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Language both 3–4 years

I Spy Game — Beginning Sounds

10 min
small_group
game
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Overview

The I Spy game isolates beginning sounds in words, training the child's ear to hear individual phonemes within spoken language. This oral language game requires no reading and serves as the essential precursor to sandpaper letters and encoding.

Objectives

What the child gains from this work

Isolate and identify the initial sound in spoken words. Develop auditory discrimination of individual phonemes. Build phonemic awareness as a foundation for reading and writing. Expand vocabulary through naming objects in the environment.

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