Fun Vocabulary Activities for Young Learners
Letter knowledge, phonological and phonemic awareness are very important skills for young learners to develop in order to achieve reading readiness.
Using designed engaging activities, children can improve their skills in:
- recognizing the letters of the alphabet and distinguishing similarities and differences between symbols
- corresponding letters with their correct sounds
- recognizing both uppercase and lowercase letters
- forming and tracing letters
- listening and identifying the various sounds in spoken words as well as the differentiation between sounds
- identifying words that begin with a specific letter sound
- understanding rhyming either in the form of picture cards or words
Below, you can find a list with 10 joyful vocabulary activities for students at the Pre-k to 2nd grade level:
1. Collect the right uppercase or lowercase letters with Over the Galaxy!
Practice recognizing and collecting the correct uppercase or lowercase letters.
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2. Recognize and choose uppercase letters with U-Paint!
Practice identifying and collecting the correct uppercase letters.
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3. Practice auditory memory with letters in the Melody Tree!
Match the letters that you hear correctly to make pairs. Train auditory memory and linguistic development with sounds from various categories.
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4. Practice rhyming with Yeti Jump!
Demonstrate understanding of spoken words, syllables and sounds (phonemes) by identifying the image that rhymes with the given one.
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5. Match the words with the rhyming pictures with Tikka Bubble!
Demonstrate the understanding of spoken words by connecting the words that rhyme with each other.
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6. Identify short words based on their beginning sound with Marvy Learns!
Demonstrate an understanding of word relationships and nuances in word meanings.
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7. Identify the first letter in a cvc word with Lexis!
Practicing spelling with CVC (consonant, vowel and consonant sound) words from various conceptual categories.
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8. Practice words spelling with Trekins!
Practicing spelling with words of different length and from various conceptual categories.
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9. Find the opposite adjectives or verbs with UnBoxIt!
Demonstrate understanding of frequently occurring words by matching them to their opposites (antonyms).
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10. Form letters with ZokoWrite!
Improve the ability to write uppercase and lowercase letters according to the stroke order with accuracy.
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