I’m always looking for fun and unique ways to engage my bugs in literacy. M is at the age where he can start working on memorizing sight words, while B is still at the beginning stages of identifying his letters. For M, I use the Dolch sight word list, which is a list of high frequency words children encounter in age specific texts. The goal is for children to memorize these high frequency sight words in order to improve their overall reading fluency.
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This game is great for practicing initial letter sounds, letter recognition, and fine motor development, plus it’s really simple to make!
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Today M and I focused on the letter G. I wanted to work with him on hearing the /g/ sound at the beginning and ending of words. To do this, I incorporated two things M loves: his toy animals, and a game of seek-and-find!
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I was going through my pictures when I noticed it had been a while since I last posted. M did a letter activity with the letter H for heart month, February, which I had completely forgot about! I guess it’s better late than never :).
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BRRRrrrrrrrrrrr! It is a frigid -22°C today (feels like -27°C with the wind chill) which means we will be staying inside today…ALL day.
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After returning from a trip to the zoo, I figured it was the perfect opportunity to focus on the letter Z. We started off by brainstorming different words that start with the letter Z, such as: zoo, zebra, zap, zipper, zip, etc. Then I cut out the letter Z from some textured, zebra print, scrapbook paper and had M glue it onto a piece of cardstock.
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