I recommend printing the cover page on card stock for added durability and adding one page of blank card at the back of the book to help protect it.

I find it easier being organized in advance, so create a “Letter Workbook” for each term. Once I’ve decided what pages I want them to work on for each day of the week, I make one “Letter Workbook” for each student. Towards the end of the week, I begin to focus more on writing upper case letters too. For example, early in the week I focus mostly on beginning sounds and forming lower case letters. Next, I print the pages that I want the kids to work on each day – usually double sided to save on paper. S A T P I N, M R D E H C K, F L O U B G, J V W X Y Z Qīut again, this depends on your school’s literacy program. As a guide, I usually teach them in this order: Preparation – I usually work out the order in which I’m going to teach the letters and then incorporate this into my long term planning. I like to focus on what really matters, so tend to avoid activities that just seem like time fillers. I designed a kind of no frills workbook in that the activities focus on practical core skills. I often do this on an A3 sheet of paper so we can display it along with our letter of the week activities.Īfter I’ve spent time working on hands-on letter activities, I get the kids to do an activity from their “Letter Workbook”. Then kids need to think of things that start with that letter, which you then draw on the whiteboard. Then they can either think of something that starts with that letter or find a picture of something that starts with that letter.ĭrawing Brainstorm – This is always a fun one to do – kids seem to find it hilarious seeing their teacher’s drawings! Basically, write your focus letter on the whiteboard. When it lands on a letter they need to say the letter name and the sound it makes. I try to limit the amount of beginning sounds to 2 or 3 at a time.ĭice Game – Place up to 6 letters in a pocket dice. Hoola hoops are really useful for sorting activities if you have some. Then they place that picture near the “Aa” card. Each kid takes turns pulling a picture out of the hat and has to say the sound e.g. Sorting Game – Place some pictures into a hat. For some magical reason, puppets just seem to work with young learners – my classes have always LOVED these types of games!

Then the kids need to find a picture beginning with /a/, say what it is and feed it to the puppet. Then say something like “T-Rex is hungry for something that begins with /a/”. Puppet Game – Scatter some picture cards with at least two different beginning sounds. Here are a few easy games you play with these resources: Some of the hands-on activities I do are from this resource here: To introduce the letters, I use songs, interactive games or hands-on activities such as sorting pictures. The method you choose really depends on your school’s literacy program and what works best for your students. I’ve taught at schools where I’ve introduced a letter day, a letter a week or a few letters a week. There are many different ways to teach kids about letters and beginning sounds. They’re awesome for kids in Preschool, Pre-K and Kindergarten. These fun letter of the week activities help kids learn core skills such as letter names, beginning sounds and letter formation. Teaching kids about the alphabet and beginning sounds is the first step towards learning to read and write.

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