Here's a fun phoneme blending game that I use with my emergent readers to help them become more fluent in their decoding and blending skills. My kiddos LOVE this game!
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| So fun! |
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| Sound Swatter |
There are 22 game boards focusing on chunks that begin with each of the vowels. All that you will need a fly swatter!
Here’s what works for me….
I project the game board on our whiteboard. My students are able to work on the game independently while I teach my reading groups. The kids take turns with the fly swatter, tapping on one onset and one rime, while their group-mates say the corresponding sounds. Then, when the “swatter” swats the mosquito (in the middle,) the group blends the segments into a word (or nonsense word.) For a challenge, I have the other kids in the group, give a “thumbs up” if the blended word is a real word, and a “thumbs down” if it’s a nonsense word.
For example:
/c/ /-at/ cat thumbs up
/m/ /-at/ mat thumbs up
/p/ /-im/ pim thumbs down
/t/ /-og/ tog thumbs down
This fun game really helps my emergent readers become quicker at blending onsets and rimes. My kiddos love this activity!
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