Letter Sound Twister: Idea #87

Are you looking for ways to motivate your child over the holiday break? Why not try teaching them how to play Letter Sound Twister? This game should be played with more than one person, so please invite others to come play with your student.

Here is what you do:

1. Preparation before playing: Choose 4 letter sounds your student needs to practice.

2. Write on your twister board and mat the different letter sounds. For example, if you choose: E, I, G, and Q, write each letter on a different color dot. You would write E on all the red dots, I on all the green dots, G on all the yellow dots, and Q on all the blue dots.

3. Now that the preparation is done, you can start playing. The only difference in playing Letter Sound Twister is when you spin the dial to a certain letter, everyone playing must think of one thing that begins with that sound. If someone can't think of something, they are out of the game.

4. If you spin and it lands on the yellow dot for the letter G, all players must tell you a word that begins with that letter sound. They should all be different things. Proper nouns are okay. Then they must move their hand or foot to the correct location.

5. The first player to fall down or to not think of a word that begins with the letter sound, looses the game.

I hope your student enjoys this active game!