RIC-6976 Phonological awareness skills Book 5 p1-23

PHONEME SEGMENTATION GAMES AND ACTIVITIES
ACTIVITY 9: Push and slide
Use any readily-available manipulatives for this activity. Counters, beads, blocks, craft
sticks etc. are all suitable.
If dealing with three-phoneme words, each child will need three manipulatives;
if dealing with four- or five-phoneme words, the children will need four or five
manipulatives. To challenge the children, provide six manipulatives so the children
have to think about how many to move.
The children have their manipulatives lined up in front of them. The teacher or adult
helper says a word and the child pushes or slides one manipulative forward for each
phoneme heard in the word given. The manipulatives will form a new row towards the
front.
Ensure the children are competent
isolating the phonemes for two- or
three-phoneme words before moving
to words with more phonemes.
• Isolate the separate sounds in words
ACTIVITY 10: Puppets
Provide individual children with puppets with mouths that open and close.
Sock puppets may be used or the children can make their own puppet using the
templates on pages 36–37. The puppet template should be coloured, cut out and
glued to a folded paper plate. The children may wish to add extra details such as
material bows, clothing etc. to brighten their puppet. Give the children a word with
between two and five phonemes. The children open and close the puppet’s mouth for
each sound in the word.
The children may need to be shown how to use the puppet
since many will simply try to ‘grab’ other children or objects
using the mouth of the puppet rather than opening and
closing the mouth to speak.
Instructions for making simple sock puppets can be found at
.
Puppets like those at
may also be used.
• Isolate the separate sounds in words
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