -at can make new words by letting them manipulate the letters.

To see a few ideas, check out our –at post from Reading the Alphabet. You can also find more hands-on manipulatives for word families with our Flip-a-Word activity and our Dr. Seuss word family hats.

5. Not all words can or should be “sounded out.” I am referring mostly to sight words. And while I do believe that MOST sight words DO follow phonics “rules” and that learners can sound out sight words, learners may not be developmentally ready for all the “rules” that are needed to sound out some of the basic sight words.

For example, the word away is a sight word taught early to young readers because it appears frequently in the books they read. Away follows the schwa rule for unaccented syllables and the -ay long a pattern. Are Kindergartners ready to learn all the rules to help them sound out away? Probably not.

Instead of trying to cram a bunch of rules into their brains {and most of our frequently used “rules” are broken more than followed} to help them sound out these words, some words just need to be learned by sight.

Kindergarten 2: Linking Sounds to Letters

Recommendation 2: Linking Sounds to Letters

Help your child link sounds in speech to letters in print.

Sounds in Words: Syllables

Although speaking and listening may not seem related to learning to read, being aware of sounds in words is very important to reading. This awareness allows children to break apart words orally and use sounds to learn to read and write words. Children first need to become aware of sounds in words without relating those sounds to print. They demonstrate their knowledge using their speaking and listening skills.

You can help your child develop an awareness of sounds in spoken words. Singing silly songs and making up silly words or poems are ways to enhance your child's awareness of sounds. These skills are fun to practice because most children love to play with sounds in words. You can make up silly sentences where most of the words begin with the same sound: Leo the lion liked to lick a lot of lollipops!

There are many types of different sounds in words. For example, one skill is being able to separate words into syllables, or parts, like knowing that the word folder has two syllables, or parts: fold-er. And the word computer has three syllables or parts: com-pu-ter. Being able to separate words into syllables will help children break a word into parts in order to read or spell the word.

Videos and Family Activities

Clap Word Parts (Syllables)

Help your child identify syllables in spoken words.

Syllable Sort

Key Points About the Video

Mom explains that a syllable is a word part and provides an example.
Mom shows her son how to play the game by providing examples.
Mom encourages her son to clap the word parts when he isn't sure of how many syllables are in the word banana.

Syllable Sort

Help your child identify the number of syllables in spoken words.

Read Aloud and Syllable Practice (Silly Sally)

Key Points About the Video

Mom selects a word and asks her son to clap the parts, or syllables, of the word.
Mom selects words with different numbers of syllables, such as two or three, to give her son several times to practice counting syllables.
A few times, Mom asks her son to describe what a word means and repeats his answer in a complete sentence to help build oral language skills.
Mom is enthusiastic, so sharing the book is enjoyable.

Books to Share

A list of suggested books that you can read to your child. Select some words from the book and have your child determine how many syllables are in those words.

Silly Sally by Audrey Wood
We're Going on a Bear Hunt by Michael Rosen
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Sounds in Words: Rhyme

There are many different types of sounds in words. For example, rhyming words represent a type of sound relationship between words. Children need to have the ability to recognize when words rhyme. Words rhyme when they have the same ending sound. For example, blue and shoe rhyme and moon and spoon rhyme. When children recognize words that rhyme and can say a word that rhymes with a word they are given, they can use known words to read new words—for example, they can use the known word fall to help read the unfamiliar word wall.

Videos and Family Activities

Nursery Rhyme Time

Help your child practice rhyming.

Rhyme Time

Key Points About the Video

At the beginning, Mom describes what a rhyme is and shows her son how to play the game.
Throughout the game, Mom describes the meanings of words, like random and pot.
Mom explains why words rhyme or don't rhyme.

Rhyme Time

Help your child match rhyming words.

Read Aloud and Rhyme (Green Eggs and Ham)

Key Points About the Video

Mom pauses at the end of sentences and encourages her son to say the rhyming word.
Mom reads with expression to model good reading.
Mom uses the word persistent and describes what it means to help build vocabulary.

Books to Share

A list of suggested books that you can read to your child to practice listening for words that rhyme.

Most Dr. Seuss books (for example, Hop on Pop, Happy Birthday to You!)
Is Your Mama a Llama? by Deborah Guarino
Room on the Broom by Julie Donaldson
The Donut Chef by Bob Staake
Shiver Me Letters: A Pirate ABC by June Sobel
The Flea's Sneeze by Lynn Downey
Where the Sidewalk Ends by Shel Silverstein
The Neighborhood Mother Goose by Nina Crews

Sounds in Words: Individual Sounds

Being able to recognize the individual sounds in words is the most important skill for learning to read that is related to sound awareness. When you see a letter between forward slashes, /s/, say the sound of that letter. If you see a letter without forward slashes, s, say the name of that letter. An example of phonemic awareness is knowing that the word cat has three separate sounds (/k/ /ă/ /t/) and that the first sound in cat is /k/ and the last sound in cat is /t/. Recognizing individual sounds in a word that is spoken will eventually help children "sound out" a word when they begin to learn to read simple words. For example, a child who can hear three separate sounds in sat, /s/ /ă/ /t/, can then link a letter to each sound, s a t, and read the word sat.

It is also helpful if children can identify beginning and ending sounds in a word. For example, in the word cat, the beginning sound is /k/ and the ending sound is /ăt/. In school, we may talk about word families. Word families are groups of words that have the same endings. For example, bat, cat, and sat are all in the same word family.

Videos and Family Activities

Add a Sound to Make a New Word

Key Points About the Video

Mom explains how to play the game and is enthusiastic.
Since this a listening game, Mom makes sure her son doesn't look at the paper.
When her son does not say string, Mom helps by saying each part, /st/ /ring/, and then he is able to say string.

What's the First Sound? Song

Help your child practice listening for the first sound in a spoken word.

Add a Sound to Make a New Word

Help your child practice adding a sound to a spoken word to create a new word.

Saying Individual Sounds in Words

Key Points About the Video

Mom explains how to play the game and is enthusiastic.
This is a listening activity, so her son does not look at any letters or words.
When her son says the letter name, C, instead of the letter sound, /k/, Mom tells him that he would be right if he were spelling the word, but for now, they are just listening to the sounds in words.

Saying Individual Sounds in Words

Help your child practice identifying the first, middle, and last sound in a word.

Read Aloud and Individual Sounds in Words (There's a Wocket in My Pocket)

Key Points About the Video

Mom explains that the author changed the first sound in words to make up nonsense, or silly, words.
Mom knows her son isn't familiar with the word sofa, so they talk about what it means.
Mom has her son repeat some of the words like shelf/zelf and bottle/yottle. This allows him to focus on the first sound that was changed so he not only hears the sounds but says them, too.

Books to Share

A list of suggested books that you can read to your child. Ask your child to identify the first, last, and middle sound of selected words.

There's a Wocket in My Pocket by Dr. Seuss
Cock-A-Doodle-Moo! by Bernard Most
Llama Llama Red Pajama by A. Dewdney
Runny Babbit by Shel Silverstein

Letter Names and Letter Sounds

It is important for children to know letter names and letter sounds.

Letter-name knowledge is recognizing and naming letters. An example of recognizing letters is when you show a child the letters N, A, and S and ask which letter is S, the child points to the S. An example of naming letters is when a child looks at the letter M and orally names that letter.
Letter-sound knowledge is demonstrated when a child can look at a letter in print and tell you the sound it represents. For example, if you point to the letter F and ask, "What sounds does this letter make?" the child will say, "/f/."

There are many ways to support your child's knowledge of letter names and letter sounds. For example, you can look for a specific letter in a book or in a newspaper and then ask your child the sound that letter represents. You can point out letters on signs while in the car. You can sing the alphabet song while getting ready for school or doing chores at home. You can have your child identify specific letters in a magazine and then practice writing the letters.

Videos and Family Activities

Letter-Naming Practice Using a Letter Arc

Key Points About the Video

Dad explains the game and does the first one as an example.
After his son identifies the letter, Dad makes it a bit harder by asking for a word that begins with that letter.
When his son does not find f right away on the letter arc, Dad helps by saying, "E, F,…"

Letter-Sound Practice Using a Letter Arc

Key Points About the Video

Dad explains the game and does the first one as an example.
After his son identifies the letter sound, Dad asks him to say a word that begins with that letter sound.
Dad hugs his son when his son says hug begins with /h/.

Letter-Name and Letter-Sound Practice

Help your child practice naming letters and saying the sound for each letter.

Short-Vowel Practice

Key Points About the Video

Mom explains the game and does the first one as an example.
Mom reminds her son that it sometimes helps to say each sound in the word to find the middle sound.
When her son thinks the middle sound in doll is represented by a, Mom reminds him that a says /ă/ and asks which letter says /ŏ/.

Short-Vowel Practice (a, e, i, o, u)

Help your child practice short-vowel sounds.

Letter-Sound Writing (Humpty Dumpty)

Key Points About the Video

This activity can be done with any type of print media—even a newspaper, a magazine, or junk mail!
Mom points to a sentence and says, "Check this sentence!" after her son misses circling a target letter.
Her son practices writing the uppercase and lowercase letter that he circled.
Mom gives her son a high five and tells him how hard he worked!

Letter-Sound Writing

Help your child practice letter sounds and writing letters.

Books to Share

A list of suggested books that you can read to your child. Point to a letter and ask your child to identify the letter name and the letter sound.

Farm Alphabet Book by Jane Miller
Kipper's A to Z: An Alphabet Adventure by Nick Inkpen
Dr. Seuss' A, B, C by Dr. Seuss
Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten by Joseph Slate
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin, Jr. and John Archambault

Linking Sounds to Letters

An important step in learning to read is being able to connect how words are separated into individual sounds with knowledge of how letters relate to sounds. For example, being able to hear the individual sounds in the word sat, /s/ /ă/ /t/, and knowing that s represents /s/, a represents /ă/, and t represents /t/. Word-building activities can be used to support your child's learning to read and spell.

Videos and Family Activities

Write Words

Help your child practice saying each sound in a word and writing that word.

Write Words with Silent e

Help your child say each sound in a word, write the word, and determine if the vowel says its name or not.

Step Up to Spelling Words

Key Points About the Video

Mom uses a word in a sentence to help her daughter understand the meaning of the word.
When her daughter mixes up b and d, Mom helps her use a strategy of making a b and a d with her hands in the shape of a bed.
Mom consistently makes positive comments ("You are so smart!") and gestures (high fives) to encourage her daughter.

Step Up to Writing Words

Key Points About the Video

Mom asks her son to say each sound as he writes the words.
When her son reads Pete for pet, Mom points to each letter beginning with P and says each sound with him.
Mom asks her son to explain how he changed bet to set.
Mom tells her son how proud she is of him for building words, reading words, and writing words.

Step Up to Writing Words

Help your child practice saying each sound in a word, reading the word, changing one letter in the word to make a new word, and writing the word.

How to name a kindergarten - a list of 140 creative options in English and Russian

Choosing a kindergarten is an important decision for both children and their parents. This place lays the foundation for the further education of the child. Many factors, including reviews, curriculum, quality childcare, and more, influence where a parent decides to send their child. The business of opening a kindergarten is one of the most demanded in our time, since the lack of public institutions is an acute problem that worries many parents in the country.

Whatever the situation in the country, people will always have children. And this means that opening a kindergarten is quite a profitable business. You can verify this by reading an article about how much profit a kindergarten brings. When starting your own business, you need to be prepared for many difficulties. But if you do not have a clear understanding of how to develop a kindergarten and solve emerging problems, then you can use a ready-made franchise for kindergartens.

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Kindergarten naming

In order to interest potential customers, a kindergarten must have a bright and attractive name. The name of the institution should please both parents and children, evoke positive emotions and trust in them.

"Naming" will help with this. Naming is the process of developing a unique and memorable name for a brand, product or service. The name and logo create the first impression of the company, and it is difficult to change it later. In naming, there are several important criteria with which you can come up with the most appropriate name for the future garden:

Associative names;
Names using phrases;
Short titles.

Associativity

Kindergartens most often evoke pleasant and warm memories in people's memory. For children, the associations evoked by the garden are very important. They are the key to returning customers. Indeed, in a place where the child felt good, he will want to return again and again. We can safely say that if the meaning of the name attracts a new client, then the associativity returns him.

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ABVGDeyka
Childohn
Bukvarenok
Plachild
Prodigy
Childland
Nest
Dynasty
Preschooler
Childal
Lapushka
Childuly
Anthill
Childeer
Fidgets
BabyLand
grow up
Bambi
Why
Childhood
Child
Rainbow
Tomboy
KidsClub
smarties
MegaLand
Shustrenok
Childeon
Rainbow
Childema
Bumblebee
Child Community
Zest
NativeHome
Charlie
MiniClub
Ladushki
Child Class
Sema
Childath
Chamomile
ProChild
Sunshine
Kidsopa
Cornflowers
EcoKids
Carlson
Kids Match
Cheburashka
KidsKin
Spring
Family
Pinocchio
Kids Male
Firefly
Baby Club
Bambi
Kidsation
Nafanya
PuKinds

Brevity

It is a well-known fact that people absorb information more easily and quickly when presented in a short or concise format. Therefore, most entrepreneurs give their preference to short names of kindergartens. This helps clients to better perceive and remember these names, and also such naming increases the chances of returning old and attracting new children with their parents.

KDS
Timi
Kings
Tyana
Kinds Inc
Marusya
Trust
Nyusha
Love
Bee
FraKids
Rainbow
KidsK
Smile
Kids & Co
Fairy tale
Kids LP
Umka
Kidsix
Bambi
DraKids
Bunny
UniKids
Flower
Kidsarl
Miracle
Kids Burg
Buttercup
Child
Fun
Childort
Herringbone
Child LP
Luchik
Child Corp
Luntik
Childino
Mia
Childias
Prena
LiChi
Adara
CHLD
Nessa
ABC
Gingerbread
Flower
Loya
Sun
Lita

Phrases

This is one of the most common types of kindergarten name, which allows you to describe the activities of the enterprise in an accessible and understandable way. Collocations are the easiest method of composing names, because they allow you to give concise and memorable names that sound original.

Happy childhood
Child Team
Magic world
Baby World
Far Away Kingdom
Baby Dom
Flowers of life
Baby Simone
Rosy cheeks
Rapid Baby
Childhood Rainbow
Kids Vector
Scarlet sails
The Kids
Wonder World
Kids Hawk
Goldfish
Kids Bling
Little Red Riding Hood
Baby Isabel
Favorite children
Child Chef
Wonder Island
Fiesta Child
Golden key
Child Chip
I myself
Golden Kids
Far country
Child On

To conclusions

Summing up, it is worth saying that, in addition to the principles of naming, it is worth looking into the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, which tells about the use of some variants of business names. If you use them, you may be denied registration, and in the worst case, if no one notices and nevertheless such a name is registered, then the relevant authorities will impose a fine.

By choosing the right name for the kindergarten, you will be able to secure a large flow of new customers. A good name can serve as a good advertisement for your business, attracting parents and their children.

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UPDATE FROM 07/19/2019 | FIRST PUBLISHED 04/09/2012 126 comments Coming up with a name for your children's center is almost as responsible and sometimes as difficult as giving a name to your child. To be successful, a kids club must surprise. Imagine: Mom walks into a kids club. Let's say it's called Rainbow. He sees that the chairs are exactly the same as in kindergarten, only newer. Lockers from the neighboring furniture. Toys... Read more

Coming up with a name for your children's center is almost as responsible and sometimes as difficult as naming your child.

To be successful, a kids club must surprise. Imagine: Mom walks into a kids club. Let's say it's called Rainbow. He sees that the chairs are exactly the same as in kindergarten, only newer. Lockers from the neighboring furniture. Toys from "Children's World" opposite.

"What are you doing here with the kids?" “We draw, sculpt from plasticine, do exercises,” she replies. "What materials do you use?" “We are working on this coloring book and this primer.”

Do you think mom will pay money for this? I doubt! Why?

Reason #1. Mom will think: “Yes, I myself can buy a coloring book, a primer and plasticine. What's so difficult? Why would I pay money for this? So I can not only conduct classes myself, I myself can open the same club.

Reason #2. The name "Rainbow", familiar chairs - all this evokes associations with the Soviet past. Mom saw a children's "circle" in the House of Folk Art or in the House of Culture of the Soviet years. And the genetic memory tells mom: "The Soviet" circle "should be free!"

This follows Rule #1 of the Successful Kids Club . With all your might, you need to "rebuild" from the straightforward Soviet images! Not because Soviet preschool education was bad - it was often very good. But because in the minds of people the Soviet should be free. Therefore, do not call your club the hackneyed Soviet names: Ladushki, Ladoshki, Skazka, Rodnichok, Firefly, Luchik, Morozko, Rainbow, etc.

The most successful and modern names of Moscow children's clubs are, in my opinion, "Smiley", "Mozart-Effect", "Talentville".

Sounding words for kindergarten

Helping Kids Sound out Words

Helping Kids Sound Out Words

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Kindergarten 2: Linking Sounds to Letters

Help your child link sounds in speech to letters in print.

Sounds in Words: Syllables

Sounds in Words: Rhyme

Sounds in Words: Individual Sounds

Letter Names and Letter Sounds

Linking Sounds to Letters

How to name a kindergarten - a list of 140 creative options in English and Russian

Kindergarten naming

Associativity

Brevity

Phrases

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