Spelling Dictation

Age
4-6.

Materials

 * Movable alphabet.
 * Rug.

Presentation

 * 1) Directress places the rug on the floor and Movable alphabet box on the top right hand corner of rug.
 * 2) Tell the child that he's going to make words using these letters.
 * 3) Give child a word, "mat" then sound out the word: "m"  "a"   "t"  and repeat word "mat".
 * 4) Child listens to word and spelling, then begins to find the letters from the box and place them on the rug (top left hand corner).
 * 5) Directress guides the child in finding each letter by repeating the sound; (ie., "mat" --"m", child takes "m" and places it on the rug; "a", child places "a" on rug; "t", child finds "t"  and places it on the rug.
 * 6) Call out all words in this procedure. Child listens to words and spelling of sounds only.

Control Of Error
The directress.

Purpose

 * Indirect preparation for reading and writing.
 * To develop ability to isolate sounds in a given word.
 * Provide practce in combining isolated sounds to make words.

Variation
After a while child is able to sound out or spell words and place them on the rug without the help of the directress. Encourage the child to copy these words in a small writing booklet.