Beginning sounds are what your students will say, hear, and identify in these colorful bubblegum balls.  They will have balls of fun matching beginning gumball sounds for b,c,d,f,g,h,j,k,l,m, and n to the correct gumball machine.  This is a Phonics (letter-sound correspondence) activity.

Your students will fly high with this fun activity where they will match the upper case Mommy Butterflies with their lower case baby butterflies.  This is a Phonics (matching upper and lower case letters) activity.

Number words are the focus of this center. Students will recognize the number words one through ten by matching numbers and number sets. This is a Vocabulary activity.

In this center, students will help each dog find her correct short vowel bones.  This is a Phonics (word study - short vowel sort) activity.

How much fun can your students have at a literacy center that finding rhyming words while playing a concentration game????  This is a Phonological Awareness (rhyme recognition) skill.

A tasty treat will be revealed as your students place an illustrated short vowel ice cream scoop onto the correct short vowel ice cream cone.  This is a Phonics (word study - short vowels) activity.

Three's a charm and your students will agree as they identify beginning sounds for p,q,r,s,t,v,w,y, and z in this center.  This is a Phonological Awareness (phoneme matching) and a Phonics (letter-sound correspondence) activity.

Your students will become familiar with onset/rime through matching picture and word puzzle pieces together.  This is a Phonological Awareness (phoneme matching) and a Phonics (letter-sound correspondence) activity.