Learning Phonics Archives ⋆ Sugar, Spice and Glitter https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/category/montessori/phonics-for-kids/ Food, Family and Travel - Mom Blogger based in US and Canada Mon, 03 Feb 2025 16:58:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/sugar-spice-glitter-150x150.png Learning Phonics Archives ⋆ Sugar, Spice and Glitter https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/category/montessori/phonics-for-kids/ 32 32 P is for Puff the Magic Dragon https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/p-is-for-puff-the-magic-dragon/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/p-is-for-puff-the-magic-dragon/#comments Fri, 28 Aug 2015 11:00:57 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=6481 Have you been following along with our Learning Phonics series, “sss is for sounds?” We have so much fun with these day-long mini-unit studies, which utilize Orton-Gillingham & Jolly Phonics ideas to explore a specific letter sound (phoneme) for an entire day – using gross motor activities, crafts, and even food to help reinforce the...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/p-is-for-puff-the-magic-dragon/feed/ 4 Wave in a Bottle Science Experiment (with Video) https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/wave-in-a-bottle-science-experiments-for-kids/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/wave-in-a-bottle-science-experiments-for-kids/#comments Tue, 11 Aug 2015 11:00:05 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=7430 Recently, we studied waves for a day while learning the “W” letter sound. One of the coolest things we did that day was this simple oil and water science experiment to make our own wave in a bottle. This is a great science experiment if you have a little chef like I do, or if...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/wave-in-a-bottle-science-experiments-for-kids/feed/ 5 D is for Donut https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/d-is-for-donut/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/d-is-for-donut/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2015 11:45:29 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=6131 D is for Donuts – that’s good enough for me! Oh, donuts donuts donuts start with d! Yes, this is the song that has been sung in our house since this simple and easy “d is for donuts” unit study that we used to practice the “d” letter sound. We’re going to have to do...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/d-is-for-donut/feed/ 5 W is for Wave https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/w-is-for-wave/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/w-is-for-wave/#comments Sat, 09 May 2015 11:00:12 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=5587 We’re studying Australia this month, so when I was faced with the task of presenting a new letter sound to the kids “w” is for wave seemed very appropriate. For our “sss is for sounds” series, we do a handful of fun activities in one day that all emphasize a specific letter sound. I use...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/w-is-for-wave/feed/ 6 /f/ is for fire: teaching phonic sounds https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/f-fire/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/f-fire/#comments Fri, 13 Mar 2015 11:00:50 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=3834 We did this /f/ is for fire unit study last summer, before the tragedy, to help Ella combat some fears about house fires. We are bringing back some of the fire safety activities and thought I’d share the full unit with you! This fire safety mini unit study is part of our sss is for sounds...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/f-fire/feed/ 2 /i/ is for igloo https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/igloo/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/igloo/#comments Fri, 16 Jan 2015 12:00:49 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=3524 I have had the idea for this /i/ is for igloo mini-unit for our sss is for sounds series since last summer. I feel like I’ve waited way too long to finally have snow… and now it’s actually too cold outside to take the children out! So, in a very weird twist of weather-related fate, we...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/igloo/feed/ 21 “b” is for bird https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/b-bird/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/b-bird/#comments Fri, 17 Oct 2014 14:37:53 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=2320 I have some bird-obsessed children, so a bird unit study was the perfect way to learn the “b” letter sound as part of our “sss is for sounds” phonemic awareness series. This unit study incorporates elements of Reggio and Montessori Preschool, and using any of these ideas will make learning the “b” letter sound fun!...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/b-bird/feed/ 15 “nnn” is for plane https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/nnn-plane/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/nnn-plane/#respond Fri, 22 Aug 2014 12:00:26 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=1481 Yup, you read that right. “nnn” is for plane is the next mini-unit in our “sss is for sounds” series exploring phonemic awareness. I’m a big Jolly Phonics fan and one of my favourite ideas from their guide is to have children pretend to be airplanes while making the “nnn” sound for the phoneme “n,”...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/nnn-plane/feed/ 0 “lll” is for lemonade https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/lll-lemonade/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/lll-lemonade/#comments Fri, 15 Aug 2014 12:00:54 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=1434 We’re back with our “sss is for sounds” series, learning and building phonemic awareness! This week, I thought we’d enjoy a quintessentially summer treat before the season passed, so we explore the letter sound “l” for lemonade. The kids even started their own lemonade stand and sold about $6 worth of lemonade and blueberry muffins...

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]]> https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/lll-lemonade/feed/ 8 mmm is for muffin https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/mmm-muffin/ https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/mmm-muffin/#comments Fri, 01 Aug 2014 22:23:29 +0000 https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/?p=1387 So far in our “sss is for sounds” series for Montessori Preschool we’ve focused on the letter sounds for a (“ah” is for ants), i (“ih” is for insects), s (“sss” is for snakes), and t (“tuh” is for tennis). I wanted to add a third consonant sound this week so we could build some...

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