Puppet Sound Review

Posted by Ana
June 17, 2008

This is a great way to help your child review their letter sounds. You’ll need an alphabet chart (or letter cards) and a puppet - and make sure he’s wearing his “dunce cap”!

1. Tell your child that the puppet is going to help him/her review their sounds.
2. Have the puppet point to a letter and have him say something like “The letter ‘B’ makes the /r/ sound.” Wait to see how your child reacts. Hopefully he/she will laugh and/or give the puppet a weird look. Ask your child to correct the puppet.
3. If your child needs some help…you can say something like “Hmm, I don’t think that’s right. Does the ‘B’ make the /r/ sound? No, the ‘B’ makes the /b/ sound like /b/ for ball. Can you say /b/ for ‘b’?
4. You can continue with the whole alphabet - sometimes the puppet can be right and sometimes he can be wrong. Change it up by picking random letters rather than going from A-Z. This will keep them on their toes!

• Your kids will have so much fun correcting the silly puppet they’ll barely even notice that they’re reviewing their letters!

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