Learning our sounds

Sean has been working really hard learning his sounds. In Montessori we learn the sounds a letter makes before the name of it. The idea is that we teach them to read before spell....make sense? And they learn the sounds out of order so they are not just memorizing the order. I wanted to add some fun to it and give him an incentive to master them. So we make these sound lollipops once he has mastered a sound. It is fun for both of us!

I print out letters on the computer in outline. Put that under waxed paper then all he has to do is fill in the outline with melted chocolate (in a baggie) and let it harden in the fridge for 10 minutes, and we have a yummy treat. While we are eating we talk about all the things that start with that sound.