Page 6 - Educators Guide Book

Alphabet

Ideas for Teaching the Alphabet

• Print large alphabet letters in upper and lower case on tag paper. Have the child trace the
letter with a marker and then fill each letter in with something that begins with that letter.
For example, fill a B/b with buttons or a V/v with velcro. Create an alphabet book that
they can take home upon completion.

• Have the child sort pictures according to beginning sounds.

• Have the child make the letters out of multi-sensory and interesting material (i.e. clay,
blocks, straws).

• Review the entire alphabet daily in a song.

• Make sure that the child can provide the sounds of the letters without saying the name of
the letter first.

• Have the student match a letter to a picture that begins with its sound.
• Develop worksheets where the student is asked to fill in a missing sound (i.e. __ ag – make
the word say bag, ta__ - make the word say tap).

• Encourage your stude nt to use inventive spelling to describe pictures he/she has drawn.

• Label items around the room to encourage the connection between the written and
spoken word.

• Teach that a, e, i, o, u are vowels using a chant or song.

• Use fun worksheets which reinforce letter recognition (i.e. color by letter).

• Have the child provide a word that begins with a specific letter before transitioning to a
new activity.

• Letter hunt- have the child find specific letters around the school and then collect them
and create a collage.

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