Every nap and bed time since the babies were like 4 months old we’ve sang them the ABC’s. They now sing along which is SO fun, but I didn’t really think they “got” that they were actual letters. A couple of weeks ago while I was reading my book Shenzie came over and pointed out the O on the page and said O. I was shocked! Since then we’ve practiced with a couple of letters. Years ago I got this magnetic board from Ikea. I found $1 magnetic letters from Tar*get - presto mundo - letter central!
Shenzie and Heaten can identify the letters S, H, M, D, and sometimes T.
S is for Shenzie
H is for Heaten and Haylee
M is for Mama
D is for Daddy
T is for turtle
and O is for O’s (cheerios)
I really need to be better at working with them so I’m going to start a letter a day (more like every couple of days).
Today is brought to you by the letter A. A is for apple, ambulance, and alligator!
July 1st, 2009 at 6:55 am
We have foam letters for the bathtub that the boys love love love to play with. I actually play a game with them. WHen I shower, I tell them each a letter they have to find and bring it to me. They are preoccupied with finding the letter and when they bring it to me, I ask for another one. Over and over until my shower is done!
They can both spell a few words now so I ask them to bring me CAT or DOG and I get a much longer break from interruption during my shower.
July 1st, 2009 at 6:57 am
OK, time to teach them C for Canada!!! Happy Canada Day! Hope Jeff is still feeling well. Give my brother a big hug for me and wish him Happy Canada Day,
Love , Leah, Em and Nic.
July 1st, 2009 at 12:09 pm
At my son’s daycare, they do a letter of the week. This is about long enough to reinforce recognition (and we have since dicovered that the upper and lower case letters look pretty different to him, so we’re trying to cover both during the week). We also learned that he has trouble with m’s and w’s and u’s and v’s. Without letter of the week, we’d never have known! FYI- cookie sheets work well as letter holders too!