Dear Readers,
As the school year began this year many parents were learning that their child had fallen behind on their reading skills. This pandemic has not been kind to those just learning the beginning sounds to reading. My child was one of those that suffered.
She really struggled finding out the way to pick out letters in the words. I thought and thought about how I could help her with her reading. Then an idea came to me.
My older kids love to play I spy. I had a brain spark about using this to help with the sounds of letters.
Basically played the same way as the original, “I spy with my little eye, something that…” Instead of saying a color here I decided to change it to “something that starts with the sound sss.” You could do start with, ends with, or if they get really good you can do middle sounds. Also when they get really good at the sounds you could change it to the letters.
My oldest did well at this game but my next oldest didn’t want to play it that way. It was the difference between first and kindergarten age and knowledge I think. My second oldest is just starting out on her journey to learning letter sounds and names, whereas my oldest (who is behind) has a little bit firmer foundation.
All in all I think it is one we will play every once in a while, and keep revisiting when my second oldest gets a firmer foundation with sounds.
Edit: my kids are spontaneously starting this game as we wait for the bus, so they seem to like it.
