Looking for a beginning sound printable activity/ centre to complement your schools synthetic phonics/ science of reading program? If yes, this resource will be perfect for you. Only put out the crayon boxes and crayon's that have the letter sounds that you have explicitly taught. It can be used as small group activity, assessment, intervention activity or as an early finisher task- the options are endless.

The beginning sound crayon boxes include:

• a- z sounds are included (x making the /ks/ sound is excluded).
• long and short vowels
• digraphs sh, ch and th

2 versions are included:

1. With sound symbols /_/ in all state fonts. The symbols are the same as those used in my phonics PowerPoints. These are not the IPA symbols but they are the symbols that many synthetic phonics/ science of reading schools are implementing.
2. Beginning sound only option (no sound symbols or text).

32 crayon boxes included (5 crayons for each box).

apple, alien

balloon

cake

diamond

egg, eagle

flag

golf

house

in, ice

jam

kiss

mountain

needle

orange, ocean

pumpkin

question

robot

snail

tent

up, unicorn

vet

worm

yoga

zip

cheese

shoe

thermometer

How to use:

1. Print the pages of this resource in colour on A4. Some people might prefer if this was printed 2 to a page to make them smaller to reduce the amount of colour printing! This can be done in printer settings but it depends on personal preference of size. This resource is PDF to make it easier for you to print 2 to a page, rather than in PowerPoint. This resource is not editable.

2. Laminate and cut this resource for longevity. Make sure you cut out each

crayon as the students will sort the crayons into the beginning sound

crayon box.

3. Play the game!

This game can be played individually, with a partner or in a small group.

It comes in 6 Fonts:

-Vic Cursive

-Sassoon

-NSW

-SA

-TAS

-QLD

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