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Robot Digraph Scratch

February 16, 2017 by Emma Edwards Leave a Comment

Learning to read is a complex task. Just as your child masters single sounds we introduce digraphs – where two letters make one sound. Digraphs are sounds such as sh/ ch/ th and ee. Although Adam can name digraphs when they are list, he doesn’t always spot a digraph when it is hidden in a word. I wanted to devise an activity where he had to locate the digraphs within a word. After the success of our Snowman Sight Word Scratch activity I decided to use our scratch off stickers to make Robot Digraph Scratch.

Robot Digraph Scratch

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Resources needed to make Robot Digraph Scratch

* Card – we used yellow, green, red and white card

* Black Felt Tip Pen

* Black pen

* Scissors

* Jolly Phonics Word Book (optional)

* Scratch Off Stickers

* Coin

How to make Robot Digraph Scratch

I decided to use the activity to focus on six digraphs that Adam doesn’t always recognise. You can use which ever digraphs your child needs to work on.

1. Draw a simple robot shape onto card. Cut out the robot and use it as a template to create six robots on white card. Use a black felt tip pen to outline the robots and a black pen to add eyes and a mouth. Write each digraph in the middle of the robot. We focused on ai/ ea/ oa/ er/ oi/ and ou.

Digraph Robots

2. Use the same robot template to create as many robots as you wish. I used red, green and yellow card to make 30 robots. Outline the robots using the black felt tip pen and a black pen to add eyes and a mouth.

Robot reading aid

3. I used our Jolly Phonics Word Book to decide which words for use for each diagraph. I wanted the words to only contain one digraph. We used the following words:

ai – rain, jail, tail, afraid, paint

ea – meat, beat, heap, cream, team

oa – boat, goal, toad, float, soap

er – fern, hotter, winter, river, number

oi – coin, boil, foil, point, join

ou – out, loud, sour, count, found

4. Cover up each word with a Scratch Off Sticker.

5. Cut around each robot so you are ready to play the game.

How to play Robot Digraph Scratch

I placed the six white digraph robots in a line and positioned the scratch sticker robots underneath. I gave Adam a 2p coin.

Practice digraphs

Adam used the coin to scratch away the surface of the sticker. This developed Adams fine motor skills and his hand muscles. After lots of rubbing he revealed the hidden word underneath.

Scratch and read digraphs

Adam sounded out the word and blended the sounds together to read the word. He had to identify the digraph hidden in the word and find its matching robot. Adam then placed the colourful robot above the white digraph robot. He continued the game with another robot.

Matching digraphs

Watch the Robot Digraph Scratch activity in action:

Adam loved the anticipation of trying to work out the hidden word. As he rubbed away the sticker he revealed more of the word.

Digraph reading

As I made so many robots the activity will last for some time. The same activity could be used to identify trigraphs (three letters that make one sound) or even split digraphs.

Robot play activities

Be sure to check out these other brilliant Robot play activities:

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Name Puzzle Robot // Still Playing School

Robot Coloring Matching Clip Cards // Modern Preschool

Robot Sensory Writing Tray // Fun-A-Day!

Beginning Blends Robot Puzzles // Mom Inspired Life

Robot Preposition Posters // Liz’s Early Learning Spot

Free Robot Bingo // Powerful Mothering

Robot Sums of Ten Puzzles // The Kindergarten Connection

Counting with Robots // Teach Me Mommy

Robot Subtraction Cards // The STEM Laboratory

Robot Coverall Game // Recipe for Teaching

Robot CVC Word Puzzles // A Dab of Glue Will Do

Robot Reading Buddy // Play and Learn Every Day

Robot Beginning Digraph Puzzles // Letters of Literacy

Robot Digraph Scratch // Adventures and Play

Robot Rhyming Mats // Fairy Poppins

Robot Addition Cards // Playdough to Plato

Robot Pattern Task Box Activities // My Creative Inclusion

Robot Beginning Sound Match // Sara J. Creations

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