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Phonemic Awareness Activity: Rainforest Animal Slide

March 30, 2016 •

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Does your child know most of his letter sounds?  Are you wondering what to work on next? If so, it’s time to play with those sounds and how they work together to make words.  We are building phonemic awareness with this rainforest themed hands-on activity.  A child with a strong phonological awareness background will be better prepared to read.

Phonemic awareness activities are oral activities that do not include matching the visual letters with the sounds.  We want the focus to be on hearing the sounds first.  The visual component of matching letters with sounds (phonics) will come soon.

Rainforest Animal Slide Phonemic Awareness Activity

Rainforest animal slide is a playful way to build phonemic awareness. This free printable will help kids identify sounds in words. Great for helping kids get ready to read.

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Getting Ready to Play

print out your free rainforest animals for a phonemic awareness activity

First, you need to make your rainforest animal slide.  Grab some string, a file folder, a [easyazon_link identifier=”B002PNNM50″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]bead[/easyazon_link], a glue stick, a pair of scissors, and the FREE animal printable that includes an iguana and jaguar.

DOWNLOAD THE FREE RAINFOREST ANIMALS

Glue the printable to a file folder or piece of cardstock.  You could also just print the download onto cardstock.  Cut out each animal around the black line.

tie the string on the back for this phonological awareness activity

Poke a small hole in the left and right black dots.  Take the string and thread it through one hole.  Place your bead on the string and then thread through the other hole.  Pull snugly and tie on the back.

Time to Play

review beginning, middle and end

First, review beginning, middle and end with your child.  It’s super important not to overlook this step.  You want to make sure your child has an understanding of this concept.  Model by moving the bead to the left (beginning), middle and right (end). Then, have your child repeat the sequence.

playing a segmenting sounds activity

There are a few ways to play to work on phonemic awareness.

  1. Say a word with three phonemes such as cat, dog, bug, hen, or sit.  Have your child segment each phoneme as he slides the bead from beginning to the middle and to the end.
  2. You could also use the slide to help your child isolate sounds in words.  For example, say, “What sound do you hear at the end of cup?”  The child can move the bead across the animal to segment the sounds and listen for the ending sound.  Repeat to work on beginning and middle sounds too.

Enjoy playing and learning phonemic awareness activities with your child.  And, check out these other rainforest theme activities from the Early Childhood Education team.

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

  1. Hil says

    April 6, 2016 at 8:34 pm

    Cute! What a fun craft to make and a great learning tool.

    Thanks for sharing to #EverythingKids, I pinned this to our group board.

  2. Clarissa @Munchkins and Moms says

    March 30, 2016 at 2:28 pm

    What a creative phonemic awareness activity!

  3. Theresa says

    March 30, 2016 at 9:32 am

    What a wonderful idea to have children slide the bead as they identify each phoneme! I love it.

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