Learning Resources LER 5013 Setup, Letter Shake-Up, Can you See the Words?, Families of Words

Shake your way to early language skills! Egg carton games provide a fun, hands-on approach to learning. Students will enjoy shaking the eggs and finding a surprise inside! The following skills are covered in this activity set: letter recognition, beginning and ending sounds, word families, blends, sight words, pictures, rhyming, and early spelling. One blank card face is included to expand language lessons or customize a game for more challenging play.

Setup:

Insert a game card securely, ensuring the corners of the card are tucked into place. This will prevent the card from tearing during game play.

Note: Always use a wet-erase marker on cards. To ensure that a marker doesn’t leave a permanent mark, test it on the corner of a blank card. Use a damp cloth to erase. Cards will warp if saturated with water.

Letter Shake-Up

Skill: Letter recognition

Materials: One egg and one letter card

Insert the letter card of choice and one egg into the egg carton. Close the carton securely and shake. Open the egg carton and have the first player read the letter where the egg has landed. Pass the egg carton and continue play until each player has had a chance to read a letter. For extended practice, have each player say a word that starts with the letter.

Can you See the Words?

Skill: Sight words

Materials: One egg and a sight-word card Insert the sight-word card of choice and one egg into the egg carton. Close the carton securely and shake. Open the egg carton and have the first player read the sight word where the egg has landed. Pass the egg carton and continue play until each player has had a chance to read a sight word. For extended practice, have each player use the word in a sentence.

Families of Words

Skill: Word families

Materials: One egg and a word-family card Insert the word-family card of choice and one egg into the egg carton. Close the carton

securely and shake. Open the egg carton and have the first player read the word family where the egg has landed. Then the player must say a word that ends with the word family. Pass the egg carton and continue play until each player has had a chance to create a word. For extended practice, have each player say multiple words that start with the word family.

Rhyme Time

Skill: Rhyming words

Materials: One egg and the rhyming card Insert the rhyming card and one egg into the egg carton and close the carton securely before shaking it. Open the egg carton and have the first player name the word where the egg has landed. Then, have the player say a word that rhymes with the word they landed on. Discuss how the two words are similar. Pass the egg carton and continue play until each player has had a chance to rhyme a word. For extended practice, have each player create a short poem using the rhyming word.

Name that Picture

Skill: Beginning and Ending sounds

Materials: One egg and the picture card

Insert the picture card and one egg into the egg carton and close the carton securely before shaking it. Open the egg carton and have the first player name the picture where the egg has landed. Then, have the player state the beginning sound and ending sound by sounding out the word.

Letter Blender

Skill: Word blends

Materials: One egg and the blend card

Insert the blend card and one egg into the egg carton and close the carton securely before shaking it. Open the egg carton and have the first player read the blend where the egg has landed. Then, have the player state one word that uses the blend.