- Between the Lions alphabet chart
- cutout block letters (uppercase and lowercase) (large)
- crayons
- decorating materials (stamps, stickers, pom poms, etc.)
- glue
- markers
- letter
- lowercase
- uppercase
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.
Speaking and Listening/SL.PK.MA.1: Participate in collaborative conversations with diverse partners during daily routines and play.
Head Start Outcomes:
Approaches to Learning/Initiative and Curiosity: An interest in varied topics and activities, desire to learn, creativeness, and independence in learning.
Approaches to Learning/Persistence and Attentiveness: The ability to begin and finish activities with persistence and attention.
Literacy Knowledge/Alphabet Knowledge: The names and sounds associated with letters.
PreK Learning Guidelines:
English Language Arts/Reading and Literature: Develop familiarity with the forms of alphabet letters, awareness of print, and letter forms.
Mathematics/Shapes and Spatial Sense: Listen to and use comparative words to describe the relationships of objects to one another.
Decorate and Match Uppercase and Lowercase Letters
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Educator Prep: Cut out large block alphabet letter from posterboard. Be sure to make uppercase letters visibly larger than lowercase letters. Print out the Between the Lions alphabet chart or create an alphabet chart on chart paper.
Give each child an uppercase or a lowercase letter. Be sure each child's letter is a match to another child's letter (one uppercase, one lowercase.) If you have an uneven number of children in your group, then decorate a letter and be a match for someone.
Review uppercase (big) and lowercase (little) letters. Tell children they will each decorate a letter, then they will match the letters to the alphabet chart and to see if they can find which child has the matching letter.
Say, If you have an uppercase "D," then you have to find who has the lowercase "d." Encourage children to use the alphabet chart to determine what match they are looking for.
After children decorate their letters, say, <Jack> has a little, or lowercase, letter “d.” Who has the big, or uppercase, “D" to match? Help children match pairs of letters.