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Phoneme Recognition Activities

The word "phoneme" refers to the sounds that graphemes (letters) make. Teaching children to recognize the sounds that different letters or groups of letters make is a stepping stone in literacy instruction, as this recognition leads to the ability to read and spell words. Interactive activities that promote recognition of these sounds will help foster greater comprehension of phonemic awareness, promoting greater literacy development.
  1. Muffin Tin Throw

    • On small pieces of paper, write phonemes that you want to reinforce, and place them in the bottom of muffin tin cups. Set the muffin tin on the ground, and provide students with coins. One student at a time tosses a coin into the muffin tin and must then state the sound of the graphemes printed inside the cup. For instance, if a player's coin lands in a cup that contains the letter F, the player must state the sound that the letter makes. If the player produces the correct sound, she earns a point. If she doesn't, the next player may try to state the sound. The player who earns the most points wins the game.

    Letter Race

    • Gather a collection of Scrabble letter chips, or print out letters on index cards, and scatter them on a flat surface, face up. State the sound a particular letter makes. Upon hearing the sound, children should race to find the letter that makes the sound you made. The first person to find the letter that makes the sound wins the round and keeps the letter. Play until all letters have been removed. The player who has the most letters wins.

    Phoneme Books

    • Create a phoneme book that can be used as a reference for letter sounds. On sheets of construction paper, print letters that you have been working on with your students, one letter or combination of letters per paper. Use individual letters, digraphs or letter blends. Provide students with magazines. Instruct them to search through the magazines for pictures of items that begin with the letters printed on the papers and glue them on the appropriate papers. For example, if the paper has the digraph "sh" printed on it, children may glue pictures of shirts, shoes, sheep and ships on the paper. Gather the pages and assemble and bind them into a phoneme book.

    Consonant Sounds

    • Provide children with pictures of a variety of items that begin or end with specific sounds. On the inside of paper bowls, print letters that the objects begin or end with. Tell children they should sort the pictures based on the beginning (or ending) consonant sound and place them in the bowl that is labeled with the letter that matches the sounds. For example, if children are sorting pictures based on the ending consonant sound, they should place pictures of a map, a cup and a top inside the bowl labeled with the letter P.

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