g Letter NamesSand Writer. Take your child to the park, and write the ABC’s in the sandbox. Encourage the child to draw the letters with you. Sculpting Letters. Give your child some clay and work together form the letters of the alphabet. Encourage the child to say the names of the letters as they are formed.Fun Food Ideas. Purchase snacks like crackers, pretzels, cereals, etc, that have the forms of the alphabet. During snack time, have the child hold up a letter and identify it. When the child is correct, he gets to gobble up the letter.ChalkBoard Fun. Put alphabet magnets on the chalkboard and encourage your students to spell a word with magnets and give the definition for that word.Learning Letter SoundsTake a Pretend Shopping Trip. Tell your students you are going on a shopping trip through the class. Make a shopping list that consists of items starting with the letter a and end with an item starting with z. Ask the child to locate the items on the list, and start with the letter a. For example, you could start with an apple, which begins with the letter a. Have the child pronounce the sound that the letter a makes. Picture This. Cut pictures out of magazines of familiar objects like cat, dog, bat, ball, etc. Have the child name the object and pronounce the sounds of the beginning letter of each word. Designate a folder that has the ABC’s, one letter per page, and have the child paste each picture to the page that matches the first letter of the word. Excited Children Can Be Eager LearnersI believe that the role of the parent and teacher working together in a child’s learning experience is the key ingredient in a child becoming excited about learning. If all parents would take the time to read to and with their children daily, many children would be more eager to learn to read. Getting children excited about learning stems from their environment and the excitement around them about reading. If...
