- Between the Lions alphabet chart
- plastic letters “Bb,” “Hh,” “Kk,” “Mm,” “Pp,” “Rr,” “Ss,” and “Tt”
MA Standards:
English Language Arts/Foundational Skills/RF.PK.MA.1.d: Recognize and name some uppercase letters of the alphabet and the lowercase letters in one’s own name.
Head Start Outcomes:
Literacy Knowledge/Alphabet Knowledge: Recognizes that the letters of the alphabet are a special category of visual graphics that can be individually named.
Literacy Knowledge/Alphabet Knowledge: Recognizes that letters of the alphabet have distinct sound(s) associated with them.
Literacy Knowledge/Alphabet Knowledge: Attends to the beginning letters and sounds in familiar words.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7: Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Learn About Letters Together: Letter Hunt
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ELA Focus Skills: Letter Recognition, Phonological Awareness (Beginning Sounds)
Educator Prep: Hide the plastic letters “Bb,” “Hh,” “Kk,” “Mm,” “Pp,” “Rr,” “Ss,” and “Tt” around the room.
Have children go on a letter hunt to review what they have learned about the target letter and some other, often-used, letters. Tell children to find two letters each and then join you in the circle. Make sure you hide enough letters for each child to find two.
Once all children have joined the circle, tell children you want them to hold up one letter at a time and name the letter, the letter sound, and a word that begins with the letter. Hold up a letter to demonstrate and say, I found a letter “Hh.” “Hh” has the sound /h/. Hill begins with the letter “Hh.” Continue until all children have presented their two letters.
Adaptation: For groups with very young children, you may want to have a pile of pictures of things that begin with the letters. Hold up a picture if children are unable to think of something that begins with that letter.