RIC-6974_Phonological_awareness_skills_Book_3

PHONEME ISOLATION games and activities
• Isolate the final sound in words
ACTIVITY 11: What’s in the bag?
Fill a mystery bag with small objects such as a plastic ring,
a dice, a deflated balloon, a rubber band, a lolly, a pen, an
eraser, a pin, a hair clip, a packet of chewing gum, a reel of
cotton, a nail, a coin, a key, a nut, a brooch etc.
Select children to pull an item out of the bag and identify it.
Then they need to say the sound at the end of the word.
The other children then, in chant form, say the object and
its final sound and perform actions.
For example, if the object drawn is a dice—/s/, everyone
chants the following and performs the actions:
dice (tap knees, clap hands)
dice (tap knees, clap hands)
/s/ /s/ dice (snap fingers three
times).
The chant ensures the children
say the word and hear the final
sound often.
• Isolate the final sound in words
ACTIVITY 12: Paired players final sounds
Collect a number of objects from home or at school with
different final sounds. Alternatively, teachers may use the
pictures provided for Noughts and crosses final sounds.
Collect enough objects so that pairs of children can play
this game at once.
Spread the objects on a table or in a hoop on the floor.
The first child looks at all the objects and chooses one
without their partner seeing it. Player One says the name
of the object to himself/herself and works out the final
sound in the name of
the object.
Player One then says ‘I chose an object that ends with the sound /s/. What object did
I choose?’
Player Two works out what the object is, says the name and repeats the final sound.
The second player then has a turn. The players continue in this way until all objects have
been chosen.
Five or six objects per child is sufficient. Extend this activity for more capable children
by asking the children to draw each object chosen and copy the final sound next to it
using a sound/letter reference chart.
R.I.C. Publications ® www.ricpublications.com.au ISBN 978-1-925698-54-1 PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS SKILLS (Book 3) 79