With a group of children, start with, “I spy with my little eye something beginning with ‘c’,” using the phonetic sound of the letter. The children must try to find the object.With every young child it is necessary to choose immediate objects, and one can help by staring fixedly at the objects. Make it interesting!
Later the game may be made more difficult and more interesting by starting with something ending in a sound, e.g. ‘t’. Here the children must listen for the end of the word.After they have had sufficient practice with this,one can give the child the first and last sounds of words.
Direct aim
To make the child conscious of sounds in words.
Indirect aim
Preparation for reading and writing.
Control of error
The teacher.
Age of interest
3 years onwards