Page 7 - Educators Guide Book

• Sound hunt – have the child find things around the school that start with a specific sound.

• Match upper and lower case letters.

• Trace a letter on a child’s back and have him/her guess what the letter is. If the letter is
pre-printed the child can take turns with the provider tracing and guessing the letter.
• Give a child a 3-dimensional letter to hold behind his/her back and have him/her guess
the letter.

• Use alphabet puzzles and games to reinforce the letters and their sounds.

• Play alphabet hop scotch – Make a hop scotch mat with letters instead of numbers and
have the child provide the sound and the name of the letter he/she lands on.

• Turn Twister into an ABC mat and have the child jump on letters/sounds on demand.

• Play thumbs up - If a word starts with a given letter have the child put their thumbs up, if
not then down.
• Have the child bring in items that start with a letter for show and tell each week and
discuss the item.

• Play catch- whoever has the ball must state a word that begins with a given letter.

The order in which letters should be taught:

B, T, P, K, D, J, V, Z (Names and initial sounds are the same)

F, L, M, N, S, R (Names and final sounds are the same)

C, G, H, W, Y, X, Q (Irregular sounds or two sounds)

A, I, O, U, E (Teach short vowel sounds)

Educator's Guide / Alphabet 7