A picture, empty boxes and letter tiles to cut out
Make a word building mat. Each row has a picture or a word and a row of empty boxes. At the bottom is a strip of letter tiles to cut out. Your child says the word, then builds it one sound at a time.
Your worksheet:
Building a word is spelling it by sound: say the word slowly, listen for each sound, and find its letter. It is the other side of sounding out, and each one helps the other.
With a picture alone, your child has to hear every sound without seeing the word. That is the harder job. With the word shown, it is a copy-and-build job for a child who is just starting.
In a word such as ship or duck, two letters make one sound. Choose one box for each sound and those letters share a box and a tile.
Yes. Choose “Type your own words” at the top of the word list. A word that has a picture in our library shows it; the others are printed as words.
No. Turn the tile strip off and use magnet letters, letter cards, or a pencil.
A picture is only used alone when a child would name it with that word. For the other words the word itself is printed.
Yes, with no sign-up and no limit.
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“Can read simple words but cannot spell them”
Hear It, Write It is a full 10-day plan, with a short video that shows you every step. The goal: on day 10 your child writes short words they have never practiced, every sound in the right order, and reads each one back to check it. It is the goal, not a promise.
