Sound Tree

Inspiration: Art project
Goal: Sound awareness and/or sound production
Materials: Paper, a sharpie marker, crayons, glue stick and scissors.

Directions: Draw an outline of a tree on one sheet of paper and draw the outline of leaves on another and make copies.  You can also print these and use them as a template.

Have your child write down letters or words on the leaves and have them say the sounds that correspond to the letters or say the words as they color, cut and glue them on the tree.

A few of my students are working on increasing their ability to discriminate and understand that sounds make up words.  For them I have them point to the word that has the /s/ sound in the beginning, middle or end of the words on the tree shown above.  I say the word "pass" and then say, "Where is the "sssss" sound, is it in the beginning, middle or end of the word?

This activity has been a hit my kindergardeners!

Enjoy!