language and literacy
silly erasing
simple reading activity for kids
purposeful play
silly erasing
This quickly became one of our favorite games both in the classroom and at home!
Silly Erasing is a wonderful way to have fun with word play. This game reinforces print awareness, letter recognition, letter sounds and phonological awareness.
instructions
First start with a word and spell it out with magnetic letters, a chalk board or a dry erase board.
Sound out the word together.
Next, remove the first letter and sound it out again.
Remove the 2nd letter, sound it out again.
Continue this until all the letters are gone.
This can also be done backwards-starting by removing the last letter first and sounding out the word.
Continue until you get to the first letter of the word.
This is a fantastic way to keep word play fun, silly and engaging! Choose words that are familiar to your child, let your child choose words, choose silly words, choose nonsense words-the sky is the limit!
We used to do this in the bath tub with foam letters that stuck to the side of the tub. Such a great way to make bath time even more fun!
See an example below.
silly erasing
example
Write out full word
Sound it out
Erase first letter
Sound out again
Erase second letter
Sound out together
Erase next letter
Sound out last letter
materials
dry erase board and marker
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foam letters
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magnetic letters
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erasable crayon and paper
purpose
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Reinforces letter sounds in words
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Reinforces phonological awareness
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Fun with word play
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Promotes sight reading
