Ten pages of sound boxes, also called Elkonin boxes: a row of boxes with one box for each sound in a word. Children say a picture's name slowly, sound by sound, and color a box for each sound, sort pictures by three sounds or four, and color the box where they hear a letter's sound. Then they write words a sound a box, fill in a missing sound, and spell words from a word bank where two letters that make one sound share a box (sh in ship, ll in bell), with blends (frog, plant) and vowel teams (rain, boat). The last two pages are picture cards and sound box mats to use with counters.
Start with counters before letters: say a word slowly and push a counter into a box for each sound, left to right, then sweep a finger under the boxes to say the whole word. Once children hear every sound, write a letter in each box instead. Point out that a box holds a sound, not a letter: ship has three boxes, s and h share one.
Use coins or cereal as counters on the mats: say a word, stretch it out together and slide a counter into a box for each sound.
Sound box worksheets, also called Elkonin boxes, with a box for each sound in a word: ship has four letters and three sounds, so three boxes. Children say each picture's name, color or count its sounds, find where a sound is, and write words a sound a box.
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