Activities/LetterMatch
About Letter Match
Letter Match is an activity for introducing the Spanish vowels. It displays letters and images and associated sound files, such as 'A as in ave'. There are two modes:
- see a letter, then click on the corresponding picture
- see a picture, then click on the corresponding letter
(Also see AEIOU, I Can Read, and I Know My ABCs)
Where to get Letter Match
The Letter Match activity is available for download from the Sugar Activity Library: Letter Match
The source code is available on the Sugar Labs Gitorious server.
Using Letter Match
letter game
picture game
customization panel
Toolbars
- Activity toolbar
- change the activity name; add notes to the Sugar Journal
- Custom toolbar
- used to add new pictures and sounds
- Letter mode
- see a letter and choose a picture
- Picture mode
- see a picture and choose a letter
- Stop button
- exit the activity
- Load picture
- Load a new picture from the Sugar Journal
- Load sound
- Load a new sound from the Sugar Journal
- Letter entry
- Enter the letter of the alphabet associated with these pictures and sounds
- Add button
- Add the picture and image to the database
Learning with Letter Match
While far from contructionist, this activity does provide a mechanism for learning the alphabet.
Modifying Letter Match
As of Version 3, only a Spanish version is included. In order to add other languages, we need:
- audio recordings of the letter names
- audio recordings of the picture names
- perhaps additional pictures, in order ensure there is a picture for each letter of the alphabet
There is a language-specific database file maintained in ./lessons/??/alphabet.csv where ?? is the 2-digit language code. The format of the CSV file is:
| letter | word | color (#RRGGBB) | image file | sound file (image) | sound file (letter) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| R | (r)atón | #F08020 | raton.png | raton.ogg | r.ogg |
Extending Letter Match
It would, of course, be fun to let the learner add their own pictures and sound recordings.
Where to report problems
You are welcome to leave comments/suggestions on the Talk:Activities/LetterMatch page.
Credits
Letter Match was written and is maintained by User:Walter. He was inspired in part by the work of Maria Perez, Fundación Zamora Terán. Aneesh Dogra added the customization toolbar.