Moveable Alphabet
Materials needed:
baking tray (any dollar store will have them)
small objects
magnetic letters
paper with 3 boxes for segmenting beginning, middle and ending sounds
This activity is great for all levels of children. Children learn best using multiple senses - seeing, hearing, touching. This activity allows students to see the object, touch the object and hear the letters associated with the written word.
Low student: this student is still learning the letter/sound relationship. Use magnetic letters to spell the object. Ask the student to listen to the beginning or ending sound. "This is how you spell the word dog. Dog starts with the letter "d", "d" makes this sound. Can you tell me what "d" says?" You can do this with the ending sound.
Medium student: this student knows some or most letters and is still learning how to identify beginning and ending sound. Using the boxes for segmenting, place only the vowel sound. Ask the student to use the magnetic letters to identify the beginning and ending sound.
High student: this student knows all letter/sounds and is able to independently spell words. Place 2-3 objects and letters needed to spell the objects in random order on the tray. This student will be able to identify beginning, middle and ending sounds.
