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Recognizing the Letters
of the Alphabet

compare the letter A with different fonts

Using charming books that will capture your child's interest, you'll both have fun reading the stories together. Books like: Silly Sally, Hop on Pop Book & CD, and Green Eggs and Ham.


Recognizing the Letters


Materials:
Bottle tops for plastic milk cartons or water bottles

  1. Reading books that play with the sounds through rhyme or in word families will help your child experience word play.
  2. Having the book on a CD or tape allows your child to play it over and over again. Soon he will have the book memorized but he will still enjoy the word play.
  3. A game you can play after reading the book and the float and sink activity is bobbing for letters. It is like bobbing for apples but a lot more hygienic and still fun.
  4. You'll need to collect the tops off milk cartons, tops of water bottles or anything small that will float. For introducing the game, you can start with 10 tops. You'll want to put the letter "a" in lower case and upper case letters on some of the tops and the rest of the tops could be blank or used for number, shape or color recognition.
  5. Using a small wading pool or a bucket, put enough water so the tops will float.
  6. Explain that he will be going on a treasure hunt.
  7. When he picks a top out of the water, he must tell you what is on it.
  8. If he picks out an "a" he must move like an alligator or something that starts with the letter "a". Come up with the animal and the movement with your child before starting.
  9. If he picks a number, he must hop as many times as is on the top or whatever you would like him to do.
  10. If he picks a color, he must tell you what color it is and something else that is the same color.
  11. If he pick a shape, he must find something around him that is that shape or make the shape with his body. You will want to model how he could make the shapes with his body. For example: a circle could be made with his arms, a square with his fingers or legs, a triangle with his legs and the floor, etc.
  12. This game can be adapted to fit your child's needs. If he is struggling with a number or letter shape, making it with his body is fun and uses different muscles to create it, which will help your child retain the information.
  13. More letters can be written on the tops when your child is ready. This game can be a great way to reinforce skills and work on new ones.

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Assessment

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This will be on ongoing assessment. As your child learns letter sounds and starts playing with them, he will become more confident in his abilities.


October 18, 2008

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