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…
Literacy
Nursery Rhyme Interactive Bulletin Board
Hickory dickory dock, This bulletin board really rocks, It’s learning fun for everyone Hickory dickory dock. Nursery Rhyme Bulletin Board Bulletin boards don’t have to be “display only!” This interactive bulletin board covers number matching, counting, telling time, rhyming and reading and doesn’t need to take up even an inch of precious floor space! And,…
Customizable Name Practice Activities
What’s in a name? The very first word children desire to read and write is the one that is the most important to them – their own name! These printable name practice activities are geared especially for little learners to do just that. Easy to Customize Teachers often don’t have much time. These name practice…
Halloween Writing Trays
These Halloween Writing Trays are so fun, it’s scary! Here are a few easy variations on this budget-friendly spooky letter center! pictured above: black sand, pumpkin erasers, witchy finger What you will need: shallow trays or cookie sheets (We repurposed some wooden packaging from some bead sets). Even shoebox lids will work! clothespins base…
Easy Do-It-Yourself Name Activities for Preschoolers
Children’s names are usually the first written words that they learn. From a very early age, they may be able to recognize their first letter and will often announce, “Look! There’s my E!” We can support children’s literacy development by using their interest in this most important word as a springboard for other letter learning. Most…
10 Hands-On ways to practice the Alphabet
One of the main goals of preschool literacy instruction is to teach young children the alphabet. For some children, this comes very easily and naturally but for many others, it takes a lot of time, energy, and practice. It is tempting to think that sit-down practice with paper and pencil is the best way for our…
Easy Name Practice Worksheets
One of the most important things that we can teach our young children is how to write their names. It makes life SO much easier if children can write them when they enter kindergarten, so that the teacher will know which paper/picture/book/project belongs to which kid. We practice every day in preschool, but making customized…
Alphabet Write & Wipe
Our preschoolers need lots of opportunities to practice writing in ways that are developmentally appropriate. Sometimes we practice writing the letters of the alphabet in salt trays and, of course, we always practice writing our names. Another way that our students like to practice is with dry erase markers. We made these Alphabet Practice pages to…
Free Penguin Emergent Reader Book
One of the things that I most often hear from parents when their child is learning how to read is, “She’s not really reading. She has just memorized the book!” Guess what?!! That is reading! That’s what emergent readers do! They pretend to read just like they see parents doing! They read books over and over…
Name Books
We spend a lot of time learning to recognize, spell and write our names in preschool. I am always looking for hands-on ways that the students can practice. They love things that they can practice in class and take home, like their Name Folders. When I saw the idea for Name Books on Fun-A-Day I knew…