I was looking for a way to work phonics and early reading skills into a fun activity, so I started this project with my son. I love that we can work on it for a bit, and then put it away for a few weeks and come back to it.
I took a book with blank pages and put the letters of the alphabet, one per page, through the book in order. Then, we looked at our sticker collection (which is quite impressive) and in magazines for pictures, and worked to figure out what letter they start with. Then we just paste or stick the picture into the book on the appropriate page. It was a great exercise in sounding out the letters that start different words, and it continues to be useful because we can look through it and try out words on a given page and see how they all start with the same sound or sounds.
Pictured is the busiest page of the book so far - B!
The best part of this project is that you can save old magazines, grocery flyers, store advertisements to get the pictures, so aside from the book there is not a lot of expense involved:)
I took a book with blank pages and put the letters of the alphabet, one per page, through the book in order. Then, we looked at our sticker collection (which is quite impressive) and in magazines for pictures, and worked to figure out what letter they start with. Then we just paste or stick the picture into the book on the appropriate page. It was a great exercise in sounding out the letters that start different words, and it continues to be useful because we can look through it and try out words on a given page and see how they all start with the same sound or sounds.
Pictured is the busiest page of the book so far - B!
The best part of this project is that you can save old magazines, grocery flyers, store advertisements to get the pictures, so aside from the book there is not a lot of expense involved:)
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