I decided to ask about this topic after seeing the response to the question regarding phonics instruction in eikaiwas. (https://www.reddit.com/r/teachinginjapan/s/r9vc5N1rzc). I’m new to Reddit so apologies if this is not the proper way to continue the discussion.
Anyway, I wanted to ask what games you usually use for phonics instruction (or even to practice target language). What are your kids’ favorites or your go to games? Class size is probably about 6-8 kids, age range 4-7.
Some activities I do, which I’m sure you already know:
1. Cup Tower : kids get flashcards from a pile, say the word, and make a tower using paper cups. I use it for vocabulary review.
2. Sorting Activity : Phoneme Cards are lined up on one side of the room, vocab cards on another side. Kids get a vocab card, say the word, and place it under the correct phomeme car.
3. Read/Say and Draw: I write a VC blend, kids read it aloud, ->CVC/CVCC/CVCVC word, kids read it aloud, then draw the word (e.g. at, cat)
4. Look and Write: Opposite of the above. I draw something and the kids write the word in their notebooks or on the whiteboard.
Looking forward to sharing of ideas. Thank you. 🥳🥳
by Akito1080