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Pick and Pronounce

Challenge your friend to find the letter you say aloud!

Activity details

By playing with the sounds of the letters, children practise sound-letter association.

Goals

To read the sounds letters make aloud.
To match identical letters.

The adult prepares

  • 1 baseplate

  • 2 identical sets of 5 letters each

  • 1 bowl


One set is in the bowl and the other is lined up horizontally on the baseplate.

The children play

1

Player 1 picks a letter from the bowl and says the sound it makes aloud.

2

Player 2 finds the same letter on the baseplate and places the two identical bricks together.

Facilitation tips

  • Place letters in lines, in columns or randomly. It can be more difficult to find bricks arranged in a column, rather than in a line: different tactile skills are needed.

  • Put one or more extra brick(s) in the bowl so the child has to ignore some bricks.