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Marie Clay, author of Early Detection of Reading Difficulties, states that learning something as simple as direction (left to right and top to bottom) can be very confusing for young children, but this skill is significant in teaching your child to read. You can provide many fun opportunities for learning and practice; here are some […]

Listening for and recognizing individual sounds in a word is key to learning to read and write. Reading alliterative picture books with your preschooler is a fun way to recognize letter sounds. (Alliteration is the repetition of a leading sound in a phrase.) A common example of alliteration is “Peter Piper Picked […]

Now that your preschooler has become adept at rhyming through the activities we’ve posted over the last weeks (Read a Rhyme, Change the Rhyme, Rhyming Riddles, Rhyming Bingo, and Rhyming Concentration), here’s a fun capstone game to share with the family. Once again, this is a great activity for older siblings to share—especially if you […]

This is another fun game to share with family members, especially for home schoolers. First, you’ll need to print and cut out the Sound Sense Playing Cards. You can also copy them on card stock and have your child color them. Select three to six pairs of rhyming words from among the cards. Show your […]

If possible, gather a small group of players for this game (with a maximum of eight). This is a fun game to share with the family, especially for home schoolers. Give each player a Sound Sense Bingo Card and some pieces to cover the squares (pennies, buttons, or beans work well.)
Each time you say a […]

Here’s another fun activity using rhymes to help your child to pay attention to the sounds in words. This is a great activity for car trips, long waiting times, and all of those moments you need to fill with some distraction.
Ask your child rhyming riddles. For example, “What rhymes with can and starts with /m/?” […]