Laughing Letters
Prep:聽None | Activity Time: 10鈥�15 Minutes
Have fun making up and illustrating funny sentences using words that begin with the same letter!聽
- Unlined paper聽
- Markers or crayons聽
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Step 1:聽Draw a picture of something simple. Tell your child what you drew. For example, you might draw a hand.聽
Step 2:聽Ask your child to identify the sound and write the letter that the picture begins with.聽聽
Step 3:聽Help your child make up a funny sentence that uses the sound of the letter and the picture that you drew. For example you might say:
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Step 4:聽Write the sentence at the bottom of the paper. Ask your child to circle all of the letters that make the same sound as the picture.鈥�
Make it easier by increasing the amount of support and modeling you give to your child.聽Write the letter聽鈥淗h鈥�鈥�at the top of the paper and ask your child to say the sound that聽鈥淗h鈥濃�痬akes. After you write the funny sentence, you might say:聽
鈥淚 see the letter 鈥楬h.鈥� It makes the /h/ sound. Look at these words on the paper and circle the letter聽鈥楬h鈥� each time you see it.鈥澛�
Add some challenge by asking your child to draw another picture of something that begins with the same sound as the picture you drew.聽For example, your child might draw a picture of a basketball鈥痟oop to go alongside the picture of the鈥痟and you drew.鈥�