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Early Literacy Tool: Phonetic Flip Chart

21 January 2010 20 Comments

Our oldest has learned her letters, the sounds that they make, and is starting to blend sounds. We have even begun learning sight words, but have yet to venture into the realm of phonics, till today! This is a really nifty phonics “tool” that we created to help her mix the sounds of letters.

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What you will need to make your own phonics flip chart:

Wirebound Index Card Book, Scissors, Tape and a Marker.

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I divided our phonics flip chart into three sections for three letter words, but I have also seen them split into four sections to help your early reader work on consonant blends. After you cut the number of sections that you want, label each card with a letter (a-z). We added another section of vowels in the center section and several common blends on the ends (ex: ch, sh, th, gr, cl, etc.). The point of the phonics flip chart is not so much to “spell” words, but to practice sounding out words. “P-A-G” is not a word, but the practice of sounding it out can help our kids in future words, helping them grasp the concept of letters and how they form words. It is fun to see the “lights” turn on when my daughter figures out that the sound she is making is a “real” word! Use the tape to reinforce the top of your cards. If they are like mine, they start to tear along the perforation. Happy sounding out words! Check out our other DIY Learning Resources.

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What do you use to help your preschooler or kindergartner learn to sound out words? I’d love to learn from you!

20 Comments »

Elena said:

Love this idea! Thanks for sharing:)

# 21 January 2010 at 8:40 pm

Himmat said:

Hey!!
Spelling three letter sylabbles is a good way to improve kids literacy skills…nice
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# 22 January 2010 at 2:11 am

Ticia said:

We use magnetic letters right now to sound out words. But I like this idea.
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# 22 January 2010 at 3:56 pm

Heather said:

Great idea! I also love that it’s affordable.

# 24 January 2010 at 6:38 am

Ottavia "Tammy" said:

You come up with the best ideas for kids!

# 24 January 2010 at 7:30 pm

Pickel said:

This is a great idea! my son is just learning to read and having a difficult time.
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# 2 February 2010 at 2:42 pm

amy said:

Thanks. I’ll have to make one of these for my 3 yr old. Great idea!

# 7 February 2010 at 5:51 pm

The Activity mom said:

Awesome! Can’t wait to try it!

# 7 February 2010 at 7:41 pm

At home with my kiddos said:

I LOVE this ideas and will be doing to with my daughter tomorrow!!! Thanks so much!
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# 8 February 2010 at 2:42 pm

pink and green mama MaryLea said:

Fantastic!! I’ll be making one for sure : )
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# 11 February 2010 at 4:13 pm

Annette W said:

Brilliant! I love it…as a mom and as a former teacher!

# 17 February 2010 at 7:54 am

Nicole said:

What a wonderful idea! My daughter is just at this stage and I will need an easy tool that she can work with, with me or independently. Thanks for the idea.
Nicole
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# 22 February 2010 at 12:55 pm

Prairie Mother said:

I’ve seen this before but forgotten about it:P Thanks for the reminder. I’ll be making one this weekend! Hopefully, it will be something my boys can use in the car.

# 27 February 2010 at 10:04 pm

Ceci said:

Using what we know about color helps kids memorize these rhymes otherwise known as word families. Use red for the vowel and the letters that come after the vowel. It would also be efficient to use the 37 most common rhyme. Here is a site that has the 37 most common as well as lists of words with each. Start with 3 phoneme words. Phonemes are sounds. Besides the consonants ch, th, sh, wh are also phonemes and should be includes on the first and last sections on the flip book.

# 26 March 2010 at 9:50 am

Ceci said:

I forgot to post the web site. http://www.enchantedlearning.com/rhymes/wordfamilies/

# 26 March 2010 at 9:53 am

Annette W said:

Did you use only vowels in the middle section?
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# 7 May 2010 at 6:32 pm

admin said:

Nope, I also added some letters that are common in blends. Like “r”, “l”, “h” (so I could make words like fry or fly or sh or ch blends, etc.). For a list of the most common blends, check out our word slides activity.

# 7 May 2010 at 6:54 pm