Beginning Sounds

In our class we are working on identifying beginning sounds. Hearing and identifying the beginning sound of words is an important first step in learning to read.  At home help your son/daughter practice skills by identifying the sound they here at the start of a word.  

We also use Jolly Phonics to help the children learn to identify sounds that go with letters. With Jolly Phonics, the children learn to match the sound of the letter with an action.  Here is a link:

Jolly Phonics Song

The Jolly Phonics Letters

Here the group is playing a matching game.  Matching the pictures that have the same sound at the beginning of each word.

Here Jazman has matched the word pie with the word pumpkin.

When saying the word we often over emphasize the beginning sound.  Here Kaitlyn is saying "t-t-tiger, t-t-turtle".