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Alphabetic and Word Print

Found a Letter
(tune: Found a Peanut)

Found a letter, Found a letter,
Found a letter "A" Today.

Oh, Today I found a letter,

Found a letter "A" Today.

(Use any letter in place of "A".)
~ Author Unknown

Letter Clips

To make these, cut a square or circle from poster board and write or use letter stickers for each letter of the alphabet around the square.  Write each letter on a clothespin.  Children match and clip the letter clips to the letter of the mat.  These can be used to match uppercase to uppercase letters, lowercase to lowercase letters, or uppercase to lowercase letters.

*To teach letter sounds: Place stickers or clipart around the square and have the children match letter clips to the picture that have the matching beginning sounds.

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Letter Matching Puzzles

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Letter Hunt

·           Children choose any 10 letters from the letter manipulatives.

·           Teacher shuffles a stack of letter cards.  Teacher calls out letter to the children.

·           Children look to see if they have that letter, and if they do, the letter is put back in the letter tub.

·           Keep playing until everyone has cleared all of their letters.

 

  Variation:  To teach letter sounds:  Call out a word and have children identify the first letter of the word and see if they have that letter.  Placing that letter into the tub until all letters are gone.

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Theme Word Cards with Playdough Letter stamps and Letter Stamps

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Letter Black Out
Children identify the letter card and then see if their letter mat has the same letter on it.  If they find a matching letter they cover that letter with a marker.

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