If the word was longer, he identified the beginning sound of the word and I showed him how to sound out the rest, running my finger along as I made each phonetic sound. As he turned each card over, we sounded out the name of the animal on the front if it was a short word (such as ‘pig’). To play, my son wanted to turn the cards over over so only the words on the back were showing. ✔ Click here to download Baby Animal Names Match Game from All About Learning. My son and I cut out the game together, and then placed ‘Mother’ at the top to form a column, and ‘Baby’ beside it to form a second column.
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In this matching game from All About Reading, your child will match animal babies with their mamas. Please see my disclosure policy for more information. ➡ Take a look at how we Use Match Games in Our Homeschool with a variety of ages and stages. This week, my 5 year old and I are practicing the words ‘mother’ and ‘baby’ while we play this Baby Animal Names match game from All About Reading! ➡ You can read about How I Teach Spelling in Our Homeschool, which is based on years of trial and error and lots of research!
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This phonics curriculum is extremely homeschool mom-friendly, and the preparation time is streamlined.Īll About Spelling and All About Reading both helped me as the homeschool teacher learn how to teach my children to phonics, which of course led to them spelling and reading. For years and years, All About Reading and All About Spelling were curriculum staples here at the Hill House.