Wednesday, May 21, 2014

Alphabet Bingo for Early Learners

Are you teaching letter recognition? I have an alphabet game for your small groups! 
One card from each set is shown above.
 My alphabet bingo games for early learners includes three sets of cards. There are nine cards per set. Groups of uppercase letters are found in each set. In the first set of cards the letters used are: B, Q, D, Z, K, J, P, V, and T. The second set of cards have the letters: M, X, R, Y, F, L, S, N, and H. The final set of letters are: W, G, U, O, I, C, E, X, and A.
Set 1:  Letters with their sound at beginning of letter name with exception to the letter "Q".
It is interesting how the letter sounds of the alphabet are hidden in the names of the letters themselves.  Perhaps one of the reasons that young children become confused with letter sound production is due to the lack of consistency within the sounds' location in the letter name itself. When a child is required to make the sound for the letter "T", the child hears the sound for "T" at the beginning of the letter name. Some letters retain the sound at the end of the letter name (such as the "S") and other letters (such as a "W") do not contain the sound at all. No wonder so many young children miss the proper sound for "W" on assessments! It should be no surprise that "Bobby" is  using the /W/ sound in place of the /Y/ sound. After-all, he is hearing the /W/ sound at the beginning of the letter name for "Y"!
Right:  Set 2 with letter sounds at the end of the letter name with exception to the letter "H".  Left:  Set 3 
These bingo games are colorful and cheerful. They have a happy scene with which to greet the children. The alphabet cards can be laminated and used with dough for letter formation practice.
Students can form letters with dough over laminated cards.
Here are the items included in this product:

1 Bingo Set 1, 9 sheets for the letters: B, Q, D, Z, K, J, P, V and T 

2. Bingo Set 2, 9 sheets for the letters: M, X, R, Y, F, L, S, N, and H 

3. Bingo Set 3, 9 sheets for the letters: W, G, U, O, I, C, E, X, and A 

4. Uppercase Letter Calling (or matching) Cards 

5. Lowercase Letter Calling (or matching) Cards 

6. Uppercase Letters on circles for game markers

7. Lowercase Letters on circles for game markers

8. Word Cards for letter-sound association - initial sounds (Sets one, two, & three)

9. Word Cards for letter-sound association - final sounds (Sets one and two)
The game markers come with a set of uppercase as well as lowercase.  Students can match uppercase to uppercase or lowercase to uppercase as an extension activity.
 If you are interested in this product, click the image below to view at my Teachers pay Teachers store.
http://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Alphabet-Bingo-For-Early-Learners-1125329

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