Playing sound treasure hunt is similar to "hide and seek" except instead of trying to find each other, children search for sounds and words. Use a set of items children will find fun to collect during the game, such as koosh balls, and attach written sounds and words to each. Stash the koosh balls in hidden areas throughout the classroom and challenge students to find them. When a child finds the item, she must speak the sound or word to add the treasure to her collection. Alternatively, word elements can be put on cutouts or edible treats.
This activity replicates bowling using clothing pins (arranged in a diamond shape) attached to words or sounds. Students can use a ball to aim for the pins and knock them over. When they tip over a pin/word set, they must say its sound. Students can play individually or as part of teams. In team mode, members of the bowler's team sound out the word. Allow students to rotate articulation.
Hop stop challenges students with physical play, counting and articulation. Create a floor game board for students to hop on using boxes, circles or a combination. Label the board shapes from one to 10. Assign a folder for each space and fill them with long strips of paper with sounds and words and then place them on the corresponding shapes. Students will roll a dice and hop to the appropriate space. When they land on a folder, they must choose a strip of paper and articulate the sound.
Visualarticulation uses cameras to capture proper speaking sounds and lets students work with their own images. Begin by allowing students to review photos of someone deliberately making the sounds, "F," "Th," "W," "R," "L," and "S." A fellow teacher or parent can help with this task.
Next, allow students to take pictures of each other as they speak and then review their own mouths and faces to identify the sounds they were making when the shot was taken. As the final part of the activity, students practice identifying the sounds from photos of their peers and match up their photos with the original.