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Level of phonemic awareness: Phoneme

Specific PA level skill: Segmenting Phonemes

Materials needed: Colored tape, desk area/space, notecards with words on them, white board

Description: The students will form tape bubbles, and use these tape bubbles as they are practicing 3 phoneme word segmentation. They will be given words and based off of the words provided or given to by the teacher they will stick a piece of tape on the desk in front of them when they hear a sound as they segment the words given. This will allow them to visualize the segmenting of words as they are hearing the sounds.

I DO: I will go over with the students as a class, some of the 3 phoneme words and we will tap them out together. This will be good practice for the students as we go further into the activity. I will hold up the index cards, examples of these are Dig, Hit, Bat, Bug, Chin, Pig. These six will be a good warmup for the students to do it on their own.

WE DO: As a class we will start to come up with four phoneme words. As a tale group the students will start to come up with words they think have four phonemes in them. I will again walk around and help them as well as observe what words they are coming up with.

YOU DO: The students will get a strip of tape and will form their own tape bubbles, based on our learning of 3 phoneme words they will come up with as many as possibly on their own using the tape bubbles to sound out the word. I will be walking around when this is going on and making sure students are staying on task and doing the words on their own.

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Morgan Austin- Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Phonemes

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Morgan Austin- Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Phonemes

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Phonemic Awareness: Phonemes

PA Level Skill: Segmenting Phoneme

List of Materials: Teacher and students

Description of Steps:

1. In whole group instruction, the teacher will have students stand in their assigned spot on the carpet.

2. The teacher will then explain to them that they will be breaking words down by the phoneme or sound while doing body movements.

3. Tell the students they will be making the sounds for each body part as they go down the body. The first phoneme, you will touch your head, the second phoneme touch your shoulders, third phoneme touch your knees, and fourth phoneme touch your toes.

4. The teacher will model the phoneme order by doing “Head, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes”.

5. Model to the students an example, the teacher will say the word cat, the teacher then will touch her head and make the /c/ sound, her shoulders for /a/, and knees for /t/.

6. The students will then do a word with you to make sure everyone understands what is being asked.

7. Give students a word

8. Have the students repeat back the word

9. Have students do the phoneme segmentation while doing “Heads, Shoulders, Knees, and Toes.”

10. Repeat steps 7-9

11. Make corrections if necessary. See steps 5 and 6 for corrections.

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Syllable Segmentation

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https://www.totschooling.net/2018/02/syllables-popcorn-sorting-activity.html

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Katelin Williams: Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plan (Blending Phonemes) 

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Katelin Williams: Phonemic Awareness Lesson Plan (Blending Phonemes) 

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Katelin Williams:

Lesson 2

Level of Phonemic Awareness: Phonemes

PA Level Skill: Blending Phonemes

Activity Description: Unifix Cubes Activity; The student and I will practice blending our sounds with unifix cubes. I will give the student a word with three sounds, such as dog. The cubes will already be separated, but the student must figure out how to blend the sound (with my help). For example, there will be three cubes on the table and we will first separate the word d/ o/ g/. The first sound will be “d”, the second sound will be “o”, and the third sound will be “g”. The student will say each sound by moving or pointing at the cubes and will blend the sounds together to form a word.

Materials: Unifix Cubes

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Level of phonemic awareness: Onset-Rime

Specific PA Level skill: Identifying Rhyme

Materials:

Laminated picture cards. These picture cards should have at least 3 rhyming matches to them.

Scissors to cut smaller cards out

Description of steps:

I say: Today we are going to be learning about onset-rime. Remember, when words rhyme they have the same sound, usually with only a one or two letter difference. For example, we can say cat and bat rhyme because they share the same ending sounds.

Say cat *class repeats*, now say remove the “c” and replace it with “b” *kids say bat.

In this activity, we will be focusing on categorizing words that rhyme by sorting them onto our neat rhyme cards.

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1. Level of Phonemic Awareness: Onset-Rime

2. Specific Phonemic Awareness Level Skill: Identifying Rhyme

3. Materials:

1. Picture cards of simple words (different and similar rimes)

4. Description of Steps:

1. Talk about how for words to rhyme, they must have the same sounding rime. Ask them if they remember what rime is.

2. Work two examples of identifying rhyme in words (cat and mat, mug and log)

3. Work two examples by asking the students if they think the words rhyme (pop and bop, shop and bump)

4. Separate pairs of rhyming cards into two stacks facing down.

5. Students work in pairs, one student turns over a card from each stack.

6. That student names the pictures.

7. If the cards rhyme, the student says “rhyme time” and keeps the pair. If the cards do not rhyme, the student returns the cards randomly in each stack.

8. Student two takes their turn.

9. Continue working back and forth until all matches are made.

5. Photos:

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Phonemic Awareness Level: Syllables
Specific PA Level Skill: Syllable Blending
List of Materials to Use for the PA Activity:
Manipulative Cubes
Descriptions of the steps in Activity :
The objective of this lesson is for students to understand that syllables are sounds, and understand that syllables combine to form words.
This activity is designed to enhance student awareness of syllables and increase students understanding that syllables are sounds through using manipulatives to model the syllables.
This activity is designed to boost students' understanding that syllables combine to form words by utilizing manipulatives to demonstrate how syllables combine to form words.
In this activity, students will use manipulatives to demonstrate that syllables combine to form words.
The teacher will place a handful of manipulative cubes on each table.
The lesson will begin with the teacher reviewing syllables.
The teacher will remind the students about syllables:
Syllable: a word or part of a word pronounced as a unit.
Each syllable contains only one vowel sound.
The teacher will remind the students that blending is a phonological awareness skill.  The teacher will remind the students that blending is a skill in which students listen to a word broken into syllables, and are able to combine the syllables to form a word.
The teacher will instruct the students, “Students, look at your manipulative cubes, pick up two manipulative cubes. We will use these cubes to represent syllables. When we say a syllable, touch and hold a cube for each syllable, when we combine the syllables, connect the cubes. Notice that the two cubes combine to make a bigger cube. This is exactly what happens when we combine syllables. When we combine two syllables, they form a word.
The teacher will tell the students, “Let’s practice blending syllables together. Students, I want you to use the manipulative cubes to represent the syllables. Use one cube per syllable. When we say the syllables combined, slide the cubes together and connect the cubes. Students, I want you to notice how the cubes fully connect and make a new shape. In the same way, when we combine syllables, the syllables form words.
Let’s blend some syllables together for practice, using a cube to represent each syllable, and putting the cubes together when you combine the syllables to form a word.
If I say the sounds /-c/   /-ow/, those sounds blend to make what word?
The teacher says /-c/ and  grabs one cube; the students repeat the teacher.
The students say  /-c/ and  grab one cube.
The teacher says /-ow/ and  grabs another cube.
The teacher slides the cubes together and says, /cow/.
The students slide the cubes together and says, /cow/
/-c/  + /-ow/= cow
The teacher will say, “Yes! That’s correct! The sounds /-c/   /-ow/= cow
The teacher says, “Great Job! Let’s do a few more together.”
Now, let’s blend these two sounds: /-b/      /-at/.
If say the syllables  /-b/                    /-at/, those sounds blend to make what word?
The teacher says /-b/ and  grabs one cube; the students repeat the teacher.
The students say  /-b/ and  grab one cube.
The teacher says /-at/ and  grabs another cube.
The students say /-at/ and grab another cube.
The teacher slides the cubes together and says, /bat/.
The students slide the cubes together and says, /bat
The teacher says, “Great Job! Let’s do a few more together, then I want you to try to combine the syllables on your own.”
If I say the sounds /-w/        /-ild/, those sounds blend to make what word?
The teacher says /-w/ and  grabs one cube; the students repeat the teacher.
The students say  /-w/ and  grab one cube.
The teacher says /-ild/ and  grabs another cube.
The students say /-ild/ and grab another cube.
The teacher slides the cubes together and says, /wild/.
The students slide the cubes together and say, /wild/.
The teacher says, “Great Job! Let’s do a few more together, then I want you to try to combine the syllables on your own.”  If I blend the syllables, /-p/ /-ost/ what word will the syllables form?
The teacher says /-p/ and  grabs one cube; the students repeat the teacher.
The students say  /-p/ and  grab one cube.
The teacher says /-ost/ and  grabs another cube.
The students say /-ost/ and grab another cube.
The teacher slides the cubes together and says, /post/.
The students slide the cubes together and say, /post/.
The teacher says, “Great Job! Now, I want you to try to blend the syllables on your own. I will tell you the syllables, and I want you to identify the syllables and combine the syllables in the word that you think they form. Use the manipulatives to increase your understanding. You got it! Let’s begin.”
If I blend the syllables, /-m/   /-e/ what word will the syllables form?
Give students a small amount of time to say the words aloud and discover the answer.
The teacher will ask, “Could anyone share the word that the syllables blended to form?”
The teacher will call on a student who raises their hand. Then the teacher will provide feedback and explain the correct answer by demonstrating through the use of the manipulative cubes.
/-m/ and /-e/ blend to form /-me/
The teacher will tell the students, “Awesome job! Let’s try some more.”
If I blend the sounds /-s/      /-it/ , those sounds combine to form what word?
Give students a small amount of time to say the syllables aloud and combine the syllables into a word.
The teacher will ask, “Could anyone share the word that the syllables blended to form?”
The teacher will call on a student who raises their hand. Then the teacher will provide feedback and explain the correct answer by demonstrating through the use of the manipulative cubes.
The sounds /-s/        /-it/ =/-sit/
The teacher will tell the students, “Good  job! Let’s try some more.”
If I blend the sounds, /-k/    /-ey/, what word will the syllables form?
Give students a small amount of time to say the words aloud and discover the answer.
The teacher will ask, “Could anyone share the word that the syllables blended to form?”
The teacher will call on a student who raises their hand. Then the teacher will provide feedback and explain the correct answer by demonstrating through the use of the manipulative cubes.
The teacher will respond, “Good Job! The sounds /-k/      /-ey/ combine to form the word /-key/. Let’s try two more.
If I blend the sounds /-l/      /-ip/, what word will the syllables form?
Give students a small amount of time to say the words aloud and discover the answer.
The teacher will ask, “Could anyone share the word that the syllables blended to form?”
The teacher will call on a student who raises their hand. Then the teacher will provide feedback and explain the correct answer by demonstrating through the use of the manipulative cubes.
The teacher will respond, “Good Job! The sounds /-l/        /-ip/ combine to form the word /-lip/. Let’s try one more.
If I blend the sounds /-m/    /-at/, what word will the syllables combine to form?
Give students a small amount of time to say the words aloud and discover the answer.
The teacher will ask, “Could anyone share the word that the syllables blended to form?”
The teacher will call on a student who raises their hand. Then the teacher will provide feedback and explain the correct answer by demonstrating through the use of the manipulative cubes.
The teacher will respond, “Good Job! The sounds /-m/      /-at/ combine to form the word /-mat/.
The teacher will give the students positive feedback.
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Phonemic Awareness Level: Syllables
Specific PA Level Skill: Syllable Deletion
List of Materials to Use for the PA Activity:
Ø  Play dough
Descriptions of the steps in the Activity :
Ø  The objective of this lesson is for students to understand how syllables can be removed from words and understand that when a syllable is removed, a different word is created.
Ø  The students will engage in a tactile learning experience for this lesson.
Ø  The teacher will give all of the students an adequate amount of play dough.
Ø  The teacher will inform the students that the playdough represents the word.
Ø  The teacher will say a whole word.
Ø  Then, the teacher will say a syllable in the word and instruct the students to remove those syllables from the word.
Ø  The teacher will instruct the students to remove a piece of playdough from the original lump of play dough. This represents the students taking a syllable out of the original word.
Ø  The teacher will ask the students to say the word without the syllable.
Ø  The students will say the new word.
Ø  The teacher will ask the students to look at the pieces of play dough. The teacher will explain that the play dough represents the syllables and syllable deletion. There are multiple syllables in a word, if we remove one of the syllables, it will create a new word. Similarly, to how taking a piece of playdough changed the shape of the playdough.
Ø  The teacher will begin the lesson by reviewing a syllable with the students.
Ø  Syllable: a word or part of a word pronounced as a unit.
Ø  Each syllable contains only one vowel sound.
Ø  The teacher will explain to students that each word is composed of multiple syllables.
Ø  The teacher will explain to students that this is called deletion.
Ø  The teacher will explain to the students, when we remove a syllable from a word, it is defined as deletion.
Ø  Then, the teacher will display the play dough. The teacher will instruct the students, “ I know that you all are responsible, respectful students and can take care of classroom belongings. Please do not touch the play dough until instructed to do so.”
Ø  Then, the teacher will pass out the play dough.
Ø  The teacher will say, “Okay students, we are going to practice deleting syllables. The lump of play dough is going to represent the word. The piece of play dough that you remove is going to represent the syllable that we are going to remove. I will say a word, I want you to repeat the word. I will say a syllable of the word that I want you to remove. I want you to repeat that syllable. Then,  we will say the new word together. Ready?”
Ø  The students will respond, “Ready!”
Ø  The teacher will say, “Okay, the first word is grape.”
Ø  The students will repeat, “Grape.”
Ø  The teacher will say, “Please say the word grape without the sound /-gr/, and remove a piece of play dough from the lump.”
Ø  The teacher will model this for the students. The teacher will hold the lump of play dough the teacher will say, “The word grape, without the /-gr/ , and the teacher will remove a piece of play dough is /-ape/.
Ø  The teacher will say, “Let’s try another one.”
Ø  The teacher will say the word, “pencil” .
Ø  The students will say the word “pencil”.
Ø  The teacher will say, “Please say the word pencil without the sound /-cil/, and remove a piece of play dough from the lump.”
Ø  The students will say, “pen”.
Ø  The teacher will provide the students positive, constructive feedback, “Great Job! Let’s do another one.”
Ø  The teacher will say the word, “bat” .
Ø  The students will say the word “bat”.
Ø  The teacher will say, “Please say the word bat without the sound /-b/, and remove a piece of play dough from the lump.”
Ø  The students will say, “at”.
Ø  The teacher will provide the students positive, constructive feedback, “Good Job! Let’s do another one.”
Ø  The teacher will say the word, “swimming ” .
Ø  The students will say the word “swimming”.
Ø  The teacher will say, “Please say the word swimming without the sound /-ing/, and remove a piece of play dough from the lump.”
Ø  The students will say, “swim”.
Ø  The teacher will provide the students positive, constructive feedback, “Good Job! Let’s do another one.”
Ø  The teacher will say the word, “sunshine ” .
Ø  The students will say the word “sunshine ”.
Ø  The teacher will say, “Please say the word sunshine without the sound /-shine /, and remove a piece of play dough from the lump.”
Ø  The students will say, “sun”.
Ø  The teacher will provide the students positive, constructive feedback, “Awesome Job! Let’s do another one.”
Ø  The teacher will say the word, “elbow ” .
Ø  The students will say the word “elbow ”.
Ø  The teacher will say, “Please say the word elbow without the sound /-el/, and remove a piece of play dough from the lump.”
Ø  The students will say, “bow”.
Ø  The teacher will provide the students positive, constructive feedback, “Good Job! Let’s do another one.”
Ø  The teacher will say the word, “disagree ” .
Ø  The students will say the word “disagree ”.
Ø  The teacher will say, “Please say the word disagrees without the sound /-dis/, and remove a piece of play dough from the lump.”
Ø  The students will say, “agree ”.
Ø  The teacher will provide the students positive, constructive feedback, “Great Job! Let’s do another one.”
Ø  Continue this process with the words: jumping, misbehave ,singing,  and impossible.
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Syllables (Blending) Lesson

-       Materials:  Popsicle sticks

-       Steps of activity:

1. The teacher say and say, “ Class I want you you to hold up your sticks and click your sticks on each syllable”

2. The teacher says “Sin gle”, the teacher will click their sticks for each syllable. The class then rubs their sticks for the blended syllable, *long Rub* “single”. The clicks/ rubs will happen at the exact moment that the syllables/blended syllables are spoken.

3. The teacher will continue this process of 8 words.

Words used for the activity:

Single               Sin    gle

Google             Goo   gle

Thursday         Thurs   day

Picture              Pic   ture

Refrigerator      Re  fri ger a tor

Minivan             Min i  van

Important         Im por tant

Understand      Un der stand

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Level of phonemic awareness: syllable
PA Skill: syllable segmentation
Materials: 1-4 hand heading cards (display # of syllables), picture cards
Activity Instructions: Line up the heading cards 1-4. Place the picture cards face down and have the students draw a card. The students will say the word that the picture shows, and then they will clap out the number of syllables. If the word has one syllable, they will put it under the card showing the hand holding up one finger. If the word has two syllables, they will put it under the card showing the hand holding up two fingers, and so on. Do this until all of the cards have been sorted.

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Level of phonemic awareness: word
Specific PA level Skill: Blending
Materials: Picture of cards of objects that the students will blend together. Below is an example.
Have the students start from left to right on the black line. As they work their way right, have them move their finger along to black line to the right. Have them say it letter by letter. w-e-t. Then have them say what each letter the sound makes. /w/ /e/ /t/. Then have them blend the letters together wweett. Then have them say the word fluently wet. Do this with each word until you are done.
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This game is called Compund Boogie
Name of Activity: Compound Boogie

Level of phonemic awareness: Syllable

The specific PA Level skill: Deletion

The list of materials used for the PA activity: Paper Plates, markers, and tape

Description of the steps of each activity so that it can be replicated: You will break the paper plate in half make sure there is a word on each side such as, dog one side and house on the other to make doghouse. You would ask what is ___ without ____. For example, what is doghouse without house.

Photograph of the materials used for each activity so that it can be taught by others:

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Lesson Plan 2: Word Blending

List of materials needed: Picture cards of objects that students are likely to recognize such as: sun, bell, fan, flag, snake, tree, book, cup, clock, plane.

Description of steps: Place a small number of picture cards in front of students. Tell them you are going to say a word using "Snail Talk,” which is a slow way of saying words (e.g., /fffffllllaaaag/ /cccuuuup/). They have to look at the pictures and guess the word you are saying. Students should guess the answer in their head so that everyone gets an opportunity to try it. The teacher should alternate between having one child identify the word and having all children say the words aloud.

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Syllable Level

Segmentation

You will need a wooden spoon, a pool noodle, a permanent marker, wiggly eyes, pipe cleaners, glue, and a set of 2-3 syllable picture cards.

How to assemble the “Pool Noodle Syllable Caterpillar”:

Cut the pool noodle into a few pieces with the knife

Cut the pipe cleaners into small pieces and glue to the back of the spoon

Glue the wiggly eyes to the front of the spoon

Use the marker to draw a mouth and a nose

Gather your students into a group and explain to them that the caterpillar is going to help them decide how many syllables are in different words. First, show the students a picture card and have them identify what it is. Then, ask them to listen and decide how many syllables are in the word as you place the pool noodle pieces onto the spoon. The pool noodle pieces are a representation of how many syllables there are. Once the pieces are on the spoon, touch each piece as you repeat the word and the students can follow along by counting on their fingers. Once you have demonstrated a few times, the students can take turns coming up and do it themselves.

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-Phonemes: Segmenting
-Materials: 4 battery powered nightlights
-Steps:
—>This is more of a one-on-one type of lesson so you can know the progress your students are making personally.
—>I would have the four lights set out in front of the student. I would then explain to them, “I am going to say a word and you will turn a light for every part you here. Let’s do a practice run. I would say ‘teach’ and you would repeat it then turn on the lights as you chop the word.”
—>teach, t-e-ch (this would be three lights turned on)
—>Do this how ever much you think is needed for the student then move to the next child.

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Phoneme Substitution

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This activity focused on onset-rime with blending.

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This activity focuses on teaching children to identify sounds in words and identifying suffixes. They can create this notebook and keep it to practice with later as well.

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In this lesson students will gain more understanding on their letters. They will build a letter that you assign them to. Students can build the letter with play doh or any other type of fun material you would like to use. Then they will write the letter with their pencil. After that, students will circle the pictures that start with that same letter. This lesson not only works on the students letter knowledge, but also works on their fine motor skills. This would be a great lesson for first grade.

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This is a letter matching activity to help children identify lowercase letters and their matching uppercase letters. :)

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This activity focuses on enforcing the sounds that are associated with letters. I really liked it because not only does it teach letter knowledge, but it also immerses students in a book.

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Beginning Sounds and Letter Sounds Activities

This helps students to be able to quickly identify letter names and know the sounds that they make and matching pictures to them

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This lesson will help the child learn how the letters are written using playdough and writing the letter a couple of times.

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Spring Interactive Activities - Preschool Basic Skills | Preschool activities, Interactive activities, Teaching kindergarten

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Lowercase and Capital letter matching magnet board!

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Lowercase and Capital letter matching magnet board!

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This activity is simple and could be used as a common source of practice in the classroom for letter identification.

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This activity tests kinds knowledge of the letters in a wacky question game! You could do this in small groups and have the children take turns or you could do more of a game show style and have it be a competition depending on their skill level!

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These alphabet activity books are a fun way to reinforce your child's letter knowledge, including beginning sounds and writing practice. A-E free! These alphabet activity books are a great way to consolidate letter knowledge.

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Develop children's phonics ability by encouraging them to put the object in the frog box that matches the sound.

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This activity allows for students to demonstrate their knowledge of a letter, both lower and upper case!

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Upon request, I have bundled ALL of my sight word poems, AND matching pocket chart poems just for you! This set of sight word poems is HUGE! You get over 180 sight word poems, with matching Pocket Charts! Every single poem, has the exact pocket chart so that you can differentiate your instruction. T

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Alphabet Poems for Shared Reading (26 Poems)

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I created this set of alphabet poems to use during my shared reading time in my Kindergarten classroom. This set of 26 poems will provide you with one poem for each letter of the alphabet. These predictable poems are filled with words that begin with each letter so that your kinders can learn their ...

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This activity helps engage students while they are learning the Alphabet. This sensory type learning makes it fun for the children.

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Young children need LOTS of exposure to letters in order to master the alphabet. They begin learning the alphabet by recognizing the first letter of their names and then move on to other letter knowledge. Skilled teachers understand that acquiring letter knowledge is a lengthy developmental process for most children; they need multiple, creative, and varied ways to play with the ABCs in order to master the alphabet.

Preschool teachers can encourage students to explore the alphabet by including literacy elements in every activity.

Preschool students will be even more engaged in learning the alphabet when it is incorporated into sensory play.

This alphabet matching sensory play center is the perfect combination of learning, playing, and fun. It's a hit with children as young as 3 and as old as 5 or 6.

Alphabet Matching in the Sensory Table

This is the easiest center to set up! (That's always the goal, right?! Never spend more time setting up a learning center than the children will spend playing at it.)

First - Fill the sensory table (or a smaller sensory bin) with plain uncooked white rice.

Next - Hide a set of magnetic letters in the rice.

Finally - Label a dollar store cookie sheet with the letters A-Z. You can write them with a Sharpie or attach letter stickers like the ones shown below.

To play, the children dig through the rice to find a magnetic letter. Next, they identify the letter and find its match on the cookie sheet. The goal is to find and match all 26 letters, but some younger children will only find a few and then move onto the next area. Don't worry! This is normal preschool behavior as children develop and extend their attention spans.

Social Skills and Teamwork

When small groups of students work together at this center, they get to practice essential social-emotional skills. By working together, they have the opportunity to practice speaking and listening. They also work on negotiating the space, taking turns, and cooperating. These are all of the most important things that preschoolers need to learn!

If your sensory area is big enough, set up 2 alphabet matching stations. Bury 2 complete sets of magnetic alphabet letters in the rice. Older children will enjoy "racing" to see who can fill their cookie sheet first. All students will have an additional opportunity to work cooperatively and share the materials.

We have tried a number of sensory bins, bowls, and tables over the years. The one that we currently have is hands-down our favorite. It's huge (24″ x 48″) and not very deep. It's perfect because lots of children can comfortably work at the same time, but it's not so deep that it requires tons and tons of sensory material to fill it.

(Mobile Sand & Water Table from Constructive Playthings... not an ad, it's just what we use and love!!)

Pin this image below as you plan literacy centers for your class.

Looking for more alphabet fun? Here's a bundle of EIGHT alphabet activities!

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This post may contain affiliate links. See Disclosure for more information. Young children need LOTS of exposure to letters in order to master the alphabet. They begin learning the alphabet by recognizing the first letter of their names and then move on to other letter knowledge.

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This activity allows students to practice their consonant vowel consonant (CVC) words with a fun hands on reading mat. In this activity students use a toy car and drive it on a road mat as they say each sound of the word to get a better understanding of how to pronounce these letters and sounds.

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Alphabet Whack Game

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Practicing the alphabet can be made more fun for young learners by turning it into a game. Introducing alphabet whack. Grab an alphabet line and a fly swatter and you are ready to go. I’ve got question prompts to practice what letter comes before, what comes after, what comes in between, etc. Read more about ... Read M

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Call out letters and have him/her squish the correct one. Or you could let him/her call out the letter as he/she is squishing!

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This Alphabet Squish activity was actually a spin-off of our Puffy Planets. Little Brother was more fascinated with the puffiness than the actual planets. Much to his brother's utter dismay, he squashed many planets to feel the unique texture of the dried glue and shaving cream mixture.

I thought I would put that fascination to good use with the help of some alphabet stickers to review the letters. It turned out to be a beloved activity...even though it only lasted a few minutes!
Here's what you'll need: shaving cream, liquid glue, alphabet stickers, craft sticks, and poster board.
I used the smaller stickers on the last page of the Melissa & Doug Alphabet Stickers.

1. Mix the shaving cream and glue together. I typically mix about 4 parts shaving cream to 1 part glue.

2. Use a craft stick to make small drops of the shaving cream mixture onto the poster board. I made 26 small drops.

3. Add an alphabet sticker to the top of each "cloud".

4. Let dry. We let ours dry overnight.

5. Grab your eager beaver.

6. Call out letters and have him/her squish the correct one. Or you could let him/her call out the letter as he/she is squishing!

Big Brother wanted to try punching the letters...he's such a boy! :)

After only a few minutes, this was all that remained. :)
Check out more fun alphabet activities or take a look at our Alphabet Pinterest board.

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This is a great game for kindergartners to learn their letters and sounds by putting together the letter, the name, and the picture into one piece.
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This activity is great for students who have a good idea of and are able to identify the lowercase letters. This activity will allow the students to work on identifying uppercase letters and match it to the correct lowercase letter.
The students would grab a lowercase letter magnet from the bucket or bin and then on their worksheet, color the capital letter that matches it!

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Grade Level: Pre-K or Kindergarten
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This is a great resource for educators or parents that are teaching their children beginning letter formation and recognition. This unit focuses on teaching the letter “S” through a sound card, recommended books (to connect with the letter “S” or use to help children identify the letter “S”), and with crafts for building and drawing the letter “S”. The developer of this page has made a weekly lesson plan for every letter of the alphabet and these can all be accessed on Pinterest. I thought that this was well organized and inspiring!
Pinterest Link: https://pin.it/zw463qnh6jsn7y

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This activity is a fun way to get students out of their chairs and jumping around while also testing their letter knowledge.

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Structured Literacy | Pride Reading Program

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I work with a big group of kinesthetic learners. These kids need to move in order to learn best. On today's post I am going to share with you a really fun movement game that will give your kids a chance to use their entire body while learning. Here is how you play the Letter Sound Jump, a really fun Orton-Gillingham game.

Getting Started

Materials Needed:

Depending on how big you want to make the game, you might need to make 2 or even 3 sets of letter squares. Using only lowercase letters, write the letter or letters that you want to work with on each sheet of paper with a black marker. I always use lowercase letters so that I don't confuse the kids.

You will lay out the letter squares like a big giant game board. You can make any design you want, and best is to change it up from time to time to keep it fresh. Have your child stand at the very front of the game. The child will roll the dice. They then jump on each square. Once they have moved the number of spaces they rolled, they should name the letter aloud and tell you the sound that it makes. So for example, if I roll a 3, I will jump on 3 spaces. On the third space I will name the letter and the sound aloud. You can make a beginning start line and an end finish line. Whoever gets to the end finish line first wins. This game can be played after each reinforcement lesson as a practice game or also as a reward.

I really like playing this game because it is such a simple yet fun game. You can play this game with your younger learners by practicing beginning letter and sound recognition.

Or.....you can also play this Orton-Gillingham game with your kids that are in the higher O-G levels by making them jump on letter teams (ea, ie, ou, ph, kn, etc.).

I like to use this particular game when I finish an Orton-Gillingham level. It gives my students a chance to review everything that they mastered in a level. You can also use it as an assessment tool- to check out what your students already know and what they still need to learn.

If you enjoyed reading my post today, you might also enjoy reading Games for the Orton-Gillingham Tutor.

If you are looking for an easy to use, affordable and highly scripted out Orton-Gillingham curriculum, please check out The PRIDE Reading Program.

Thank you so much for reading my post today! Let me know what you think of this activity. I'd love to hear from you!

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I work with a big group of kinesthetic learners. These kids need to move in order to learn best. On today's post I am going to share with you a really fun movement game that will give your kids a chance to use their entire body while learning.

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In this activity, students will use these fun editable crayon name puzzles to work on name recognition and a variety of literacy activities. Use them in your preschool, pre-k and kindergarten class to work on name recognition, alphabet knowledge, letter recognition and learning a variety of pre-literacy skills.

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Most children love to play, and a lot of children have a fascination with toy cars. Take advantage of this and use it to teach your students letter knowledge! I had an idea of doing something like making letter-shaped tracks on the floor with duct tape and having the students trace them with cars. When looking for something similar, I found this activity book on Pinterest that I fell in love with! I suppose the book can be used for more individual based learning, and the tape tracks if you’re learning in small or whole groups.

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Activity for ages 3 to 5.

Looking for a motivating way to teach kids how to write the ABCs? These free letter tracing sheets take writing practice to a whole new level of fun. The motivating pages are great to use as a literacy center, homeschool activity... even a busy bag you can take along when you're out and about.

Grab your set below and then hop over and check out our Mega Alphabet Activity Pack!

Making the ABC Book

I wanted to keep all of the letter tracing pages together in an easy to grab busy bag book for my boys. After printing and cutting the freebie {below}, I picked up a 4 x 6 photo album from the dollar store and slid the pages inside the sleeves.

Then I grabbed a Matchbox car and invited the boys to join me. Easy peasy!

Letter Tracing

Giving kids plenty of practice forming letters is an important step in helping them become independent writers. When children can write the ABCs automatically, their brains are freed up to work on other parts of writing like identifying letter sounds and adding punctuation.

Since I wanted the boys to learn correct letter formation, I included a little GO sign at the start of each letter. My boys placed the car on the road next to the sign and drove their car across the letter.

So straightforward and engaging!!

Grab Your Letter Tracing Sheets

Excited to make your ownMatchbox car letter tracing book?! Click the blue button (below) to grab your uppercase pages and then hop over and grab our Alphabet Mega Pack including 20 super motivating ABC games!

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Free Letter Tracing Roads - Playdough To Plato

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Word Roll~Stormy Ritter

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First of all - Happy Friday, friends!!

I have been very busy but wanted to take a second to tell you all about a reading game I LOVE.

Have you been working tirelessly on CVC words? Stretching CAAAAAT more times than you can count? You're feeling victorious (and exhausted) so you move onto short i words, then short o words, and so on. Could it be?! They're blending! They're stretching! Slowly but surely, those littles are reading! This game is a really fun review that provides A LOT of CVC reading practice that your students will love!

I present to you...

Roll and COLOR!

So here's the deal...

You print out a "game board" and the 3 dice. You print the dice on the color paper it tells you to so it corresponds to the little cheat sheet in the top right corner of their paper that tells them what order to put the dice in. They'll learn it pretty fast because hey - they want to win! They'll also make sure they read the word correctly (which helps with those kiddos who see the first letter and guess!) because again, they want to win! This provides so much reading practice.

Cut out the dice and fold along the lines and tape to make your dice. They're super durable if you print them on card stock but I am cheap and just use regular colored printer paper and just tape them!

Once your dice are made, students roll the 3 dice to build their word.

If their word is on their game board, they color it in! There are multiple ways to do this:
1) Give each student their own game board (but that is the same as their partners) to color in how they wish so when another person rolls, they can look on their own game board to see if it is there to sort of partner check without looking at their partner's board.
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2) Give each student a different game board (there are 4 below level game boards and 3 on level game boards to choose from) to increase the amount of words on game boards. This can also be done 2 different ways: they only color in on THEIR gameboard if THEY roll the word, or (so they're just as engaged during a partner's roll), they can color in the word if they have it no matter who rolled the dice.
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3) Have partners use the same game board and each get a different color. For example, Student A colors in with a red crayon and Student B colors in with a blue crayon.

You can also differentiate what the goal is! It could be whoever gets a full line (down or across) first. If you do options 1 or 2, it can be whoever's board is filled first. If you do option 3, it could be who has the most colored in when the board is full. There are sooo many different ways to play - just find what works best for you and your students!

You know me, I'm all about differentiation so that's why I included easier game boards as well! There are only 12 pictures instead of 20 on the easier game boards as you can see below:

You can also play Roll and COVER! I included all of the same game boards in color so you can also play this as a roll and cover game. Instead of crayons/markers, you'll need something for students to use as their piece. 2 different color counting cubes (or 3 different colors if 3 people are playing, etc.) or red/yellow counters work well!

Students take turns rolling the 3 dice and reading the CVC word they created. Instead of coloring it, they cover it with their marker. You can play first person to get a line wins or fill the board and whoever had the most wins.

The beauty of this center is that soooo many different words can be created by these 3 dice.. whether the picture is on the sheet or not, your students are READING every time they roll. They're getting nonsense word practice as well from all the non-words they roll. I chose the letters that would make the most possible kid friendly words as well as ensured that there weren't any no-no words that could be made :) The dice combination literally makes dozens and dozens of words so it is a whoooole lot of reading practice, let me tell you! And they can play this over and over again with the same (or different if you wish) boards!

If you want your students to be more independent, I included a kid-friendly directions sheet to put in the center. It's also a good visual reminder for the color order although, like I said, they'll get it pretty quickly!

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I'm thinking of making this activity for other phonics sounds (digraphs, vowel pairs, etc.)! Do you think you'd use it? Let me know in the comments!

**Edit: I now have this for a few other sounds! Check it out here:

& there is also a BUNDLE of all the short vowel rolls!

OR you can get them all in a

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First of all - Happy Friday, friends!! I have been very busy but wanted to take a second to tell you all about a reading game I LOVE. Have you been working tirelessly on CVC words? Stretching CAAAAAT more times than you can count?

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Building Basic Letter Knowledge W/U-Play Mat

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Building Basic Letter Knowledge W/U-Play Mat

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In this activity, children will work on recognizing beginning letters of words and will find corresponding plastic letter to build basic letter knowledge.

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[Autism and Special Education lesson plan, can also be used for students without autism]

In this activity, children will work on recognizing beginning letters of words and will find corresponding plastic letter to build basic letter knowledge.

Objectives/Goals:
Recognize letters
Successfully match plastic letters to word beginning with the same letter.
Build gross motor and fine motor skills through picking up and moving letters to the corresponding Language Builder Card.

Materials
-U-Play Mat (http://www.stageslearning.com/collections/autism-products/products/u-play-mat-for-eduation)
-Language Builder Cards (included in U-Play Mat Set)
-Plastic or magnetic letters

For almost 20 years Stages Learning has been providing language building tools for therapists, teachers, and parents designed for children with autism. For more resources and learning tools, visit www.stageslearning.com.

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Lesson Plan: Building Basic Letter Knowledge with U-Play Mat

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This is fun and one of the most affective ways to teach letters. We use shaving cream at my job year after year successfully. The kids love it and they love to practice writing their names in it. They can easily start over, and we as the teachers can illustrate in the shaving cream for them if they need help. I feel the smell and texture is also something the children love. ❤️

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Start with lowercase and allow students to put the letters in order to make the caterpillar, as they go through have them trace the letters with their finger. For an extra challenge, students can say the sounds of letters as they go.
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This is a fun way for students to match letters, and the materials are easy to get too!

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Muffin Tin Letter Sounds - Sarah Randall

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Muffin Tin Letter Sounds - Sarah Randall

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This activity is perfect for kids who can recognize most of the alphabet letters and are in the process of learning the letter sounds.

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Here's a fun letter sounds activity that you can set up in just a few minutes with a muffin pan, paper cupcake liners, and small objects from around the house! We've been loving using muffin tins for learning lately. Last week, we did a muffin tin coin counting activity, and while I was setting that up, I had made a mental note to try an alphabet letter sorting activity for Janie.

This activity is perfect for kids who can recognize most of the alphabet letters and are in the process of learning the letter sounds. This usually happens around kindergarten and first grade. My fourth son could not remember what the letters were called until after he turned 5, even though he was eager to learn. My daughter is already learning sounds at age 4 (turning 5 next month). Each child develops at a different pace, so it's best to just go with the flow!

This activity would go well with our printable Beginning Sounds Memory Game.

To set up the activity, I used a marker to write letters on paper cupcake liners.

I chose capital letters because they are easier to identify. Janie knows many lowercase letters, but she still gets a few of them confused. There's all kinds of controversy in the educational world about teaching the capital letters first vs. lowercase letters first. In my opinion, it's not worth getting worked up about. They're going to have to learn both eventually, and they will. Kids who write their names in all capitals at age 5 (because they are easier to identify and easier to write) will learn the correct way just fine by age 6. My two cents...

Also, I chose to use only consonants for now. It's harder to hear vowel sounds at the beginning of words (much easier for a preschooler to hear the "t" in turtle than the "e" at the beginning of egg!). I had an old house key that I knew Janie would enjoy playing with, but I chose not to put both C and K in the muffin tin at the same time. We can do this activity another day and use the letters that we didn't get to this time.

We found so many interesting things to sort in our muffin tin! A toy horse, a frog, a spoon, a lid, a dog, a button, a tiny roll of tape, dice, a bracelet, a ball, a crayon, etc...

We put more than one item in each opening. If you want this to be a totally independent activity, it might be good to choose just 12 items to sort. If a child got to the end and knew that the remaining item did not match the remaining letter, they would know that there was a mistake somewhere. Just a thought. We had fun stuffing the muffin tin with objects, however!

Have fun learning! Be sure to stop by our Muffin Tin Coin Counting activity as well.

Here's another playful letter sounds activity - Alphabet Town.

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Muffin Tin Letter Sounds Activity - Frugal Fun For Boys and Girls

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Here's a fun letter sounds activity that you can set up in just a few minutes with a muffin pan, paper cupcake liners, and small objects from around the house! We've been loving using muffin tins for learning lately. Last week, we did a muffin tin coin counting activity, and while I was setting that [...]

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I have, who has? Alphabet Game- Jayla Kelley 

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This is a fun game for students to play to help them recognize different letters and letter sounds!
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Allowing the students to use play-doh to form different letters helps them memorize letters through a fun hands on activity!

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Alphabet Playdough Mats | Teaching letters, Teaching the alphabet, Creative curriculum preschool

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This activity is awesome because it tests the student's knowledge. The students wear a mitten and feel the secret letter inside and decide what letter is inside.

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It's all about mittens today. The Mystery Mitten Letter Sound Game builds phonological awareness and letter/sound relationships. It's super quick, easy, and full of fun.

This game builds phonemic awareness by addressing beginning sounds in words as well as a phonics component of matching sounds with letters.

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I like to build in a read-aloud whenever I can and The Missing Mitten Mystery by Steven Kellogg is a fun one to read before playing this game. Annie is missing a mitten after playing outside with her dog. She retraces her steps looking for it until she discovers it right on a snowman she has built. It is being held in a very special spot.

Phonemic awareness can be developed using lots of playful oral games with kids over and over. This game is designed to be played multiple times.
SETTING UP AND PLAYING THE MYSTERY MITTEN LETTER SOUND GAME Materials needed : 1 mitten, alphabet letters- We used this set of magnetic letters.

1. Have your child close his eyes while you hide one alphabet letter in the mitten.

2. Call out 3-4 words that begin with the letter sound. For example, if you hid the letter, you might call the words: town, tiger, Tuesday and ten.

3. Ask your child to identify the sound he hears at the beginning of each of those words. Your child may need to repeat the words you said to help with this step.

4. Then ask, "What letter do we use to represent the /t/ sound?" Let your child answer and pull out the mystery letter from the mitten to see if he is correct.

Repeat with a different letter and continue the same sequence of steps. This game could be played with an individual child, in a small group or a whole group setting

Have fun building phonemic awareness and letter/sound relationships with this Mystery Mitten Letter Sound game.

This week's Early Childhood Education Team theme is mittens Visit the links below for more great early childhood activities related to the mitten theme.

But before you explore...
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The Three Little Kittens Rhyming Mittens from Growing Book by Book

Snowman Mitten Match by Growing Book by Book

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It's all about mittens today. The Mystery Mitten Letter Sound Game builds phonological awareness and letter/sound relationships. It's super quick, easy, and full of fun. This game builds phonemic awareness by addressing beginning sounds in words as well as a phonics component of matching sounds with letters.

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Letter Knowledge Activity- K. Shyanne Hanna

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Letter Knowledge Activity- K. Shyanne Hanna

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This lesson is awesome, because it gives children a hands on literacy experience. It provides print awareness, kinesthetic learning, and visual learning all in one!

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This is a great activity for students to visually see the letter they are working with and can also fill in the letter with an item that represents that letter.
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I love this activity! This is a very "hands on" activity that I think will keep the students engaged. It's a fun way for them to learn and really soak up that knowledge.

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Sensory Tray Writing Prompts: Letters and Beginning Sounds | Preschool writing, Preschool learning, Montessori activities

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Copy Cat Letter Knowledge - Callie Kennemore

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Copy Cat Letter Knowledge - Callie Kennemore

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Students could do this lesson with writing words or just letters. They also could use the wiki sticks or a different fun manipulative to copy the words instead of just writing.

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Students will be able to write words after seeing them.

Ask your students if they have ever had to copy, or imitate, something.

Explain to your students that they have to copy down all the words that you will be writing down on the board.

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I love using shaving cream. :)

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Letter formation practice is as light as air with these lettered clouds! Choose to trace over the letters on the cards or pair with shaving cream / salt tray for a sensory experience! Great for a weather unit. Don't forget to check out the rest of the activities in my weather bundle!

Includes:

26 uppercase cloud cards

26 lowercase cloud cards

Materials needed for this activity:

lamination

dry erase markers OR shaving cream OR salt tray

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If there is anything you need to make this resource work for your classroom, please e-mail me at turnertots23@gmail.com. I would be happy to help!

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Letter formation practice is as light as air with these lettered clouds! Choose to trace over the letters on the cards or pair with shaving cream / salt tray for a sensory experience! Great for a weather unit. Don't forget to check out the rest of the activities in my weather bundle!Includes:26 uppe...

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Letter Knowledge

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These letter cards are perfect to teach letter formation if you add little arrows(to show direction) and/or use it with Rhymes like Teaching Mama did. We use it for spelling words as well.

Cut Cardboard pieces 150mm x 100mm

Pipecleaners

Marker

Glue gun or strong glue

A ruler

Wire cutter

The FREE letter templates(download instructions below)

Printable Letter Templates and bend the pipecleaners accordingly. I did not add a 'q' and 'p' because you can use the 'b' and 'd' upside down. (Reason: I wanted all the letters to fit onto two pages.) Here is a preview:

Make sure your pipecleaner letters does not have sharp points and are bent proportionally.

Glue down the pipecleaner letters, making sure to use the correct line. We call these writing lines head, tummy and tail lines(the cat-method). What do you call it?

All set! Now the fun, multi sensory learning can begin! Trace the letters with a finger, close eyes and trace again. Play a guessing game by not looking at the cards and guess which is which by only touching it.

Build words with the cards and learn letters hands-on!

You might also like our CVC Words pack, click the BUY button below to see it in our store:

And see these A-Z Flashcards

Also check out these fabulous printable Alphabet Animals Letter Crafts!

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We are a participant in the Amazon Services LLC Associates Program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to Amazon.com and affiliated sites. These letter cards are perfect to teach letter formation if you add little arrows(to show direction) and/or use it with Rhymes like Teaching Mama did.

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I liked this activity because its fun and engaging through the lens of a maze, which makes the kids want to finish it and have a sense of accomplishment, and it also is a good activity for seeking out certain letters and retaining the capital and lowercase and really focusing on what they look like. You could also do just lower case or just capital depending on what you were working with, but I like the idea of having both types of letters for a more challenging activity.

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Get your students practicing letter recognition with these alphabet maze worksheets. These are perfect for morning work, literacy centers, homework, intervention programs and more. There are 26 worksheets in total, covering each letter of the alphabet. These work great with bingo markers, dot markers, highlighters and colored pencils!
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Get your students practicing letter recognition with these alphabet maze worksheets. These are perfect for morning work, literacy centers, homework, intervention programs and more. There are 26 worksheets in total, covering each letter of the alphabet. These work great with bingo markers, dot marker...

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I love this activity! I have seen a lot of different things for letters knowledge but this one is super creative! You can use it for learning to spell your name or to spell things like "House" (also I uploaded one a second ago and I can't delete it so there is a random one up that says "anonymous" :)

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Use these fun editable crayon name puzzles to work on name recognition and a variety of literacy activities with your kids.
We all know that young kids LOVE themselves. That's why name activities are such a motivating way to introduce letters and sounds to kids. These crayon name puzzles are a fun way to help your kids learn to spell their names, learn to recognize their names and learn alphabet knowledge.

What is Included in the Resource

The following are included in the Crayon Name Puzzle resource

2 styles of editable name puzzles for names with 2-12 letters

Class List Forms - Complete the form and letters are automatically added to the puzzles

Print Planner- Helps you determine which pages to print

Printable labels- for storage containers

Two Different Puzzle Styles: Two styles of puzzles are included in the resource. One has black letters that look amazing when printed on brightly colored paper. The second style has outlined letters so that kids can color them with crayons.

Easy-to-Use Class List Form: You can make crayon name puzzles for kids with 2-12 letters in their name. You will need to use the most recent version Adobe Acrobat Reader to add your kids' name to my document. To customize your puzzles you just need to enter your kids' names into the document's class list form. Their names will be automatically added to the puzzles.

Print Planner Page: Consult the print planner page to quickly determine which pages to print.

Labels: When you print and cut the puzzles, you don't want all of the pieces to get all mixed-up. Store individual puzzles in envelopes, plastic bags, or all those little plastic containers you have been hoarding. The resource also includes labels that you can attach to your choice of storage.

Literacy Activities

Alphabet Knowledge: As kids work on their puzzles you can ask them questions about the letters.

What letters do you see?

What do you notice about the shape of the letters?

Are there any duplicate letters?

What sounds do you hear when I say the name?

Letter Formation: They can practice letter formation by finger tracing each letter as they complete a puzzle.

Syllable Recognition: You can work on syllables by asking them to clap their name.

Create Rhymes: Have fun with the name and create a silly rhyme by changing the first letter of the name (Example.... Deena rhymes with Leena and Alex rhymes with Balex)

Complete a Friend's Puzzle: In addition to working on spelling their own names, kids will enjoy putting their friends' puzzles together. Does the friend have some of the same letters in his/her name as you have in yours?

Additional Ideas

The printable puzzles are fun to use for practicing names, but they can be used for additional activities too. Here are a few ideas:

Fine motor/scissor skills practice- Let kids cut out own puzzles.

Glue them down- Kids can glue their pieces onto long strips of paper or sentence strips.

Bulletin boards - Use these strips to create a name bulletin board.

Color puzzles - Instead of names print puzzles with the names of colors.

Word puzzles - Use the document to CVC word puzzles or sight word/hight interest word puzzles.

Purchase Today

Do you want to make crayon name puzzles for your kids? You can purchase the Editable Crayon Name Puzzles in my store.

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Use these fun editable crayon name puzzles to work on name recognition and a variety of literacy activities with your kids. We all know that young kids LOVE themselves. That's why name activities are such a motivating way to introduce letters and sounds to kids.

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Use these fun editable crayon name puzzles to work on name recognition and a variety of literacy activities with your kids.
We all know that young kids LOVE themselves. That's why name activities are such a motivating way to introduce letters and sounds to kids. These crayon name puzzles are a fun way to help your kids learn to spell their names, learn to recognize their names and learn alphabet knowledge.

What is Included in the Resource

The following are included in the Crayon Name Puzzle resource

2 styles of editable name puzzles for names with 2-12 letters

Class List Forms - Complete the form and letters are automatically added to the puzzles

Print Planner- Helps you determine which pages to print

Printable labels- for storage containers

Two Different Puzzle Styles: Two styles of puzzles are included in the resource. One has black letters that look amazing when printed on brightly colored paper. The second style has outlined letters so that kids can color them with crayons.

Easy-to-Use Class List Form: You can make crayon name puzzles for kids with 2-12 letters in their name. You will need to use the most recent version Adobe Acrobat Reader to add your kids' name to my document. To customize your puzzles you just need to enter your kids' names into the document's class list form. Their names will be automatically added to the puzzles.

Print Planner Page: Consult the print planner page to quickly determine which pages to print.

Labels: When you print and cut the puzzles, you don't want all of the pieces to get all mixed-up. Store individual puzzles in envelopes, plastic bags, or all those little plastic containers you have been hoarding. The resource also includes labels that you can attach to your choice of storage.

Literacy Activities

Alphabet Knowledge: As kids work on their puzzles you can ask them questions about the letters.

What letters do you see?

What do you notice about the shape of the letters?

Are there any duplicate letters?

What sounds do you hear when I say the name?

Letter Formation: They can practice letter formation by finger tracing each letter as they complete a puzzle.

Syllable Recognition: You can work on syllables by asking them to clap their name.

Create Rhymes: Have fun with the name and create a silly rhyme by changing the first letter of the name (Example.... Deena rhymes with Leena and Alex rhymes with Balex)

Complete a Friend's Puzzle: In addition to working on spelling their own names, kids will enjoy putting their friends' puzzles together. Does the friend have some of the same letters in his/her name as you have in yours?

Additional Ideas

The printable puzzles are fun to use for practicing names, but they can be used for additional activities too. Here are a few ideas:

Fine motor/scissor skills practice- Let kids cut out own puzzles.

Glue them down- Kids can glue their pieces onto long strips of paper or sentence strips.

Bulletin boards - Use these strips to create a name bulletin board.

Color puzzles - Instead of names print puzzles with the names of colors.

Word puzzles - Use the document to CVC word puzzles or sight word/hight interest word puzzles.

Purchase Today

Do you want to make crayon name puzzles for your kids? You can purchase the Editable Crayon Name Puzzles in my store.

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I love this activity because it’s not only hands on but provides both upper and lower case letter practice. 

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Roll It, Say It, Write It, ABC’s- Brooke Grandgenett 

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Roll It, Say It, Write It, ABC’s- Brooke Grandgenett 

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Help your students learn to identify and write the letters of the alphabet with this fun & engaging activity! Students LOVE to roll cubes and see which letter will be rolled the most! You can also differentiate this resource by choosing which cubes to use for each group's needs.
Contents:
► 3 different Roll It, Say It, Write It cube sets:

* Capitals & Lower Case Letter Pairs

* Capital Letters

* Lower Case Letters

► 7 Capital & Lower Case Letter Pairs Recording Sheets PLUS 1 blank recording sheet

► 7 Capital Letter Recording Sheets PLUS 1 blank recording sheet

► 7 Lower Case Letter Recording Sheets PLUS 1 blank recording sheet

Cubes can be purchased on Amazon or from Teacher Supply stores.

Great for small groups, literacy centers and RTI Reading Intervention groups.
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Letter Identification Roll It, Say It, Write It ABCs

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Help your students learn to identify and write the letters of the alphabet with this fun & engaging activity! Students LOVE to roll cubes and see which letter will be rolled the most! You can also differentiate this resource by choosing which cubes to use for each group's needs.Contents:► 3 di...

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I love seeing activities where kids can get their hands dirty and go through sensory experiences.

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This is a fun and easy learning activity involving finger painting. It's a great way to get your toddler or preschooler more familiar with their name.

Here's what you'll need to get started:

Supplies

Set Up

I like using egg cartons to hold paint, especially when we are using finger paints or are using several different colours.

Pour the finger paints into egg carton.

On the kraft paper write your child's name using the marker.

Next show your toddler or preschooler how to dip their finger into the paint and use it to make fingerprint along each letter of their name.

Tell them they can use any colour and even mix colours if they like! This is a great opportunity to learn colours with toddlers and review colour mixing with preschoolers.

My three year old wanted to do each letter of her name in a single colour.

This is a great fine motor skills activity that will also help your toddler and preschooler recognize the letters of their name. This is also a great pre-writing activity.

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Fingerprint Names - HAPPY TODDLER PLAYTIME

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This is a fun and easy learning activity involving finger painting. It's a great way to get your toddler or preschooler more familiar with their name. I like using egg cartons to hold paint, especially when we are using finger paints or are using several different colours.

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This is a repetitive and neat worksheet for students to practice letter formation

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ABC Tube – easy letter matching activity; a quick…

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This activity helps students with writing, matching, and differentiating letters all in one!

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This packet contains 26 A-Z practice pages. One for each letter of the alphabet. These no prep pages will help students learn to distinguish and sort uppercase and lowercase letters. In addition, students will also practice sorting, writing/tracing, cutting, pasting, and coloring on each page.

To complete this activity, students will trace the large letters at the top of the page. Rather than using pencils, you could have students rainbow write these letters for extra practice.

Next, students will cut apart the letters, sort, and then glue them in the uppercase and lowercase section. For beginning learners, you could have them use two different crayons to color the uppercase and lowercase letters before cutting them apart.

Finally, students will color the squares showing the matching uppercase and lowercase letters. You could have students use two different color crayons to show the uppercase and lowercase letters.

The number version is available here -----> Number Expert Number Sort {0-20}

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Alphabet Letter Sort No Prep Practice Pages

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Looking for a fun way to help students master letter recognition? In addition to learning letters this packet allows students to practice fine motor skills like cutting and gluing. The letters shown on each page are presented in a variety of fonts which helps students learn to recognize letters in a...

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Letter Knowledge Activity with Play-Do!!!!

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Letter Knowledge Activity with Play-Do!!!!

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I absolutely love this activity. It allows the students to use play-do which are kids favorite but also helps the understand how to create each letter. This helps them be able to create the letter and identify each letter. Letter awareness is important.

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I love these cute rhymes, and you could use a lot of different materials to trace the letters, such as dry erase markers, fingers, wiki sticks, or play dough. This could be a great center or could be used for small group intervention!

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It's vital to teach children the correct way to write letters. A fun way to do this is with these uppercase alphabet formation rhymes. This set of printables explains how to write the uppercase letters with a fun little rhyme. Each of the 26 letters include colorful graphics, which are great for displaying posters around a classroom or homeschool room.

You can put these printables in plastic sheet protectors, place them in a binder, and have children practice tracing them with their finger or with a dry erase marker. That way we you can use them over and over again.

If you'd like a free sample of the packet, you can download the 5 Vowels (A, E, I, O, and U) for free right HERE.

This is a digital product and no physical product will be shipped to you.

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Teach little ones how to write uppercase alphabet letters with these formation rhymes! This set of printables explains how to write the uppercase letters with a fun little rhyme. These can be used as posters around a room, tracing with a finger, or tracing with a writing utensil.

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My kids and I looooove using dot markers!

Not only do they help kids with their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, but there is really no clean-up for Mom! Yep - no paintbrushes, no water cups, no paint pallets - it's simply the dot markers and the paper. Seriously, it can't get much easier than that when it comes to art!

I love that the dot markers can be used for skill-focused activities as well as free creative expression. The boys love the bright colors and the ease of use - and that they last for so long!

There are so many educational and fun ways to use these and I wanted to share a few of my favorites today!

When my boys first began working on letter recognition, they absolutely loved getting to "dot" the letter on the page. Because using the dot markers made the task so simple, they were really able to focus on the letter recognition skill and have fun in the process. Since this was an activity they asked for repeatedly, I've made my A-Z Dot Pictures available for FREE below! Just click on the picture to grab your FREE set!

Again, the simplicity of use makes these a perfect tool to use when teaching patterns. Since there's no cutting or gluing this is a great way to practice simple patterns, especially when you're short on time!

This works similar to the letter and number recognition, except with this activity you can work on distinguishing between different numbers, letters, and even sight words.

Kids love to take surveys of neighbors, friends, classmates, and family members, which can then be translated to a graph. However, keeping the graphs accurate can get a little tricky for little guys. Using dot markers can really help with this - especially if you use a different color for each option. My kiddos have always been thrilled with the results!

Both of my boys love doing arts and crafts projects, but I am not a super crafty person. But using dot markers for tape-resist art projects have given us some pretty great results. You simply tape off the part that you want to keep white, and then the kids can just go crazy filling in the rest of the space with the dot markers. We usually keep it simple by doing a simple shape with the tape, but I have seen others actually tape the outside of the project so that the kids are actually filling in the shape with the dot markers (kind of like a stencil).

I've already mentioned how we have used dot markers to identify letters, numbers, and sight words, but this option allows your students to practice putting these elements in order. For example, you might have a maze where students have to follow the alphabet A-Z. Or perhaps they're following counting numbers from 1-20. We've even used this type of activity in practicing spelling our names. Using dot markers not only makes it easy for them to fill the space for the maze, but it also makes the path at the end very clear.

Dot markers are so easy to use, my kids love them for just creating pictures of their own. They come up with some of the most creative ideas. And if you want to work on fine motor skills while still letting your kids get creative, there are a number of printables that have adorable graphics with space for kids to "dot" in the pictures. This allows them to be creative while still focusing on being accurate with the dot markers.

We absolutely love using dot markers, and I hope this post gives you a few new ideas on how you might be able to incorporate this wonderful tool in your learning.

Do you have other ways that you love to use dot markers?! Leave me a note in the comments - I'd love to hear about it!

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My kids and I looooove using dot markers! Not only do they help kids with their fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination, but there is really no clean-up for Mom! Yep - no paintbrushes, no water cups, no paint pallets - it's simply the dot markers and the paper.

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Branch Out Letter Knowledge Tactile Activity- Emily K

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Branch Out Letter Knowledge Tactile Activity- Emily K

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This is a cute, fun idea to promote letter awareness in young students. The students write all the letters on a sheet of paper and cut them out in the shape of leaves, then the students draw a tree and glue the letter leaves to the tree. I got this idea from Teachers Pay Teachers. Here is the link to the page and a picture of the idea!
https://www.education.com/activity/article/alphabet-trees/

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This is a post by Free Homeschool Deals contributor, Becky Spence of This Reading Mama .

There are so many things to learn about the alphabet! Uppercase letters, lowercase letters, different kinds of font, and letter sounds are just a few skills kids can learn about them. And this FUN ice cream-themed pack is a great way to get kids to do some alphabet matching with letters and their sounds.

Ice Cream Alphabet Matching

You can use this pack any way you'd like for some alphabet matching.
Here are three ways you might try:

1. match uppercase and lowercase letters

2. match letters with their sound {note: there is an initial and final x image, depending on which sound you'd like to use}

3. match the lowercase letter scoop and then place the picture scoop on top to match the letter's sound

This free printable pack was created for you to use at home with your child/students or with multiple children in a classroom/tutoring setting. Please do not sell, host, reproduce, giveaway, or store on any other site (including a blog, Facebook, 4Shared, Dropbox, etc.). Thank you for your honesty!

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FREE ALPHABET MATCHING ACTIVITY (Instant Download)

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This is a post by Free Homeschool Deals contributor, Becky Spence of This Reading Mama . There are so many things to learn about the alphabet! Uppercase letters, lowercase letters, different kinds of font, and letter sounds are just a few skills kids can learn about them.

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Hello friends and happy teaching! I have shared about Using Environmental Print in the Classroom on my Instagram account multiple times, but each time I share an activity or picture, I end up receiving so many inquiries and questions about it. I decided to go ahead and share about environmental print here, along with a ton of free printable cards that you can download and use in your classroom.

What is Environmental Print?

Letters and words surround us all day, every day! There are labels on everything we use and signs everywhere we go. This 'print' is easily recognizable and we encounter it throughout each day. This is called environmental print. I tell my students on the very 1st day of kindergarten, that they ARE readers!! I usually get a handful of students who will dispute that and tell me they can't or don't know how to read. Then I quickly show them the logo for Chuck E Cheese, McDonalds and the response is overwhelming. Everyone recognizes those logos and can tell you what they 'say'! This is so powerful and as a teacher, I use this to my teaching advantage!

Ways to Use Environmental Print in the Classroom

There are multiple ways to incorporate environmental print in your classroom, but it is a MUST, in order to to create a print rich environment! Again, don't forget that having 'print' that students already recognize and can easily identify is the first initial step in bridging the gap from reading pictures, to reading words.

Sorting

One of the first standards I teach during the 1st and 2nd week of kindergarten is sorting. But sorting is not just for math, but can also be used for literacy too! To do this activity, print and cut out various environmental print cards (or you can have students bring in their own). Using a pocket chart, have students sort between things to eat and places to go, or something similar. You can also have students share with a partner and determine how to sort their cards. This activity is best done following the gradual release model of I do, We do, You do. I would model sorting the cards first, then have students come up and sort as a whole group activity and then it could become an independent activity at the pocket chart station.

Environmental Print Alphabet

As you are teaching the alphabet, you can have student add the environmental print cards to the individual alphabet letters. (I am not sure who to give credit to, but this is an example I found on Pinterest.)

This activity with matching their name and possibly an environmental print card that also has the same beginning letter was found on Pinterest, but again, no idea who to credit.

Reading Foundations with Environmental Print

The reading foundation standards are so important and need to be taught early in the kindergarten school year. YOu can hit so many of these standards by lining up environmental print cards in a pocket chart and teaching students to point to each 'word' as they read, from left to right and top to bottom. You can check out this post from A Struggling Reader.

Building Sentences with Environmental Print

This is one of my students' favorite activities in our classroom! I start sharing this activity a few weeks into the school year. By the 3rd to 4th week of school, my students are well acquainted with environmental print and our pocket chart! We have also learned a handful of sight words. After teaching them about the difference between a letter, word and sentence, it's time to start building sentences!!

This activity is easy to set up and almost free! I am listing the materials here, in case someone is not sure of what I am talking about or needs a visual.
Materials: Pocket Chart Sentence Strips Library Pockets
Environmental Picture Cards
Teaching & Independent Practice:
I write sight words that we have learned or are learning on sentence strips and cut them. I make a library pocket for each sight word, to be used as a 'storage' for sight words and to help keep them organized and easily accessible! Environmental print cards are kept in a small storage container for students to choose from. Students can use the sight word and environmental print cards to build sentences in the pocket chart. This helps students build and master some of the reading foundation and literacy standards.

Environmental print SHOULD always be FREE, since all logos, etc. are most likely copyrighted. As teachers, we are using them strictly to teach and reinforce learning. I collected my environmental print from all over and it is the number one question I get from other teachers. Where do you get environmental print? So I decided to go ahead and make some to share and of course, they are FREE!! You can download the Places to Eat cards HERE and the Places to Go cards can be found on the Exclusive Member Club Freebies page!! I hope you love them and enjoy using them in your classroom! I tried so hard to include places and things from all over, so thank you to those who contributed suggestions on my FB and Instagram pages!

But I want to know how YOU use or plan to use environmental print in YOUR classroom?! Please share in the comments below or on my FB or Instagram!

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Hello friends and happy teaching! I have shared about Using Environmental Print in the Classroom on my Instagram account multiple times, but each time I share an activity or picture, I end up receiving so many inquiries and questions about it. I decided to go ahead and share about environmental print here, along with a ...

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There are many times that kids will choose to bypass doing a worksheet and play instead. Of course they will, they want to play and have fun. That is why I enjoy so much providing hands on learning activities. Kids are having so much fun that they have no idea just how much they are learning. This is absolutely the case with these Uppercase Alphabet Pattern Block Mats.

My kids LOVE pattern blocks. They can follow mats or create their own designs. They enjoy it so much! That is why this alphabet activity with pattern block is so popular with kids. They literally think they are having fun when in reality they are taking beginning steps to reading and strengthening critical finger muscles.

Uppercase Alphabet Pattern Block Mats

Learning uppercase letters has never been so easy or fun!

The first step for children in learning how to read is being able to identify all 52 letters, both upper and lowercase. The next step is to recognize beginning sounds. The great thing about these pattern block mats is that it works with BOTH! That being said, you don't HAVE to work with beginning sounds yet. If your child or students are not ready for beginning sounds, this activity is still incredibly beneficial!

Materials Needed
Paper | Laminating Pouch or Dry Erase Pocket |
Dry Eraser Marker | Pattern Blocks
To Prep: Print out this free printable. Using some sort of protector for activities is a must for me. It can be either laminating or dry erase pouches. Both are work well and have their own benefits.

Lamination is more permanent, obviously, but dry erase pouches are much quicker. If choosing to laminate, go ahead and do so. If you choose to use the pouches, add the Alphabet Pattern Block Mat to the pouch.

To Use: You can start with whichever letter sheet you are choose. You can go with A-Z or completely random.

We start the activity off by stating which letter it is. We speak what the letter name is and then start with beginning sounds. I point to the picture and ask what the picture is and then emphasize the beginning sounds.

Next we build the letter with the pattern blocks, while using the diagram on the sheet. When the letter is formed, we use the dry erase marker to trace the letter.

We also talk about what the pictures are, on the left side. These are all pictures of words that begin with letter on the mat. This is a great introduction or reminder of beginning sounds.

The last part of the mat is to count the number of each shape used. It is fantastic to integrate a little math with our literacy stations! We count the number of each block and write them inside the block picture.

When we are done with the first letter, we move the pattern blocks off and start on our next letter.

If you child seems confused on the formation of certain letters, use it as a teaching moment to discuss with them how it is different than we would write it and see if they can develop a better way to form the letter with the pattern blocks. This will actually help them remember the correct shape of the letters because more of their brain and body is involved.

Additional Ideas

This is EXCELLENT for a literacy center activity or for students who are early finishers. This would also make a perfect activity for a letter of the day series! I also really like that this activity can be done with flexible seating and on trays, it is not restricted to just a table or desk.

Not only does this activity help with the formation and identification of each letter, as well as beginning sounds, it also is fantastic for assisting in strengthening fine motor skills.

We know that fine motor skills are critical for so many real life tasks as in handwriting, tying shoes, zipping up a zipper, eating and so much more!

I also love that kids don't know they are doing a learning activity. They may understand that they are practicing letters, but because they are having so much fun, they don't grasp just how many skills they are strengthening! We try to incorporate 'toys' into learning activities as much as we can.

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Free Printable Uppercase Alphabet Pattern Block Mats

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There are many times that kids will choose to bypass doing a worksheet and play instead. Of course they will, they want to play and have fun. That is why I enjoy so much providing hands on learning activities. Kids are having so much fun that they have no idea just how much they are learning.

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Alphabet Drawers

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There's no doubt about it. Teachers LOOOOOVE Pinterest! During my first years as a teacher, I spent many loooong nights on Pinterest searching for teaching and learning inspo for my class. I remember coming across these amazing Alphabet Drawers and just knew that I needed a set for my own classroom! They are just perfect for storing little figures for each letter of the alphabet which can then be used for sorting and matching activities.

So I decided that I was going to make a set but I found it really hard to find suitable drawers here in Australia. I searched all over the internet and found similar drawers at places like Ebay and Amazon. They were soooo expensive to ship here though! Some had only 20 drawers and my slight OCD couldn't handle having some letters sharing drawers. Nope. Couldn't do it! Nothing was quite right...that is until I stumbled across the set from Jaycar. They are listed as '30 Drawer Unit Parts Cabinets" and they are just $29.95! You want to know the best part? You can add them to your cart and pick them up from your local store so that you don't have to pay shipping!

Making your drawers

Okay so now that you have your gorgeous cabinet for the Alphabet Drawers, it's time to make some labels for the front! Do this yourself by measuring the drawers, adding a table to a document and inserting your letters. Print and cut them out, then you can attach them to the front of your drawers using clear adhesive contact. I find this works a lot better than double sided tape as it saves you from needing to laminate anything!

Filling your drawers

Here comes the fun part! It's time to start searching and shopping for little objects to put inside the drawers! I raided my craft cupboard and toy cupboard first and I found things like pegs, buttons, coins, dice and small plastic animals. Next I headed to my favourite stores like Kmart and the dollar junk stores. Things like novelty erasers make the perfect addition to your drawers! Mini Zoo also have fantastic tubes of objects that I've used in my drawers. This process might take you some time, especially for some of the trickier letters. If you find it hard to get objects for certain letters, you could always print off some photos from google images to fill them up some more.

So what do I use these drawers for?

When your Little Learners are exploring different letters and sounds, you can use the drawers for sorting activities. Empty the contents of two drawers onto a mat and have them sort the items based on the initial sound of each item. I like to use little bowls to sort the items into but you could also sort them onto place mats or pieces of felt. In the image below, Little Learners are matching their items to my alphabet cards.

Some items might lend the opportunity to talk about phonemes and graphemes. You could also have your Little Learners go on a scavenger hunt to find items to place inside the alphabet drawers. To extend the activity, have students stretch out the words and write the sounds they can hear.

If you like this activity, you will love my Mini Beginning Sound Alphabet Books!

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Exploring Beginning Sounds with Alphabet Drawers - Little Lifelong Learners

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There's no doubt about it. Teachers LOOOOOVE Pinterest! During my first years as a teacher, I spent many loooong nights on Pinterest searching for teaching and learning inspo for my class. I remember coming across these amazing Alphabet Drawers and just knew that I needed a set for my own classroom!

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Make practicing forming letters with these FREE Alphabet Playdough Cards. I love the images on the bottom showing pictures that start with that letter!

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Letter Knowledge
-Maygan Byrd

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Letter and Number Formation Tracing Mats : Test Drive Bundle : A great hands on activity for early learners who are ready to learn letter formation.

Give students a fun way to practice handwriting at the pre-writing stage or alongside a handwriting lesson. Perfect for kinesthetic learners and to solidify proper letter formation.
This PDF Includes:
- 26 uppercase letter mats

- 4 punctuation marks : period, exclamation mark, question mark, punctuation mark

- 26 lowercase letter mats

- numbers 0-9

- 13 shapes : circle, semicircle, rectangle, triangle, square, pentagon, hexagon, oval, octagon, heart, star, rhombus, and trapezoid

Each option above are available in 3 options : Color and 2 black and white options : Traffics signs and arrow signs. (See the preview for details.)
This Letter Formation Tracing Mats works great with our print packet: Print Handwriting Practice Other Tracing Mat Options : Letter and Number Formation Tracing Mats : Chalkboard Theme Bundle Earn TpT Store Credit towards your next purchase!
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Letter and Number Formation Tracing Mats : Test Drive Bundle

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Letter and Number Formation Tracing Mats : Test Drive Bundle : A great hands on activity for early learners who are ready to learn letter formation. Give students a fun way to practice handwriting at the pre-writing stage or alongside a handwriting lesson. Perfect for kinesthetic learners and to sol...

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The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is called Drive the Car on the Road Letters, and it is perfect for kids who love toy cars.

You've probably met - or maybe even parented! - a child who adores toy cars and takes them everywhere. You have probably seen a kid who makes "vroom" sounds all day while driving a toy car around. Well, this activity is for that child. And it's a sneaky way to use the child's love of cars to help him or her learn the alphabet.
Click here if you want more information about teaching the alphabet in a fun, hands-on, and multi-sensory way.
I have created a set of printable road letters. Simply print out the letters your child is working on, and then have your child drive his or her toy cars on the letters to learn their shape.

I recommend encouraging your child to drive their cars in the same direction as we teach them to write the letters.

The printable includes both uppercase and lowercase road letters.

The download includes two different colors of road letters: a version with colored backgrounds and a version with white backgrounds. So choose the version that works best for you!

Update: I've since created printable Road Numbers as well!
Have questions about teaching the alphabet? We've got answers! Click here to learn more.
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Or get it with your purchase of 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet.

More ways to teach to the alphabet

More alphabet printables from Gift of Curiosity:
You can find more ways to teach the alphabet on my Literacy Activities for Kids page and my Letter Learning Pinterest board.
Follow Katie @ Gift of Curiosity's board Learning Letters on Pinterest.

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The next installment in my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series is called Drive the Car on the Road Letters, and it is perfect for kids who love toy cars. You've probably met - or maybe even parented! - a child who adores toy cars and takes them everywhere.

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Letter Knowledge

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We can never have too many fun letter resources and these alphabet activity books are a great way to help reinforce your child's learning.

What you'll need

Click on the following highlighted link to get your Alphabet Activity Books (A-E). They'll be sent immediately to your downloads folder or other device equivalent.

They come in both US and Australian spelling versions, so choose which ones you want to use before you print!!

Making your alphabet activity books

They're super easy, just follow the instructions included in the pack. All it takes is creating one slit in the paper, and then folding on the lines to create one 8-page book. The picture below that shows you how is taken from a Math 0-5 post. You can pop over there to find those very popular little math books. They're free too!

Using these alphabet activity books

Each book follows the same format.

Page 1: cover - write their name and trace the letters correctly

Page 2: Trace the lower case letters

Page 3: Trace the upper case letters

Page 4: Colour each circle that contains the target lower case letter

Page 5: Colour each circle that contains the target upper case letter

Page 6: Colour the pictures that represent a word starting with the target letter. If you are not sure what the word is, check the list on the Beginning Sounds Pictures list included in the download.

Page 7: Write the target letter in the spaces to form words. Practice reading those words.

Page 8: Highlight the target letters in each sentence. Can they sound out any of the words? Can they recognize other letters? Read the sentence together a few times.

Want the whole set?

You can find the whole A-Z set at my Teachers Pay Teachers store.

More free alphabet books

Pop over to grab some alphabet emergent readers. Again, A-E are free!

I hope your little ones enjoy these books and wish you happy teaching and learning!

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Free Alphabet Activity Books | Liz's Early Learning Spot

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We can never have too many fun letter resources and these alphabet activity books are a great way to help reinforce your child's learning. Click on the following highlighted link to get your Alphabet Activity Books (A-E). They'll be sent immediately to your downloads folder or other device equivalent.

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Learning games that focus on the alphabet are perfect to use all year long. This fishbowl alphabet game is so easy to differentiate between learners who are being introduced to the alphabet or those with more alphabet knowledge.

Learning the Alphabet

This simple and fun game helps learners make a connection between the capital and lowercase letters. When learning the alphabet, having a game that explores all the letters of the alphabet is ideal. Focusing on one or a few letters at a time is not only great for instruction, but it is essential to expose learners to all the letters.

Alphabet Game Differentiation

Chances are your learners are in different stages of alphabet knowledge. So, you need a fun, interactive alphabet activity that can be used a variety of ways. Matching the capital and lowercase letters is one way kids like to play this alphabet game. Mix it up by adding different rules to change up the standards for other learners.

Another way to use this alphabet game is by playing, "What Comes Next?". After matching the letters or a group of letters, simply place two letters together and have your learners find the letter that comes next. Once your learners are familiar with letter names, this game puts a fun spin on teaching or reinforcing alphabetic order.

Use this resource to help your kiddos practice concentraction and focus, too! Add paper clips to the fish cards and tie a magnet on a dowel rod with string and...voila! This fishing pole works, too. Learners love being able to "fish" for the lowercase letters and the extra practice he will get with those tricky letters of the alphabet is perfect.

Get it Now

You can purchase this complete alphabet activity on my Teachers Pay Teachers store by clicking the image below.

As an added bonus, you can grab a FREE LETTER TRACING printable that goes with this alphabet game by clicking the download image below.

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Fishing for the Alphabet Game | Mrs. Jones' Creation Station

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Learning games that focus on the alphabet are perfect to use all year long. This fishbowl alphabet game is so easy to differentiate between learners who are being introduced to the alphabet or those with more alphabet knowledge. This simple and fun game helps learners make a connection between the capital and lowercase letters.