Nursery World - Initial sound tubs

Get your alphabet sorted with a simple and flexible activity using items you have to hand. Planned learning intention

Planned learning intention

To develop children's recognition of initial sounds.

Resources

Empty deli food tubs Permanent marker pen Various small items and plastic toys

Step by step

* Ask your local deli or supermarket for empty 250g tubs they use on the salad counter.

* Write a different letter of the alphabet (in lower case) with a permanent marker on the side of each tub.

* Gather a range of small plastic toys and items that will fit in the tubs, according to the letter they begin with. For example, in the 'b' tub you may have a badge, a balloon, a doll's bag, a toy bus; in the 'c' tub you may have a candle (from a birthday cake), a toy cow, a small toy car, a crayon.

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