Name tracing worksheet
Type a name to repeat it in pale letters between writing guides.
Elkonin boxes
Elkonin boxes, or sound boxes: eight pictures to name, each with a box for every sound in its word, from egg with two sounds to rocket with five. Type your own words and how many sounds each has to make your own sheet.
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How to use them
Say the word slowly and push a counter into a box for each sound, from left to right. A sound can take two letters: sh in fish, ck in rocket and ea in leaf each fill one box. Once the sounds are sure, write the letters in the boxes.
Your own words
Type one word a line with its number of sounds, as ship | 3, for up to ten words. Count the sounds you hear, not the letters: ship has four letters and three sounds.
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