Letter Sandwiches

...make our day. We have a set of alphabet cookie cutters which have been useful for much more than just cookies. Aaron and Alex are both learning how to read so it was very exciting to eat each letter or take bites of it to make new letters or rearrange the letters or think of new words that start with that letter. So fun.

"Sight Word" Shooting Game

This is the Sight Word Shooting game we made. I took all 31 of Alex's Hooked on Phonics cards and attached them to this little board with velcro. 

1. I tap and point to a word with the light saber.
2. Alex tries to hit that word with his Nerf Gun.

3. I tap the word with the dart and read it.

4.  We each use the word in a sentence.

5.  I tap the word again, spell it, and he says it with me. 
Objective: Alex will be able to memorize these difficult to sound out sight words. 

In these five steps he gets to look at the word 3 times, put it in context, say it, and spell it.  He knows that he can sound out any word in his beginner books but this board is to practice the words that break the rules and are difficult to sound out.

He loves it. To him its the "Mom plays with the lights saber and I play with the Nerf Gun" game.