7a18aa2e_Bible_and_Rhyme_Activities__Explanation
[Type] Phoneme Counting [Ideas to Incorporate] Say a word. Clap (or some other movement) the number of sounds that you hear. Exp. For the word 'cat', stretch out the sounds /c/ /aaaaa/ /t/ and the child would clap three times. Use instruments to count phonemes (drum, maracas, rhythm sticks). Lay out numeral cards  1 through 4. Sort picture cards according to how many sounds are heard in the name of the picture. Exp. The picture of a cat (/c/ /a/ /t/) would go under the numeral 3, but the picture of a bee (/b/ /ee/) would go under the numeral 2. Repeat the above activity, except use real objects and a graph. Say a word. Have the child move a manipulative (blocks, pennies, tokens, shaped erasers, etc.) into one box of a five boxed set for each sound that they hear in the word. Exp. For the word 'pack' /p/ /a/ /k/, they would place one manipulative in each of three boxes. When they counted the manipulatives, they would have a total of three  representing that they heard three sounds in the word. Repeat the above activity, but have the child attach clothespins to the five boxed set. [Explanation] 
Counting the number of phonemes (sounds) heard in a word
Bible and Rhyme Activities
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