*Can also do with shaving cream, gel, or any other tactile materials

(may also do with pencil and paper, but is more effective when pointer finger writes on tactile object)
Directions: When working in sand trays, the adult says the sound (/phoneme/),
child writes the various way to write the sound (grapheme).
Vowel Combinations:
What are the 3 ways to say the long /a/ sound ?
o ay
o ai
o a_e*

What are 3 (or 4) ways to say the long /i/ sound?
o igh
o i_e*
o ie
o y (on the end of a word)

What are 4 (or 5) ways to say the long /e/ sound?
o ea
o ee
o e_e*
o ey
o y (on the end of a word)

What are the 4 ways to say the long /o/ sound?
o oa
o oe
o ow
o o_e*



What are the 4 ways to say the /oo/ sound?
o oo
o ue
o u_e*
o ew

What are the two ways to say /oww/?
o ow
o ou

What are the three ways to say /errrr/?
o er
o ir
o ur

What are the two ways to say /oi/?
o oi
o oy

What are the two ways to say /awww/?
o aw
o au
Blends:
br, cr, dr, fr, gr, pr, tr, thr, shr, str, scr, spr,
bl, cl, fl, gl, pl, sl, spl, sc, sk, sm, sn, sp, st, squ, dw, sw, tw

Consonant le:
-ble,-dle, -fle, -gle, -ple, -tle, -zle, -kle, -cle
Digraphs:
Sh, ch, th, wh
Short vowels:
a, e, i, o, u