Directions

Choose a vowel for the middle of the mat. Direct a student to stand on a certain letter petal. Then to move to the center and say the letter there. Then have them move to another petal you choose that makes a CVC word. Ask them to repeat the same letters but this time say their sounds as they move through the mat. Have them blend the sounds together to form the word. Spell the word together. E.g. “p-e-g- spells peg!”