ABC Thumball

This ball is a perfect choice for teachers and parents. Encourage development of basic learning rules such as passing, rolling and taking turns. Associate letter symbols with their sounds. Access words with beginning sounds or increase complexity by requiring words from specific categories. Sound out letters and words and learn all the colors. "I spy with my little eye" is a perfect game for this communication thumball. Designed for sensory input, this 6" ball is soft and stuffed. It has 32 panels for responses. These balls received the Creative Child Seal of Excellence Award.

There are so many ways to teach
For players to develop and improve phonological skills (the basis for all literacy skill development) and word retrieval skills for maintenance and care of neurological functioning):
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Point to alphabet by letter name
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Verbally identify alphabet by letter name
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Verbally identify sound made by alphabet letter
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Copy alphabet letters onto paper
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Combine alphabet letters and sounds to form nonsense and real words Differentiate between consonant sounds and vowel sounds
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Differentiate between long vowel and short vowel sounds
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Generate words which begin or end with specific letter sounds
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Generate words within a category with specific beginning or ending letter sounds with increasing speed, accuracy and number of responses

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