Language and Literacy
Activities
to
support
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.
Letter Matching Puzzles
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.
Theme Word Cards with Playdough Letter stamps and Letter Stamps
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.