The Word Build close-up

First we had to sort the letters (foamy type that I bought in a bulk bag) and get them back into the fishing tackle boxes I bought a few years back to store em in. We only needed enough in there to build a few words, and sentences at a time...the rest will remain in the ziplock bag for future use.
Then the child (in this case, my boy) lays out the cards with the pictures-then builds the words. These are 3 letter ones, but I will make ones with 4-6 letters for him to build. I am finding that he is missing some of the sounds at times, so this will be a great visual, tactile and auditorial work for him. He enjoyed it.





I instructed him on how to do it (its been a long time since he has done this and didn't remember it), how to sound out and place letters below. Hew was also informed, that before he puts the stuff away, he needs to find me to check his work. This is a standard rule for this project (as I will load the workboxes with them several times per month)-he should be able to do them alone now, unless he doesn't know what the picture is suppose to be...until check time. This is a great work for 4-up, esp. if your child is struggling with the spelling/reading. This should not take more than 15 mins., yet cements the process easily and meets most learning styles.