It's possible that you're thinking of one of the following:
* Sound buttons: These are small, often colorful, markers or manipulatives used in some phonics programs to represent individual sounds. The buttons are usually labeled with the sound they represent and can be moved around to help children visualize the sound-letter correspondence.
* Phonics buttons: This could be a general term used for any kind of button or marker used in phonics instruction, including sound buttons, letter buttons, or even buttons representing whole words.
Here's how sound buttons, or any type of phonics buttons, can be used in instruction:
* Sound identification: Children can use buttons to represent the sounds in words, helping them break words down into their individual sounds.
* Blending sounds: Buttons can be used to help children blend sounds together to make words.
* Segmenting words: Children can use buttons to separate words into their individual sounds.
* Spelling words: Buttons can be used to help children spell words by representing the individual sounds in the words.
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