Sunday, January 16, 2011

Phonics

We’ve been working on more complex phonics. Instead of just the simple phonic sounds we have been looking at all sorts of letter blends from consonants to vowel blends to build words. When we were at the library I came across a cute book that explores all these concepts.

51gXapa 0nL._BO2,204,203,200_PIsitb-sticker-arrow-click,TopRight,35,-76_AA300_SH20_OU01_  We read the book then pulled out our phonic tiles and had some word fun! If you have never seen phonic tiles they are just small tiles that are broke down into all the different letter blends. They have some tiles that are just the basic single alphabet, some that have the vowel blends, some with all the consonant blends, then some that have word endings, such as ain, ick, ight, etc…

100_4238 We read the book again, this time using our phonics tiles to build the suggested words in the book. The idea in the book is to build the larger word then find the smaller word within the larger word. Such as the book tells a little story about a mouse who loves to ride on a train. Then it begins to rain. Selena built the word train, both ways first using the tile for the tr letter blend, then the single alphabet t and r, then she easily found the word rain by removing the t.

100_4244 100_4245 Selena enjoys playing with our letter tiles, and finds it easy to build words using all the letter blends. I love the way she can recognize most any letter blend I ask her for especially all the different vowel blends. I highly recommend these phonics tiles for a fun way of reinforcing phonics. Of course one could always make their own using anything from card stock to bottle caps.

I am linking this up at Giggles and Crayons, April’s new linky Writer’s World.

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10 comments:

  1. Those tiles do look cool. I've thought about getting something like that, but haven't done so yet.

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  2. Fun stuff! I have two copies of that book. My kids didn't have near the fun your daughter is having.

    Those letter tiles are nice for teaching blends. I've come across a lot of struggling readers who have trouble with blends. Magnetic letters pushed close together with a space before the vowel sound works to teach blends too.

    Children who have practice making each sound in a blend, then learning to make the sounds quickly together alone or while reading words become more fluent in reading words with blends.

    I think you're doing an amazing job with your daughter!

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  3. Oops, I meant to write your grandaughter. I love to read about Selena's learning.

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  4. I love books that teach new concepts in fun ways.

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  5. This book sounds great. I love those tiles too.

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  6. Those tiles make it so much more fun don't they.

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  7. What an awesome idea - I have never heard about phonics tiles before, and I like the idea of making them out of bottle caps. This new linky sounds like fun!

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  8. I am really impressed with Selena's ability to work with blends already. I love how you incorporated manipulatives in with reading. Its easy to think of ways to use manipulatives in math, but there are also ways to use them in reading. Great idea :)

    Thank you for linking up!

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  9. I just requested this book from my library - thanks for the recommendation! I love the idea of using tiles to create the words.

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  10. The phonics tiles do look like a great teaching tool. I'm just starting to work more with my daughter on word families.

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