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Milk cap spelling mats for short o words

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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!

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Phonics practice activity for short o

phonics practice activity 1 - the measured mom

I used this side with my preschooler.  He looked for the matching letters. Then I had him take off the caps and say 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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Filed Under: Spelling, CVC Words, Reading Tagged With: short o, word families, milk cap letters, first grade, kindergarten

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18 Comments

  1. 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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  2. 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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  3. 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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  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!

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  5. 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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  6. 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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  7. 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.

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna Geiger

      April 18, 2014 at 8:30 pm

      Thanks so much for pinning!

      Reply to this comment

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