I’m all about anything that can make learning more fun, and colorful, and pretty…and involves paint…and a trip to the craft store ;o)

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Really this is another take on the Paint Chip Phonics game I made awhile back, but it is a little more hands-on and interactive to me. So here’s how to make it:

Supplies:

  • Wooden cubes from craft store
  • 3 Colors of Acrylic Paint
  • Foam paint brush
  • Sharpie

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Step 1: I left 3 of the blocks the natural wood color so my children would know which blocks are the beginning letters.

Step 2: Next I painted the remaining 6 blocks to be used for the ending sounds. I painted the same color on opposite sides of each block. Just make sure to let the sides dry enough to handle before moving onto the next color.

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Step 3: Write various ending sounds on each block. Since we’re learning 1 and 2 vowel words now, I went ahead and did both. I used random endings from the Paint Chip Phonics post (scroll to bottom for word list).

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Step 4: Put in a workbox and hope it looks enticing to the unsuspecting kindergartner-2nd grader about to play the game!

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Rules of the game: Roll the dice and then come up with as many words as you can, winner is the one with the most words! Since my children still need lines to be able to write legibly, I created a Word List worksheet just for this purpose:

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Happy Reading!

22 Comments

  1. Praise the Lord!!!!!!!!! Just last week I started teaching again after a 25 yr break… and searching the net found your site… I am a 63 yr old lady that has taken on the task of teaching a mother (48)/daughter (14) pair of verbal autistics manners, reading, math, and scripture. they are both at the pre/kindergarten stage of reading and this will be a bonus…. I have no funds to work with… my SS Ck is only $620 and that just squeeks by… I have made origamy boxes from paper and filled them with more paper (they are not able to break things if thrown but easilly replacible if trashed… lol…. Thanks of the idea!!!!!!. May God continuse to bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    GrannyPeck
  2. Praise the Lord!!!!!!!!! Just last week I started teaching again after a 25 yr break… and searching the net found your site… I am a 63 yr old lady that has taken on the task of teaching a mother (48)/daughter (14) pair of verbal autistics manners, reading, math, and scripture. they are both at the pre/kindergarten stage of reading and this will be a bonus…. I have no funds to work with… my SS Ck is only $620 and that just squeaks by… I have made origami boxes from paper and filled them with more paper (they are not able to break things if thrown but easily replaceable if trashed… lol…. Thanks of the idea!!!!!!. May God continue to bless you!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    GrannyPeck

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