Silly Mistakes - Phonemic Awareness - Step 1

Silly Mistakes

We said some nursery rhymes by replacing a word with another word. For example, Jack and Jill went up the pickle. Today we are going to say the words in the in the wrong order such as The first little pig built a straw of house and ask your child to catch your error! (Silly mom or dad.)
For example:
1. Hey, Diddle Diddle the cat in the fiddle,
the dish ran away with the spoon
The cow jumped over the moon
The little dog laughed to see such a sight
2. One, two buckle my shoe,
three, four shut the door
nine, ten, a big fat hen
five, six pick up sticks
seven, eight lay them straight
3. Hickory, Dickory Dock
The mouse ran up the clock
The clock struck one
Hickory Dickory Dock
The mouse ran down

These are quick and easy to do! We did them while we were walking across the parking lot to Target. Your child should say, "That is not right." or "No, it is this way." to show she noticed the mistakes. Play often!

123 Listening

objective:
a: to listen and understand single words on a computer
b. to point to the correct answer with two options

Points to Remember:
1. Download the audio file and the "choose from 2 pictures" worksheet from the 123 Listening website. There are other options such as choose from 3 pictures or matching numbers to picture worksheets if you need to make the activity more challenging for your child

Lesson:
1. Tell your child that today you are going to listen to a word on the computer. When you hear the work, point to a picture of it on the paper. I covered up all the other questions except for number 1 so that Brooke was not looking at the entire page but only number 1.

2. Play the audio file. For number 1, it says "arm". you child should then point to the picture of the arm on the worksheet. The audio file says the word only one time; there were a few times that I needed to go back a play the file again.

3. This was a little frustrating for Brooke. She would say, "I didn't hear it." with a pitiful look on her face. We only did up to #8 and then stopped. She need 3 of them repeated and on #3 after 2 repeats of the word "finger", I said it for her and she was able to get it.

4. I also did this with Brooke's twin sister Kate who has normal hearing. She was able to complete all #10 questions without repeating or having difficulty. So, I know that Brooke is developmentally able to do it and we will continue to practice.

Five Little Chicks

objective:

a. to answer questions about a simple story

b. to listen to the story on a recorded device with background noise


Points to Remember:
1. Brooke spent time listening and answer questions about a story. Then we started listening to a story on a cassette tape; now we are listening to the story on a cassette tape with background noise. This required that Brooke really begins to focus on her listening skills.

2. Record your voice reading the book. Remember to pause after each page since you will be pausing the tape after each page.


Lesson:

1. Listen to one page at a time without allowing your child to see the pictures in the book.

2. Ask a question. For this book, there was a different object that the chicks were looking at such as: a bug, a butterfly, a strawberry.

3. Ask, what did the chicks see?

4. Once your child answers, show her the page in the look.

5. Rewind the tape and listen again if necessary.


Modification:

1. There are lots of children's books on CD/cassette. Most have background noise such as music or sound effects. These will work great.

2. Extend the lesson into a fun craft or snack. We make a chick out of a left-over Easter egg!

Silly Mistakes - Phomenic Awareness - Step 1

Silly Mistakes Read a familiar poem or story . . . but make any kind of Silly Mistake that will be obvious to your child. For example, You might replace a word with nonsense: Jack and Jill went up the pickle or say the words in the wrong order: The first little pig built a straw of house or even swap sounds: The clock struck one, The mouse ran down, Dickory, Hickory, Hock Ask your child to catch your error! (Silly mom or dad.)

Today we replaced words to practice our listening:
1. Humpty Dumpty sat on a chair
2. Humpty Dumpty sat on a wall, humpty Dumpty had a great fall, all the king's horses and all the king's monkeys, couldn't put Humpty together again.
3. Old Mother Hubbard went to the refrigerator to give her poor doggie a bone
4. Old Mother Hubbard went to the cupboard to give her poor doggie a bone, but when she got there the cupboard was bare, so the poor kitty had none.
5. Little Miss Brooke sat on a tuffet
6. Little Miss Muffet sat on a tuffet, eating her applesauce, along came a squirrell and sat down beside her and firghtened Miss Muffet away.

We had so much fun with this activity!

Here are some Christmas Silly Mistakes we did in December.

/d/ and /g/ initial sounds

Objective:
a. to practice sounds with the same place
b. /b/, /d/, and /g/

Points to remember:
1. The sounds /b/, /d/, and /g/ are very similar. When you make the sound the only difference is where you make the sound. Try it! The /b/ is made with your lips, the /d/ is make with the tongue, and the /g/ is made back of the tongue
2. It may be difficult for your child to hear the difference in the sounds and/or to make the sounds correctly.

Lesson:
1. Practice making some non-sense words first. Ask your child to repeat after you.
baa dee
goo bay
die boo
bye gee
doo gay
2. Then add repeated sounds such as
baa baa dee
goo goo bay
die die boo
bye bye gee
doo doo gay
3. Once mastered try the sounds alternating:
baa dee baa
goo bay goo
die boo die
bye goo bye
doo gay doo
4. Then 3 sounds repeated, such as
baa baa dee dee
goo goo bay bay
die die boo boo
bye bye goo goo
doo doo gay gay
5. Then alternate those sounds - this is where is gets difficult for Brooke
baa dee baa dee
goo bay goo bay
die boo die boo
bye goo bye goo
doo gay doo gay
6. Practicing this speech babble with your child will help her to hear and remember a series of sounds. So that when she hears a word that is new to her, she will be able to remember it and repeat it. It also helps her to practice making sounds correctly
7. Here is a sheet we found that we have been practicing with since Brooke has some difficulty with /d/ and /g/ sounds.

D-G Sequencing Sheet

Modifications:

1. Other sounds with place differences are /p/, /t/, and /k/ as well as /m/ and /n/ and /f/ and /s/. Listen to your child and see if she struggles with these sounds - then make sure to practice!

Reggie the Rhyming Rhino

Scholastic has a great website for practicing rhymes. There are topic choices for working with the rhymes such as words at a store, restaurant, zoo, or museum.

Once you choose your topic, the rhyming practice begins. Reggie, the rhyming Rhino, gives a word and 3 possible rhyming words. Nothing too hard.

This is how I use the site with Brooke:
1. I say, "This is a light. Does light rhyme with kite? Does light rhyme with bed? Does light rhyme with flower?"
2. If the answer is the first choice, I'll say, "Yep, light rhymes with kite. But let's check the other answers. Does light rhyme with bed? No. Does light rhyme with flower? No. Yep, you are right, light rhymes with kite.
3. Then I have Brooke repeat it by saying, "Light rhymes with kite."
4. I have control over the mouse and will then click on the answer. The site then says, "Light rhymes with kite." for another auditory reinforcement.

We only play for 5 or so minutes at a time but since the site is so easy to accesses, we can do it anytime she is ready to rhyme

Practice rhyming with Reggie.

Listening Game

Objectives:
a. to identify common household sounds

Points to Remeber:

1. Can your child close her eyes and identify sounds around the house--a door shutting, footsteps, water running, silverware being put away? Make sure she can before moving on to other phonemic games.

Lesson:

1. There are different Listening Games. We have Listening Lotto: Sounds at Home

2. The game comes with a CD of 29 common household sounds.

3. Choose a lotto card and start the CD. Each sound is played 2-3 times. When your child identifies the sound, have her place a marker on the picture.

4. Each lotto card is different so there are opportunities to hear and identify quite a lot of sounds.

5. We play until the card is full.

Modifications:

1. Make sure you are pointing out sounds to your child and helping her to identify them in everyday life. For example, when you hear a siren approaching, point out the sound and ash if she hears it. Then ask her what she thinks the sound might be.