- fishing pole
- magnet tied to a string
- several sets of magnetic letters “f,” “a,” “r,” and “m”
- word card farm
- farm
- first
- last
- second
- third
MA Standards:
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.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature 7: Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Fish for Letters (farm)
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Skill Focus: Fine Motor Skills, Letter Recognition, Vocabulary, Word Recognition
Display the farm word card. Read the word together. Point to the letter “f” and ask, What’s the first letter in the word farm? Identify the second and third letters for children. Point to the letter “m” and ask, What’s the last letter in the word farm? Say the word aloud, emphasizing the final /m/ sound: farm-m-m-m. Ask, Do you hear the /m/ sound at the end of the word? Have children fish for the letters in the word farm and then arrange the letters to match the word on the word card.
Adaptation: For groups with older children you may want to add more “f” word cards and letters. Have them match the letters to form different words.