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PSPKK123 April 15, 2014  •  17 Comments

Milk cap spelling mats for short o words

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When my boys need to work at spelling or sounding out words, it’s important to me that I find a phonics practice activity that’s both hands-on and interesting.

That’s why I created my first set of milk cap spelling mats for short a.  I took a break from those to create other materials for phonics practice – like my read ‘n stick mats and word family houses.

Today I’m back with another set of milk cap spelling mats – this time for short o.

free milk cap spelling mats for short o

You’ll need to collect a set of milk or bottle caps for this activity — or simply cut out paper circles with a large circle punch.  Write letters on the milk caps, or print my set of letters and create your own milk cap letters with a bottle of Mod Podge.  Here’s my tutorial which will tell you just how to do it and get you to the free patterns!

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Once you’ve got your letters ready, print my free 24 FREE mats (get them at the end of this post).  You can print just one side, or print them back to back.  One side of the mats has the letters for your child to match.

Phonics practice activity for short o

phonics practice activity 1 - the measured mom

I used this side with my three-year-old (almost four).  He looked for the matching letters. Then I had him take off the caps and read each sound as he placed the cap on the matching letter.  “/j/ /o/ /g/.  Jog.”

phonics practice activity 2 - the measured mom

My Five worked on the blank sides. He said the words slowly and found the correct letters.

phonics practice activity 3 - the measured mom

Since I had printed the mats back-to-back, he slid off the circles and turned each mat over for self-checking.

I hope you enjoy these!

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17 Comments

  1. Rachel Kaylynn

    April 15, 2014 at 8:32 am

    What a great resource – thanks for sharing! The idea of reusing milk caps is pretty brilliant too – perfect for little hands. Sharing over on my Pinterest boards.

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 18, 2014 at 8:30 pm

      Thanks so much for pinning!

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  2. Jodie @ Growing Book by Book

    April 15, 2014 at 10:11 am

    Such a great idea! Thanks for sharing!

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 18, 2014 at 8:30 pm

      You’re welcome, Jodie – thanks for checking it out!

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  3. Tiffiny

    April 15, 2014 at 2:19 pm

    Those are great! I’m going to pin for later.

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    • Anna Geiger

      April 18, 2014 at 8:31 pm

      Thank you for pinning, Tiffiny!

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  4. Dianna @ The Kennedy Adventures

    April 21, 2014 at 10:25 am

    My boys won’t be ready for this until next year, but I’m filing this away for them!

    Great to see you at The Thoughtful Spot!

    Reply to this comment
  5. Jill

    April 27, 2014 at 9:30 pm

    This is a fantastic idea! I am going to start saving our milk caps 🙂

    Thank you for stopping by the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop this week. We hope to see you drop by our neck of the woods next week!

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  6. Deceptively Educational

    April 27, 2014 at 10:30 pm

    I cannot wait to use these milk cap printables with my youngest when he’s ready. These are SUCH a great resource! Thanks for sharing, Anna!

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 1, 2014 at 7:36 pm

      Thank so much! 🙂

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  7. Debs

    April 30, 2014 at 1:25 am

    Thanks for the great free printables and for linking this fun activity with Tuesday Tots. I’m featuring it this week 🙂

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    • Anna Geiger

      May 1, 2014 at 7:36 pm

      I really appreciate the feature, Debs! Exciting that your linky is for all ages now. I was wondering what you were going to do as your daughter grew up…!

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