Letter / GRAPHEME Tiles - spell words using letter/grapheme tiles e.g. We keep our spelling word toolbox right next to our other curriculum and at the ready for practice at anytime during our lesson. Letter Beads - use alphabet letter beads and pipe cleaners to build words 18. These various activities have made practicing spelling words some thing everyone enjoys. Small container of Play-doh color of child’s choice Here is what you will need to put together your spelling toolbox.: It’s such a great resource for not only homeschooling families but any parent that is working with their early reader on spelling words. Since it takes 8 beads plus 1 space bead for every letter, you don’t want to pick one that’s too long. Pick a word code There are several Christmas-themed suggestions under the binary alphabet chart. Some days we do a different activity for each word and other days we choose one activity to practice our list for the week. Using the ASCII chart, explain to your kids how binary numbers represent different letters of the alphabet. As noted in the table below, some sounds are more prevalent than others. It consist of various materials to allow my early reader and speller to put together the words using an activity of his choice. Educators recommend introducing the easy consonants first (high frequency & contrast) and then the short vowels. Cut out 10 leaves from the green construction paper and place a small slit near the front of each leaf. (If you have more than 1o spelling words, you will need more cups.) 2. I put together our spelling word toolbox. Cut a small slit in the bottoms of 10 plastic cups. After some research and of course insight from other home school moms. Since our hands on approach to math has been so successful, I thought it would be great to apply the same approach to spelling. Isn’t that really the joy of homeschooling once you’re done with school for the day you’re truly done for the day, there is no such thing as traditional home work. I want spelling to be something that was fun for us and that we did together during our regular school hours. Little was done with actually practicing spelling during classroom time, rather it was a homework assignment that fell onto parents. This is a fantastic fine motor activity as well as counting. They then count out the right number of pipe cleaners, and push them through the holes at the top of the cup. To complete the activity, the children must read the number on the front of the cup. I’m sure most teachers use the same format. The pipe cleaner counting activity is now ready. I remember being in grade school and copying a list from the the chalkboard each Monday morning and taking home to study for the week until Friday’s spelling test.
One thing I realized my kindergartner needed additional practice with was his spelling words. We use it for language arts, handwriting, math and will be introducing their science and history in the coming years. I’m sure you’ve seen me share the curriculum that we use before over on our Instagram page. One of my favorite things about our schooling is how hands on we get to be with each of our lessons.