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Sound Games
Train your ears to hear the sounds in words!
Listen carefully - no letters here!
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Purely Auditory Training
These games train the ear to hear individual sounds - the foundation of reading!
1
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I Spy Beginning
"What starts with /m/?"
Listen for the first sound in words
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I Spy Ending
"What ends with /t/?"
Listen for the last sound in words
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3
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Middle Sound Match
"c-AAA-t has /a/ inside!"
Find the vowel sound in the middle
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4
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Sound Blending
"/c/ /a/ /t/ → cat!"
Put sounds together to make words
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5
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Sound Segmenting
"cat → /c/ /a/ /t/"
Break words into their sounds
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📚 Teaching Order
1Beginning Sounds - Master this first (2-4 weeks)
2Ending Sounds - After beginning sounds are solid
3Middle Sounds - Vowels are hardest to isolate
4Blending - Put sounds together
5Segmenting - Break words apart