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Students become sound detectives! Give them small whiteboards or papers. Say a word, and students write down the number of phonemes (sounds) they hear. For advanced practice, they can write the specific sounds. Make it competitive by awarding points for correct answers. This reinforces phoneme segmentation skills from Heggerty.

Variation: Use picture cards and have students identify beginning, middle, or ending sounds.

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Create a movement-based activity where students stand in a circle. Choose a word family (e.g., -at). Students take turns saying a word that rhymes (cat, hat, rat) while doing a specific movement (clap, stomp, jump). If a student can't think of a rhyming word or repeats one, they sit down. Last student standing wins! This activity reinforces rhyming skills from Heggerty.

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Set up 4-5 stations for practicing letter formation:
1. Play-doh or clay station for molding letters
2. Sand tray for finger writing
3. Water painting on construction paper
4. Whiteboard practice
5. Letter building with manipulatives (popsicle sticks, pipe cleaners)

Rotate students through stations every 5-7 minutes. This multi-sensory approach reinforces Saxon letter formation rules.

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Place large letter cards or sound cards in a line on the floor. Call out a word, and select a student to hop from sound to sound, saying each phoneme as they land on it. For example, for 'cat': hop on /k/, hop on /a/, hop on /t/. This kinesthetic activity reinforces both Heggerty phoneme segmentation and Saxon phonics patterns.

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Give each student a strip with 3-5 boxes (depending on skill level) and small manipulatives (buttons, chips, etc.). Say a word, and students push one manipulative into each box as they say each sound in the word. This can be used with both Heggerty phoneme segmentation and Saxon phonics practice.

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Divide class into teams. Give each team a set of letter cards. Call out a word, and teams must work together to build the word using their cards. First team to correctly build the word gets a point. This reinforces Saxon phonics patterns and spelling rules.

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Use a puppet or wand as a 'magic tool.' When you wave it, students change one sound in a word to make a new word. Example: 'The word is cat. Wave the wand - change /k/ to /b/. What's the new word?' (bat). This reinforces Heggerty phoneme manipulation skills.

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Create matching cards with Saxon phonics patterns (such as digraphs, blends, or vowel teams). Play memory match games in small groups. For younger students, match letters to pictures. For older students, match words with the same phonics patterns.

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Create sorting centers where students categorize pictures or words based on specific sounds (beginning sounds, vowel sounds, or ending sounds). Use pocket charts, sorting mats, or labeled containers. This can be used to reinforce both Heggerty phonological awareness and Saxon phonics concepts.

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Hide word cards around the classroom. Give students specific phonics patterns to hunt for (e.g., words with 'sh', words with long 'a'). Students record their findings on a recording sheet. Make it collaborative by having pairs work together. This reinforces Saxon phonics patterns in an engaging way.

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Students sit in a circle with various percussion instruments or just their hands for clapping. Say a word, and students tap/clap the syllables together. Add complexity by having students identify the number of phonemes in each syllable. This combines Heggerty syllable awareness with phoneme awareness.

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Create a game board with spaces containing different phonics patterns from Saxon. Students roll a dice, move their piece, and must read a word containing the phonics pattern they land on. Include 'shortcut' spaces and 'challenge' spaces to make it more exciting. Can be played in small groups during center time.