Sound Hunt /j/ offers a powerful, engaging way to help your students connect sounds to words then sounds to print. It's visually rich, fun to use, and firmly grounded in research-proven practices that boost literacy outcomes.

"The most engaging and effective early literacy instruction taps into children's natural curiosity, encourages them to play with language and provides structured learning opportunities that allow them to discover how the alphabetic code works for themselves in a way that makes sense."

Invite your students to explore the busy picture and embark on a sound hunt. Can they find the jaguar, our /j/ sound mascot? What about the jet, the jungle gym, or the magician pulling tricks from a hat? Can they hear the /j/ sound in the middle of hedgehogs or oranges—and can they find the jam jar on the picnic table?

Extend the Learning

What other /j/ words can your students share with the class? How many ways did they discover how the /j/ sound is written in English?

Through Sound Hunts, students begin to see the diversity of the code—which empowers their writing and frees them to express more with the sounds and words they now understand.

Flexible for Tiered Instruction

This Sound Hunt /j/ is part of The Code Is the Key: Year 1 and is ideal for providing different levels of learning support. Read Unlocking literacy for every child for RTI alignment.