On Monday, September 13th, we started to use Zoo Phonics in the classroom.
Zoo Phonics is a way of teaching the sounds of the alphabet through body movements. The children make a motion for each of the sounds and associate the motion and sound with an animal's name. For example, Olive Octopus waves her arms and says the short 'o' sound. We learned the sounds in the order of the alphabet from a to z.
The best thing about Zoo Phonics is how excited the children are to learn the sounds and practice them. By the end of Monday, all of the students had learned all of the sounds, and they had lots of fun in the process!
Zoo Phonics will be a big part of the children learning to read - and they are already applying it to things like their names and this week's Bible memory verse!
I've included some pictures of the class practicing their sounds. Enjoy!
The children look like they are enjoying the zoo phonics concept!
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