Letter of the week!
We will learn and talk about a letter each week. We will have a large container in our group area, marked with a letter. The children will go on a letter hunt around the room looking for things that start with that letter. During our group time we will review the letter, how it’s made, and what it sounds like. Each child will tell about something in their home that starts with that letter and we will begin making connections between letters and sounds. In the years past we have let the kids bring in items from their home. We will not be doing this, this year.
We will NOT be going through the letters in alphabetical order. Letters will be introduced following a program called “Get Set For School” that is part of the Handwriting Without Tears® framework. This program was created by occupational therapists and integrates a multi-sensory approach to preparing children for success in language, social skills, fine and gross motor control, color and shape awareness, letter and number recognition, and counting.
The letters introduced in Sept and Oct will be letters that can be formed using horizontal and vertical lines. As we progress through the year, the letters will incorporate increasingly difficult curves and diagonals. The children will be expected to participate in this program at a level that is appropriate for them. From singing a song, building wood piece letters, rolling out dough letters, using “flip crayons” to trace and color workbook pages, writing on chalkboards following a model, or writing independently, there is something for everyone!
Please check your calendars that come home each month with the dates and the letter of the week.
Send one item in your child’s backpack on the letter box day (Thursday). Our hope is
that every child can participate in letter box day by sharing something from home!
2021-22
Week Of
Sept 13 - Letter L
Sept 20- Letter F
Sept 27 - Letter E
Oct 4 - Letter H
Oct 11 - Letter T
Oct 18 - Letter I
Oct 25 - Letter U
Nov 1 - Letter C
Nov 8 - Letter O
Nov 15- Letter Q
Nov 29- Letter G
Dec 6- Letter S
Dec 13- Letter J
Jan 3 - Letter D
Jan 10- Letter P
Jan 17- Letter B
Jan 24- Letter R
Feb 1 – Letter K
Feb 7- Letter A
Feb 14- Letter M
Feb 21 - Letter N
March 1- Letter V
March 8- Letter W
March 15 Letter X
March 29 -Letter Y
April 4 Letter Z
April Start Numbers
Week Of
Sept 13 - Letter L
Sept 20- Letter F
Sept 27 - Letter E
Oct 4 - Letter H
Oct 11 - Letter T
Oct 18 - Letter I
Oct 25 - Letter U
Nov 1 - Letter C
Nov 8 - Letter O
Nov 15- Letter Q
Nov 29- Letter G
Dec 6- Letter S
Dec 13- Letter J
Jan 3 - Letter D
Jan 10- Letter P
Jan 17- Letter B
Jan 24- Letter R
Feb 1 – Letter K
Feb 7- Letter A
Feb 14- Letter M
Feb 21 - Letter N
March 1- Letter V
March 8- Letter W
March 15 Letter X
March 29 -Letter Y
April 4 Letter Z
April Start Numbers