Pound the Sound: a sensory sound game for preschoolers

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In my last post, I shared about Preschool Hammer Practice using common household items. Today, we're going to extend the activity by adding some letter sound practice!

Prep your materials:

Using a marker, write letters on your piece of styrofoam. You can choose target letters that you are working on, or write the entire alphabet, that's up to you.

Ideas for Play:

• Say a letter name. Have your child find the letter and "pound their golf tee into the letter.
• Say a letter sound. Have your child "pound" their golf tee into the letter that makes that sound.
• Say a word. Have your child "pound" their golf tee into the letter that begins with that sound.
• Say a word. Have your child "pound" their golf tee into the letter that ends with that sound.
• Use a set of beginning/ending sound picture cards. Your child will draw a card from the pile and "pound" the corresponding sound.

Math Ideas~ I could totally see this working for numbers, too! {It was just more fun to have a catchy name like "Pound the Sound."}

• Say a number. Have them find it and "pound" the number.
• Math Facts! Have them "pound" the answer.

Jonah absolutely LOVED this. I always try to use different words when we practice sounds. I want to ensure he's really paying attention to the sound, not just memorizing certain words that I use over and over. So, I pull out really random things...which results in giggles all around. All that to say, get creative and have fun!

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