Embedded picture mnemonics are a research-based way to teach children about letters and the sounds they represent. They are letter cards with a picture of a key word embedded directly in a letter, such as the letter z made out of a zipper, or the letter r made out of a road. Research indicates that students learn letter-sound correspondences better when they are taught with embedded picture mnemonics (Ehri et al., 1984).
This series of videos has an explicit instructional routine, teaching students the key word, its first sound, and the letter that represents it. Formation of the letter is modelled using the narrative self-talk from the free program Printing Like a Pro developed by Dr. Jill Zwicker and Ivonne Montgomery.
Learn more at www.onlit.org, and don’t forget to like and subscribe!