• Have students use letter tiles or small objects to represent the phonemes in a word.
  
  
• Ask students to pronounce a word. Then ask them to repeat the same word without one of the sounds. Begin by having them delete the initial consonant sound and conclude by having them delete the final consonant sound.
  
  
• Using a large rubber band as a visual, stretch it as you slowly pronounce a particular word. Instruct the students to pretend to stretch a rubber band when they pronounce words to identify the individual phonemes or sounds.
  
  
• Use magnetic letters or colored chalk or markers to visually differentiate segments of words by syllables.
  
  
• After students have been introduced to word families, construct manipulatives such as word wheels or flip books to create various words.