Since children can already learn and name letters before they learn kindergarten, “they have an easier time learning to read than children who have not learned these skills.” (U.S. Department of Education) It is important that beginning children be able to recognize letters in familiar words, distinguish between lowercase and uppercase letters, and recognize the relationship between certain letters and sounds.
By encouraging children to recognize letters and not just singing “Alphabet Song” we prepare our children to read; and things at school. Here are some fun ways to help our children learn the alphabet.
1. Epistles from Days. Take direction from PBS Kids’ Sesame Street and teach one letter a day. Focus on activities, books, snacks or snacks and games on that day’s post. For example, if today’s letter of the day “M” serves milk, macaroni and cheese, muffins or other yummies and foods that start with the letter “M”.
There are many books that choose the letter “M” in those books about the moon, monkeys, coins, monsters, mice, Mexico, morals, mountains or measurements. Read the letter of the day from the books. For the letter “M” choose Goodnight Luna at Margaret Wise Brown There’s a Monster Under My Bed< /i> by James As for the book about everyone’s favorite monkey, Curious George by H.A. Rey.
2. Make temporary letters. There are many safe and fun ways to do literature with children. Either do the letter of the following day #1, or do parts or the whole alphabet. If you have alphabet cookie-cutters you can use them to eat cookies from a roll. Or use mason’s paste to make letters out of dough. Make permanent letters less drawn in the sand outside, or on a cookie sheet or a large plate covered with white rice Or some small dry beans.
3. Make permanent letters Cut large letters from various construction papers or bend them into shape using pipe cleaners< /a> or dyed. Either buy wooden letters or free letters from craft stores. Help yourself, boy, decorate the letter or paint it with/caro colors. Collect and decorate the whole alphabet to decorate a child’s room or playroom.
4. Read, Read, Read. Take the time to read with your children, either in the form of alphabet books or other children’s books. If small reading at home, be sure to visit the children’s section of your local library. It gives your child plenty of different reading books to introduce a greater variety of new words and phrases.
5. Flashcards. Or make your own Thermals on a piece of paper with letters, or related letters and images. Print out pre-made alphabet flashcards from Beginning Reading, or make animal flashcards at BillyBear4kids.com.
6. Store-Buy Mail. Magnetic letters on the cupboard are always a fun way for children to see the letters of the alphabet. Another alternative for younger children is foam sheets. Or: find the alphabet, a riddle made by early learners. You could also play with lettered tiles from the game scrabble.
7. Epistles to Colentes. Find workbooks or printable letter shapes from abcteach that children can color.
8. Every classroom in the world When you are a child, show the letters that are around. This could include license plates, signs, grocery store products, restaurant menus… the list is endless.
9. Games. Use two purchased or homemade flashcards to play the game match, sometimes called failure. Turn the letter and the child through two cards at a time to find a match. For the children, they do the smaller parts of the alphabet in different circles, so that the child is not overwhelmed by too many cards. Another game you can play indoors or outdoors is “I Spy”. Choose a letter and help your child identify everything in sight that starts with that letter.
10. Make your own Alphabet book. Use construction paper, a notebook or a three-ring binder to hold the pages. Each day or week, depending on your schedule, choose a new letter to work on. Write a letter neatly on paper. Have your child draw a picture of something that starts with that letter or look through the related pictures in the magazine.
Make learning the alphabet a fun part of the day by engaging children in a creative activity.
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- Print more free flashcards at www.abcteach.com Free letter resources: www.literacycenter.net
