My daughter, Leia, has seemed to be interested in learning her letters more and more lately. Being a former preschool teacher, one would think that I would know the perfect order in which to actually teach the letters, but I don't. So, I decided to go to the web to search different recommendations. Ultimately, I decided to go with the order suggested by Handwriting without Tears. The order makes the most sense to me and so far seems to be working with Leia. I will be teaching her a new letter each week, but also will continue to have her practice writing her own name on EVERYTHING she does.
The first letter that we tackled was the letter "F". To kick off the letter of the week, I decided to have everything that week have something to do with the letter "F," this is something I will not be continuing because I want to make sure I am also focusing on topics that the girls are interested in.
Math
Leia practiced number recognition this week. We used a farm themed worksheet and I turned it into a file folder game, that way she could continue to to practice.
We made "hot chocolate" play dough this week. I figured "hot chocolate" is a food and went with the "F" themed week. I used this recipe but instead of adding food coloring, I added a packet of hot chocolate mix. It smelled yummy! What a great way to really include the sense of smell to sensory play.
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| Ripley exploring the play dough through a bag. |
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| Leia using one of her play dough mats. |
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| Annabelle feeling the play dough with her hands |
Letter Practice
Here are a few of the different things that I do with Leia throughout the week to make learning her letters fun.
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| Walking the letter is great for kinesthetic learners |
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| Tracing with water. She also wrote with chalk. |
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| Built the letter "F" with paper. |
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| Building "F" with homemade playdough |
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