Provide students with squares of paper that contain different letters or blend combinations. For example, a paper square may have a "ch" on it or a vowel. Say a word slowly and carefully enunciate the sounds. Have children locate the squares that have the same sounds as the word. As students become more advanced, they can arrange the paper squares to spell the word..
Read students a simple book or content from a website that focuses on particular letter sounds. For example, "Car Race" at Starfall.com teachers the "ar" sound. Write several words on a whiteboard. Let the children pick out the words that have the sound that the book taught them. Divide the children into pairs. Give them flashcards with the word sound. Let them take turns reading the words. Students can keep each card they read correctly.
Divide students into teams of four or five. Say a sound. Give the children cards with words on them. Each team has different words, but the words contain the same sounds. For example, if the teacher says "at," a team may have "rat" while another team has "bat." Each team holds up a card containing the correct sound. They get one point for holding up the correct card and receive two points if a team member who is called on can read the word.
Play this game outside. Make a hopscotch board and put an index card with a word on it in each square. Children throw a small stone and hop on the correct square. If a player reads the word, he picks up the card and starts on that square his turn. If a player reads the word incorrectly, he starts at the beginning of the board. As a word is read correctly, a new word replaces it. The child who collects the most cards wins the game. Children can repeatedly hop on the same board until all the cards are read.