LITERACY:

Writing & the ABC’s

Ways to Learn the

ABC’s … without

holding a pencil!

MAD LIBS

1. Noun

2. Adjective

3. Verb

4. Adverb

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12. Noun

13. Noun

14. Noun

15. Part of the body

Noun - Person, place, or thing (pencil, Harry Potter, Alaska, snowflake)

Adjective - Describes a noun (yellow, sparkly, ugly, smart, small, round)

Verb - Action word (run, jump, skip, dance, juggle, scream)

Adverb - Describes a verb (quickly, strongly, happily)

6. Adjective

7. Plural Noun

8. Plural Noun

9. Plural Noun

10. Part of the body

Story Telling

CURSED TEXT

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READING FACTS:

Early Language and literacy (reading and writing) development begins in the first three years of life and is closely linked to a child's earliest experiences with books, stories, and interaction with people.

A child’s success in learning to read is affected more by reading related experiences that a child has BEFOREentering school than the reading related experiences a child has AFTER he/she enters school.

Early literacy develops in real life settings through interactions with literacy materials and people.–Signs –Directions of food / labels / recipes / toys–Newspaper –Books

Most Importantly:

Children who are READ to REGULARLY are better readers.

If a child can SEE other people read, they will learn that READING is IMPORTANT!

3 guarantees to improve language, raise a reader, and learn in school:– READ, SING, and TALK with them

Handwriting

Child’s NameTake the time and effort to learn how

to spell the child’s name correctly!

Always confirm the spelling of a

name until you have it memorized!

PRE-WRITING Activities

Two skills are needed before a child

can successfully write manuscript:• Small muscle coordination

• Hand-eye coordination

SMALL MUSCLE Activities:

Any activities where the child is using their fingers will help to develop these small muscles.

Needed to hold a pencil and make basic strokes

Some examples of activities are:• Puzzles - building blocks, play dough, clay,

rubber stamps, magnet letters, small cars and trucks, crayons, etc.

HAND-EYE Coordination

This allows the child’s hand to react

to what the eye sees.

These activities will help the child to

develop writing skills:• Drawing, tracing, cutting, painting, pasting,

finger paints, typing (key boards) lacing

cards, stringing items, etc.

As a child begins to use drawings to represent

different ideas, they are beginning to write.

Straight lines and circles begin to represent

items in their lives.

Make writing & letters FUN!

The majority of preschool children lack the small muscle control and eye-hand coordination at first, for traditional writing methods.Provide a variety of ABC activities for the children.Early Writing/ABC activities:

• (Without holding a pencil)• Sensory letter activities • Games, songs, books• Labels on items • Word and letter recognition in familiar names and signs

MANUSCRIPT WRITING

First they learn letters with vertical lines (I)Second they learn round letters (O, C) and curved letters (S, D).Curved letters that have intersections (B, R, P)Letters with diagonal lines (K, X, V, A) and horizontal lines (L, H, T)

Alphabet

Matching

Materials:

-Muffin tin

-Cupcake liners

-Rocks, beads, legos,

alphabet letters

-Marker

Play-Doh Letters

Materials:

-Play-Doh

-Paper

-Printed letters/marker

ABC’s of Yoga

Materials:

- Pictures of poses

(optional)

Magnet Letters

Materials:

- Metal tray

- Printed alphabet

- Magnetic alphabet

letters

Paint in a Bag

Materials:

- Paint

- Plastic bags

- Tape

- Q-tip (optional)

Rock Letters

Materials:

- Rocks, beads, etc.

- Paper

Salt Tray Writing

Materials:

- Tray, plate

- Salt

- Colored paper

(optional)

Alphabet Sensory Tub

Materials:

- Tub

- Alphabet letters

- Rice, water, sand, etc.

- Tray (optional)

Fly Swatter Game

Materials:

- Fly swatter

- Post-it notes with letters

- Pictures of alphabet

Sunshine Alphabet

Materials:

- Paper plate (yellow)

- Clothespins (26)

- Marker

Alphabet Sticker Match

Materials:

- Paper towel roll

- Stickers

- Marker

Spin the Alphabet

Materials:

- paper plate

- brad

- paper clip

- marker

Pipe Cleaner Letters

Materials:

- pipe cleaners

- pictures of letters

Letter Sorting

Materials:

- containers

- post-it notes

- random small objects