Digraph Boxes

Digraph Boxes
Language - Writing
Level	Primary
Age	4.5
Prerequisites	Double Sandpaper Letters
Materials	two boxes of letters in different colors

This activity teaches the child about English digraphs, sounds that are made with two letters.

Presentation

1. Take the digraph boxes to a mat.

   

2. Take the two letters of the digraphs out of the first box. Hold them together, one in each hand, to emphasize that they are a unit.

   

3. Place the letters together on the mat.

   

4. Think of a word that begins with that phonogram. Use the other color of letters to make the rest of the word.

   

5. Think of a word that ends with that phonogram.

   

6. Make other words with that phonogram as long as the child shows interest.

   

Further Reading

• Teaching Montessori in the Home: The School Years by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, pages 112, 130-131