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Wednesday, January 23, 2013

Sight Word and Letter Pounding

From I Can Teach My Child:


Letter & Sight Word Pounding


Here’s what you’ll need:  a piece of styrofoam, golf tees, a permanent marker, and a toy hammer.  

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 1.  Begin writing letters or sight words (or even numbers & shapes) on your piece of styrofoam.  I chose to do capital and lowercase letters for Little Brother.  He didn’t recognize many of them but it was an opportunity for me to work with him at identifying these letters.



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 2.  Gather your mallet/hammer and golf tees.  Set the styrofoam in front of your child.  Please note:  If your styrofoam isn’t very thick, I would recommend putting a foam placemat (or some type of protection) underneath.



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 3.  Give your child the mallet/hammer and ask him/her to say each word (or letter) as they place the tee into the foam.



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Psst…this is great for fine motor control as well!

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