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Jumping the Letter Name

Have your student begin on START HERE. Have them jump on each letter while saying the name of the letter. Be sure that they say the name of the letter correctly. Tell them the name of the letter if your student doesn’t immediately recognize the letter.

Jumping the Pictures

Have your student begin on START HERE. Have them jump on each picture while saying the name of the picture. Be sure that they say the name of the picture correctly. Tell them the name of the picture if they do not immediately recognize it.

Jumping the Letter Sounds

Have your student begin on START HERE. Have them hop on each letter while saying the sounds each letter makes.

The Alphabet Hop

This activity is a combination of the first three activities. Have your student begin on START HERE. Have them hop on the letter A and say “a, apple, ahhh, ahhh, ahhh.” Then hop to the B and say “b, ball, bbb bbb bbb” (letter sound three times). Continue on to all letters of the alphabet.

Vowel Hopping the Letter Name

Have your student begin on START HERE. Choose a vowel that is represented on the mat. Have your student walk up the side of the mat looking for that vowel. When they find it, have them hop on it and say the letter. Repeat the activity using all of the vowels.

Vowel Hopping the Letter Sound

Have your student begin on START HERE. Repeat the above activity, having your student say the vowel sound.

Vowel Hopping the Pictures

Have your student begin on START HERE. Repeat the above activity, having your student say the vowel picture name.

Consonant Hopping the Letter Sound

Have your student begin on START HERE. This time, choose a consonant on which to focus the game. Repeat the above activity, having your student say the consonant sound.

Consonant Hopping the Pictures

Have your student begin on START HERE. Repeat the above activity, having your student say the consonant picture name.

Bean Bag Fun

Have your student toss a bean bag on the mat. Have them hop on the mat up to the bean bag, pick up the bean bag, and say the name of the letter, the name of the picture, and the letter sound(s) three times.