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Initial sounds bingo

A game to develop children's recognition of initial sounds. Key learning objective

Key learning objective

Communication, language and literacy

Resources

Home-made bingo cards, coloured counters, marker pens, soft material bag, letters of the alphabet

Step by step

* Make bingo cards with five rows and four columns. Shade ten random boxes with a black marker pen. Write a selection of letters of the alphabet in the other ten boxes, remembering to use lower-case letters.

* Write each letter of the alphabet (lower-case) on small individual pieces of card. Place these pieces of card or lower-case magnetic letters in the soft material bag.

* Give each child in the group a bingo card.

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