Hey Baby! Our Baby unit is nothing to cry about (pun totally intended)! Below you will find a language activity that will bottle-feed phonological awareness knowledge to young students about the importance of the usage of compound words!
Subjects: Language Arts: Identifying and matching compound word pairings.
Math: Creating baby bottle puzzles through use of matching animal shapes and parts of a whole.
How to Make: Create a bottle shape using an electronic die cut machine such as the Cricut or a coloring page. Using a word processing program, write easy compound words such as rainbow leaving space in between the two words for easier dissection of the words using scissors. Cut out the words in strips using scissors. Dissect the two sections of the word by cutting in between the two words. Glue the two words onto the bottles leaving space in between the words. Cut the bottles in half using scissors. Glue small die cut shapes to both halves of the bottles to make it easier for your students who have not yet begun to read.
How to Play: During circle time, explain to the students that compound words are two small words that are put together in order to make a new word. Give examples of compound words such as sun + flower. Continue the lesson by putting half of a compound word bottle in the middle of the circle. Then place two of the ending compound words next to it. Ask the students which compound words go together such as fire (fighter) or (case). Help the students who find this activity challenging by asking them to match the animals found on the bottles. Continue the game until each student has had a turn or the students’ attention spans have waned.
Extension: Have older students create a compound word word list.
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