Phonetic Matching Cards (4+)

Materials

  • Boxes of cards with pictures of a variety of objects with phonetic names
  • Phonetic reading slips of each object’s name
  • There is no connection between the pictures and except perhaps their names

Direct Aim

Get the child to read fluently

Point of Interest

  • Matching words with respective pictures
  • Creating a sense of wonder that symbols can mean objects in pictures

 

Control of Error

The Teacher

Presentation

  1. Set up work space (either a rug, a chaki, or a table)
  2. Teacher gives the picture cards to the child to spread out.
  3. The name of each object is given to the child if the child does not know them already
  4. Teacher gets a handful of slips, each with the name of the object of the picture inside of it, and asks child to pick one out.
  5. Teacher prompts the child to read the slip
  6. When the child reads the slip, the teacher directs him to lay it underneath the correct picture
  7. Teacher would continue with the other pictures and slips of paper. If the child comprehends, he/she may continue the exercise by self

Exercise

Prompt the child to practice by himself. (Make sure he knows the name of every object in the pictures)