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Christmas tree short-a words
Read simple short-a words on a drawn Christmas tree.
Let's play →
A little plan for play
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Paper and large child-appropriate crayons.
Age: 3–5 years; choose for the individual child.
Let's make it happen
- Draw a large Christmas tree and write cat, hat and mat inside it.
- Point to cat and say each sound slowly, then blend them together. Repeat with hat and mat.
- Circle the a in each word and decorate the tree with lines or stars.
Adult writes the words clearly, models their sounds and offers help without rushing.