Short A Sound Box

Here's what was in our short A sound bin:



Sand Paper Letters

Lower case and uppercase A sorting from Confessions of a Homeschooler
Matching cards from Our Montessori Story

Sound Mat from Beginning Reading

an A flash card

A worksheets from Starfall

and our A object box:



A is for: Alligator, Apple, Antelope, Ax, Ant, and Airplane.



I also found this book at the thrift that was a great addition to the box-wish I would have found more in this series!

I've got some new ideas for future boxes. It seems that Mustang {the intended audience} isnt very interested in them. But, Charger loves them. So, I will be changing up the contents soon. God Bless!

Phonics Objects Score

It is an on going project of mine to fill our Phonics boxes with little objects. I have a box for each letter of the alphabet. I plan to do a whole post on them when I finally finish them. But, I found 2 packages of animals at Wal-mart yesterday and I am so excited I wanted to share them with you. Plus, I know some of you are trying to find objects for your boxes and I dont know if this is a product they will continue to carry or a one time thing.



These packages were 3.00 each. They are not the highest quality by any means, so I would not recommend them for general unsupervised play with little kids, this is a 3 and up toy for sure. And yes, the flimsy trees and bushes and fences and rocks you might even want to pitch. But, these little packages had such a mix of animals!



The Jungle set has a giraffe, elephant, tiger, lion, and zebra like you would expect. It also has a gorilla, alligator, 2 monkeys {one not pictured}, a warthog! who has a warthog? {he didnt make the picture either}, pelican, ostrich, various cats {not sure which one is which}, hippo, and rhino. There's even a gazelle and an antelope {already in the A box}! Sorry for all the missing ones, my son was playing with more of them then I realized when I took this picture.



This is the farm set. In addition to way too many trees and fence pieces, there were mom and baby sets of cows, rams {this was why I bought the set}, horse, and sheep. There are also 2 pigs and a goat. I guess the farm set isnt as exciting as the jungle set-which would explain why there were a number left on the rack. I got the last jungle set at our store.



Here's a close up of the package if you want to look for them. They were in the toy department by the 1.00 toys. God Bless!!

Sound Boxes: Letter T

A couple weeks ago I told you about sound boxes that I found on What DID we do all day? I am going to try to post about each of the boxes that I make. To be honest, there is a lot of repetition between the I box and the T box. Maybe in the future I can try and change it up a little.

A sound box is a box (or in my case a bin) of items to help teach a phonetical sound. This week our letter was T.

I got most of the ideas for what to put in the box from What DID we do all day?, but I added a few of my own.

Here's what's in our box:



Sandpaper letters

Letter T objects: Triangle, Turtle, Television, Truck, another Turtle, Toaster, Train, Trumpet, and Tug Boat.




Letter T cards, one set was cut apart and put inside the T box. The other set I left together for matching. I downloaded these from Our Montessori Story



The Letter T for Turtle & T for Television from our flashcard set.

T is for Turtle magnet page and lowercase and uppercase T is for Turtle sorting from Confessions of a Homeschooler



Find the T snowman game and Sound mat from PreKinders



How to Build T template from Tired Need Sleep

Letter T Alphabet Partner Puzzles and Time for T printable book from Alphabet Avenue {scroll down to Alphabet Readers Zip File}

Worksheets from Starfall that my friend made into a cool book for Mustang.

I found a fun new tote to display it all in at the Dollar Tree :)



God Bless!

Sound Boxes: Letter I

This is the do-over version of this post lol! I came back to do a small edit 2 weeks later, and deleted the entire text. So, I am sorry if its not exactly like the first time.

I found the idea to make Sound Boxes from What DID we do all day? I love her blog and Montessori ideas. A sound box is a collection of activities to teach a phonetical sound. I thought I would start out with our letter of the week. I short I. I found out that this is a very hard sound to make a box for, as there are limited amount of objects that start with short I. But, I had a lot of fun making it and wanted to share the idea with you!


I got most of the ideas for what to put in the box from What DID we do all day?, but I added a few of my own.

Here's what's in our box:



Sandpaper letters

Letter I objects: Insect, Iguana and Instruments {which I since removed and replaced with Indian-which of course needs to be moved to Native American when I can find another I object}.

Letter I cards, one set was cut apart and put inside the I box. The other set I left together for matching. I downloaded these from Our Montessori Story

The Letter I for Iguana from our flashcard set.

Lowercase and uppercase I is for Inchworm sorting from Confessions of a Homeschooler.

Find the I snowman game from PreKinders

How to Build an I template from Tired Need Sleep

I'll take I printable book from Alphabet Avenue {scroll down to Alphabet Readers Zip File}

Worksheets from Starfall that my friend made into a cool book for Mustang.

This was a bit of work, but Mustang really enjoyed exploring the box. And, all but the worksheets were printed on cardstock and laminated so *hopefully* they will be used by Charger and Mini Cooper {and any other kids} as well.

God Bless!