Paint chip phonics...my way

I first saw paint chip phonics on The Snail's Trail. I loved the idea and immediately decided I needed to get to the store ASAP to get some paint chips. After using them her way for a few weeks, I decided to tweak the system to make it work better for us.

This is how I tweaked it. I used the paint chips with the square cut-out for the endings/word families. Then for each word family card, I made strips (printed on colored paper, laminated, & cut into strips) with the letters & blends that made real words. Then I hole-punched the corners & put them on rings (each vowel on it's own ring).

So here's a few pics...

Sorted on rings by vowel groups


One complete set (this is the -am family set)


The set "in use"