Here are the learning objectives for
the 8 skill areas that are covered in Leap Into Phonics.
Each skill area has several activities that teach that
skill. Below are screen shots and descriptions of some of
the 26 activities.
Each activity has a demonstration at
the beginning, so the child can learn how to play the
activity, and the demo can be skipped if the child already
knows how to play.
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 Environmental
Sounds
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Activity
#1:
What Makes This Sound?
The child
clicks on the object that makes the
sound.
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Activity
#2:
First/Middle/Last Game
The child
hears 3 sounds then clicks on the objects he hears
first, middle, and last.
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Learning
Objective:
To acquaint the child with sound in four
environments (farm, city, neighborhood, kitchen)
and develop auditory memory.
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Activity #3:
Listening to the rhyme.
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Activity #4
and #5:
Read along and word awareness.
The child
cvan read along as the rhyme is read, and then the
child must click on each word after it is
said.
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 Nursery
Rhymes
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Learning
Objective:
The child will hear and understand words as
separate units of speech and develop awareness of
concepts of print. (Also includes Hey Diddle
Diddle, Humpty Dumpty, and Jack & Jill)
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 Rhyming
Games
(Oddity Tasks)
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Activity
#7:
Silly Questions
The child
sees two pictures that rhyme. She then hears a
question and clicks on the appropriate picture. Ex:
What do you put on your finger?
A Ring or a King?
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Activity
#8:
Rhyme Time
The child
clicks on the pictures that rhyme.
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Learning
Objective:
To hear and identify rhyming words, understand
words as separate units of speech, and develop
auditory memory.
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Activity #10:
Word Parts
The child
hears a word. As it is repeated in syllables, the
child is asked to identify the number of
syllables.
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Activity
#11:
Rhyme Time
The child
hears a word that is pronounced as separate sounds,
with each sound highlighting a bar on the
xylophone. The child can then click on the
xylophone to hear these sounds.
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 Parts
of Words
(Word Splitting)
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Learning
Objective:
To develop a sense of syllables in words and
perceive separate sounds in words
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