Ways to practice the letters
- Magnetic letters
- Make them out of playdough
- Stamp them (on paper or in playdough)
- Paint them with water
- Draw them with chalk
- Decorate them with stickers
- Write them with markers (or dry erase or gel pens)
- Erase them with water on a chalkboard (or your finger)
- Letter sort
- Sticky notes – Find the letter …. Run to the letter …
- Circle dot stickers – find the letter … sort the letters,
- Compare and contrast – Letter search – circle / color / X the letter
- This can be done with different fonts and print it out from the computer – this can help show that the letters can sometimes be written differently – make sure not to pick too crazy of fonts for beginners, and be careful to explain that A and G can be
- written in “print/computer” font (a vs. a and g vs. g)
- Letter Discovery – use a white crayon on white paper, and let them paint the page with water colors to “find” all of the letters (and identify them!)
- “Read” a book – grab a kids book (start shorter and larger letters at the beginning) and as him to identify all of the letters
- Hop scotch
- Throw the dart, say the letter
- Toss a ball, say the letter
- Run to the letter
- Spin, [a] says /a/
- Song
- Paint the letter
- Draw the letter
- Sticker the letter
- Build it: pipe cleaners, wiki sticks
- Compare and contrast finding the letter with different fonts
