This vintage resource book on beginning sounds is awesome! It is in excellent condition considering how long I have had it! A couple of pages have a faint smudge of purple duplicating ink on them. But, other than that, the book is in wonderful shape! I used this book in my kindergarten classroom, and my students really enjoyed the activities! Children are taught letters and sounds with a collection of ready-to-use activities. I did not include a photo of the back of the book, so that I could include another picture of a page within. The back of the book is in just as good of condition as the front. This item is clean and comes from a smoke free home.
This book was published by The Education Center, Inc. and is for Preschool-Grade 1. It is 192 pages and a table of contents. The copyright is 1993. It was developed to help teach consonant letters and their sounds to youngsters. Featured are a variety of interactive activities to teach initial consonants. Each letter in the book is presented in alphabetical order. Activities can easily be rearranged so that children can begin with the easiest sound and work their way up to the more difficult. Augmenting, adapting, and supplementing the materials are encouraged to meet the needs of children. There are 5 fun formats for each beginning sound, and both individual and small-group learning are addressed as sound/symbol connections are introduced and reinforced.
The many activities and review sheets provided will facilitate different teaching and learning styles. The exercises will provide stimulating hands-on experience and allow children to discover and interact with the letter sounds to promote internalization. This resource book offers valuable activities and positive learning experiences as children discover the wonderful world of letters and their sounds.
Each section of the resource book includes guidelines and suggestions for implementation. All of the activities are designed to challenge and delight children as they learn the initial consonant sounds. Fun formats to teach beginning sounds include the following: cut and place skill sheets, review cut and place skill sheets, lotto games, nutritional cooking recipes, sound bracelets, fun-filled learning centers, student evaluation and awards, and letter-sound-picture cards.
Each single-letter skill sheet in the "Cut And Place Skill Sheets" section features a large picture illustrating a beginning sound, with spaces left for children to add cutouts of other words beginning with the same sound. It is suggested that the "Cut And Place Sheets" can be used in 2 different ways. First, the skill sheet and cut-out page can be duplicated for each child. Scissors, glue, and crayons can be provided. Or, each skill sheet and its accompanying pieces can be colored and laminated. The pieces can then be cut out and placed at a learning center. Children then position the correct cutouts on the sheet. The backs can be color coded for self-checking, if desired.
After teaching 3 letters individually, they should be followed up with a "Review Cut And Place" activity that groups the 3 together. As with the single-letter skill sheets, children cut out pictures that begin with the indicated letters and place them in the correct spaces. Four variations are listed under this section. The first is to display finished skill sheets on a bulletin board. The second is to make an Open House booklet for parents to check their child's progress. The third variation is to staple together blank "Cut And Place Sheets" on 3 letters to make a student workbook. An extra blank "Review Cut And Place Sheet" can be duplicated for the cover. As children finish the skill sheet on 1 letter, they color in the appropriate blanks on the cover, a signal that it's time to check their work. And, last of all, a cardboard box can be covered with bright paper and a slit can be made in the top for children to deposit the cutouts they don't use in completing their skill sheets. There are too many good uses for those pieces to let them get away. They can be used for game boards, playing cards, pin-on badges, learning centers, etc.
The Lotto pages are to be colored and laminated for durability, or they can be run off on card stock, colored, and then laminated. All of the playing circles are cut out and stored with the boards in ziploc bags. To play a review game on several letters, one Lotto board is pulled out for each student and the circles are placed facedown on the table. In turn, each child chooses a circle and places it on his/her board if it matches. He/she returns the piece facedown to the pile if it does not match. The first player to fill their card is the winner. These same rules are followed for a Lotto game on a single sound, but several copies of each page need to be duplicated and provided to each child. The variety of playing circles is limited from which the players may select.
To stir up excitement and learn about letter sounds, fun cooking experiences are included in the "Recipes" section of this resource book. These neat recipes can be used to introduce each initial consonant sound or to applaud its mastery by children. Little chefs should be encouraged to measure, stir, pour, mix, and read the recipes. And, of course, they will enjoy eating the finished products. Students can even plan and organize a "Beginning Sound Banquet" at the end of the year! Involving parents to assist and asking them to donate ingredients will help with the cost. The recipes can be duplicated and made into a cookbook for each child to take home to share with his/her parents to give a great learning experience for all!
Children will love making and wearing their very own "Sound Bracelets". These can be duplicated on construction paper and fastened with tape. For a permanent classroom set of bracelets, they can be copied onto colored card stock and laminated. The bracelets can be used as an award for a letter that proves especially difficult, or they can be distributed to the whole class as an introduction to a sound. They could also be used on a "Dress-Up Day", and each child could be asked to wear an item of clothing that begins with the letter on his/her "Sound Bracelet".
In this resource book, 5 "Learning Centers" with picture cards are featured for use in reinforcing and reviewing initial consonant sounds. Each center should be colored. laminated, and cut out along the black line surrounding the center. The 2 pieces of the game board, could then be stapled or taped onto a large piece of poster board. Each center could be used for an interactive bulletin board or could just be used at a table for a learning center. These games could also be used as teaching aids when working with small groups. The center pieces or skills can be changed as desired. Children will be sure to enjoy these hands-on learning centers!
The skill sheets in the "Student Evaluations And Awards" section can be used as an extended activity to review a unit or as an evaluation. "Apples", "Hippos", and "Clowns" are the 3 theme units presented to review and evaluate children's progress. For a class activity, teachers may want to call out the word represented by each picture, as students follow along, coloring by the indicated sounds. Duplicated skill sheets can be placed in an individualized learning center, or the original can be laminated and wipe-off crayons or dry erase markers can be provided in various colors. The skill sheets will also make good take-home projects to involve parents in sound reinforcement. A reproducible award follows each theme unit to recognize children's progress and mastery of the initial consonant sounds.
"Extension/Follow-Up Activities" are also listed under the 3 themes listed above. Under "Apples", there are 3 activities listed. First, upon completion of the unit, an "Apple Reward" can be duplicated for recognition of "delicious" progress in phonics! Second, the words on the reward can be masked, and it can be duplicated to use for center task cards for review and drill of consonant sound. And, last of all, an apple pattern can be duplicated on red construction paper. Each apple can then be cut in half and a consonant picture can be placed on one half with the corresponding letter on the other half for the children to match. In the area of Hippo and Clown Follow-Up Activities, there are hippo and clown patterns that can be used to create sound flash cards for extra work on beginning sounds. The beginning sound pictures from the skill sheets in the hippo and clown unit can be enlarged and duplicated to put on the flash cards.
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This resource book would make a wonderful addition to a preschool or kindergarten classroom! It would also be great to have in a household with young children! I am hoping to find it a good home.