Complete the Word Clothespin Game

 
Back in the fall, I visited my local teacher's supply store and purchased a book entitled, Reading First Activities Grade K  by JoDene Lynn Smith.  It has been a fabulous spring board for lots of good reading activities for my little one.  I thought I would share one of the games that we have enjoyed playing.  It's a clothespin word game.

You will need some clothespins and some word cards.  I printed and laminated cards from the book.  (A huge thanks to my older daughter for coloring them for me!)  But, I think it would be easy to recreate your own.  You could use simple free clip-art from the internet, or cut pictures from a magazine, or even draw your own.

You want pictures of simple objects that are identified with three or four letter words.  Type the word at the bottom of the card.  Leave a blank space for the beginning letter.  Then you will need to use a sharpie and write the beginning letters onto the clothespins.

To play the game, have your child clip the clothespin with the corresponding letter onto the card to "complete the word".  It's that easy!

More Phonics Fun!

We are taking our phonics up another notch.  The kids have mastered the previous phonics wheels and are ready for more.  Let's try some more consonant blends and some digraphs, shall we?  If you missed the first couple of posts, you will want to go here for instructions.  Basically, this is a double wheel, which allows you to change the beginning sounds and the ending word chunks.  Some of the words will not be found in Webster's Dictionary (wink).  But my experience has been, that the kids love to tell you which ones are "real" words and which ones are "silly" words.



For more phonics word wheels, click here and here.

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No Time For Flash Cards

Phonics Phonics Phonics

So, my husband is quite disturbed by the fact that phonics is spelled with a "ph" and not an "f".  Can you explain that?  Me either. 

Anyway, my little preschool people are ready for another phonics challenge.  So, I whipped up another word wheel.  This time we are blending two consonants together.  You will want to refer to this post for another fun word wheel and for the instructions on how to put them together.  It is a double wheel, which allows you to change the beginning sounds and the ending word chunks.  Just a reminder...some of these words will be nonsensical.  But, it's fun practice sounding out words just the same.  Have the kids tell you whether it's a real word or a silly word.  My preschooler loves making up silly words anyway.  It's also a great exercise in defining words.  I usually tell her the meaning of the real words as she sounds them out.  She's getting quite the vocabulary.  We are having so much fun building words!  If you would like to make your own word wheel, just click on the printer icon below.

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No Time for Flash Cards

Phonics are Fun!

I have a preschooler at my house.  If you ask her, she will tell you that she is "thhiiiss close to reading".  And she would be right.  She has mastered all of her letters and sounds.  She can blend sounds like nobody's business.  I am currently working with her to recognize "word chunks".  So, I thought I would make a phonics word wheel.  I wanted one that mixed letters and "chunks" all in the same wheel, to make it a little more challenging.  The catch to doing that, is that some of the words will be nonsense words.  But it makes for great practice--nonsense words or not.



Print out the wheels in the color that you desire.  I knew my daughter would want pink because pink and red are her favorite colors.  I also did one up in blue for the non-pink lovers out there.  Print them out on card stock.  Cut them out.  I chose to laminate mine, so that it would stand the test of time.  Stack them from smallest to largest and pierce the center points with a brad.  Spin the inner wheel to change up the beginning sounds.  Spin the outer wheel to change the word chunks.  Have your child sound out the words and then have them tell you whether it's a real word or a nonsense word.

Before you know it, your preschooler will be "thhiiss close to reading" too!

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