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Looking for a simple activity to help your students learn the sounds of consonant digraphs?  Try this one!

digraph say and cover

My Four knows his letter sounds very well, thanks to many months of hands-on alphabet activities. While he’s not quite ready to sound out words, there’s a lot of learning we can do in the meantime.

Up next: hearing and identifying consonant digraphs!

For this activity we focused on the common beginning digraphs: sh, ch, th, and wh. 

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Before we tackled digraphs, I pulled out some familiar letter sound pages.  I thought it would be good to start with something my Four knows well: beginning vowels and consonants.

First he named the main picture, isolated the beginning sound, and found pictures whose names began the same.

“Umbrella.  Uh, uh, umbrella.”

He covered the correct pictures with poker chips.

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consonant digraph games 2

He did a few more pages, including this one for letter w.

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Next, I pulled out our new digraph pages. I showed him that in this case, two letters make one sound.  We said the word “shark” together and said the sound of sh slowly. “Shhhhh.”

My Four looked up. “Mommy! That’s the sound you make when you tell me to be quiet!”

This is our child who happens to have just one volume (LOUD),  so he hears that a lot. 😉

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Next, he found pictures that began with /ch/ as in chick.  He did a great job!

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Next up was /wh/ as in whale.

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And /th/ as in thumb.

Not pictured are the kn and ph mats. I included them in case you’d like them, but so few words begin with those sounds that I don’t think it’s necessary to practice them at this stage of the game – unless you want to.

To play:

  1. Print the free download at the end of this post on sturdy cardstock. (I like this brand.)
  2. Cut down the center of each page.
  3. Provide poker chips or other manipulatives.
  4. Have your child name the featured picture at the bottom and cover the other pictures whose names begin the same. The exception is the ph mat, where you’ll find the sound in the middle of words, too.

YOU’LL LOVE THIS PRACTICAL BOOK!

Looking for an easy-to-read guide to help you reach all readers? If you teach kindergarten through third grade, this is the book for you. Get practical ideas and lesson plan templates that you can implement tomorrow!

GET YOUR COPY TODAY!

Get your free digraph say & cover game!

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38 Comments

  5. Melissa Daenzer

    I just wanted to say many thanks for your great free resources! I have an income daycare ages 3-6! The K loves all the learning tools I get from your list! These are awesome and fun!

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  10. Nikhila Joseph

    Thank you so much!!!! These are awesome!!! I work at a therapy center that’s stingy with the materials they provide for Special Ed and these will work great for my kids!!! God bless.

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  13. Kate

    What lovely, colourful and well thought out resources. I am working with an 8-9 year old who is struggling to read. These will really help make the sessions fun. Thank you so much for sharing.

    Kate

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    • Anna Geiger

      Just print the mats and give your child counters to cover the pictures that start with the digraph at the bottom of each mat. We like to use poker chips because they fit perfectly.

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