Talking Letters

Find the matching sounds.

Listen carefully to the letters… and choose the right one.

Goals

To read and speak the sounds of letters.

The adult prepares

1 baseplate
10 letter bricks (A to J) in a bowl

The children play

Player 1 takes four bricks from the bowl and places them on the baseplate.

Player 1 makes the sound of one of the four letters, then passes the baseplate to player 2.

Player 2 finds the letter that matches the sound made by player 1, then read it aloud and remove the brick.

Children continue taking turns.

You will prepare the activity for me
and then I will make the exercise.
Can you take four bricks in the bowl?
Yeah.
And place them on the baseplate.
This one.
Okay.
And now you will have to say to me the sound of one letter.
Only one.
And I have to guess what brick it is.
O! Tthat’s the letter I have to look for?
O! I’m going to look for letter 0.
Aurora,
I found one, brick. Am I correct? Oh, yeah.
Yeah, right.
Oh, okay.
Now I’m going very quickly,
to change and mix all the letters.
So you don’t know the letters
I’m placing.
And I would like you to find letter… L!
Oh. This one.
Can you give it to me?
Okay, great. Perfect.

Facilitation tips

Allow time for the children to explore the bricks.
Choose letters from a child’s name, or the initials of common objects (p for piano, t for table).
Remind the children that letters can make multiple sounds.
Choose letters relative to the children’s curriculum.