This is a fun, hands-on literacy center activity that will provide your students with practice identifying beginning sounds.
Keep reading to get your copy of the free printable that includes pictures for all letters A-Z.
Supplies to Make the Beginning Sounds Paint Sticks
Materials
- Paint sticks {one per child in your small group}
- Adhesive backed Velcro {available at any craft store}
- Pictures of beginning sounds for each letter {see below}
- Laminating film
- Scissors
How to Make the Paint Stick Activity
Start by collecting paint sticks, one for each child in your small group. Attach the soft side of the adhesive Velcro on each paint stick from top to bottom as shown in the picture at the top. Next, laminate the pictures and cut out. Attach a piece of hard adhesive Velcro to the back of each picture.
How to Use the Paint Stick Activity
Give each student in your small group one paint stick. You can attach the letters to the top before they begin playing or allow them to choose.
Then, the students search for pictures that start with the beginning sound at the top of their paint stick and attach those pictures to their stick. When they are finished they can switch sticks to keep playing.
Go to the picture below to get the beginning sound pictures for letters A-Z
