Those of you who use nonsense words to teach phonics

[wyomingowl]

Is there a book of these words or do you just make them up?

 

I could use some. :) Thanks

[Matryoshka]

I believe ABeCeDarian uses nonsense words.

[Aurelia]

Our phonics program has some, and I made some up on my own.

[LizzyBee]

We are using Barton Reading and Spelling, which includes plenty of nonsense words. But you could easily make them up yourself.

[Lovedtodeath]

How to Teach Spelling has a ton of them in each spelling lesson.

[wyomingowl]

APpreciate it. I know I could make them up as I go but I don't seem to be able to on the spot.

SHeila

[Lovedtodeath]

This search might help.

[Charles Wallace]

When my dd was younger, here's what we did:

 

We took a cookie sheet and a bunch of magnet alphabet letters. I'd pick out a consonant and a vowel (let's say -AT), and line them up, run my fingers under them, and say, "Aaaaaah tttt. AT."

 

Then, I'd have DD pick a consonant and I'd place it in front of the word, then say the word. Dat, cat, lat, qat, sat, kat...you get the picture.

 

Then, I'd take a different letter and put it at the end, then have DD pick consonants and put them at the ends of the word...dat, dan, dak, dal, daq, and so forth.

 

We'd do this until she got bored. It seemed to work pretty well, and she liked the "see-what-happens-when-I-change-it" aspect of the game.

[Lovedtodeath]

Ah, yes. We did something similar. We would play with scrabble tiles and the only rule was to have a single vowel in the middle. We would take turns building and reading the words.