Do you use letter sound anchor charts in your classroom? Here are the benefits of using a personal letter sound chart for early readers and writers. Visual documentation of growth over time A personal letter sound chart is a record of the sound / symbol associations for an individual student. Like its counterpart, the Read More…
The most important letters to young students – and a fun, free activity!
The letters that are most important to young learners, and a fun activity to do them #letters #teaching #alphabet #kindergarten #earlylearning
ABCya’s early literacy games and apps
That Fun Reading Teacher’s has selected some popular (and, of course, effective!) games and apps from ABCya.com, a popular website used in schools, to share with you today that focus on early literacy development and fun! Enjoy!
Online letter learning games and apps for kids
What child doesn’t love playing on the computer these days? (And what parent isn’t happy for a bit of time to make dinner?) Interactive computer games can add some fun variety and independence to literacy learning, and have the added bonus of modeling the proper pronunciation of letter sounds for those who may be learning English as a second language.
Links to fun Sesame Street videos for Letters Jj to Rr!
The links below take kids on a letter learning adventure, whether they are mining for Jj words, watching a commercial for Super K cereal, singing an Ll song with Bert and Ernie or solving the mystery of the missing Mm with the Special Letter Unit. Fan of Law and Order? The music may Read More…
Links to Sesame Street letter songs and podcasts on YouTube – Letters Aa-Ii!
Do you want your kids to learn individual letters the way you did? Here are links to some classic Sesame Street letter songs with the Sesame Street gang. Continuing in true Jim Henson humor, parents may treasure the classics or some spoofs of modern day T.V. with ‘A’s Anatomy, ‘G’ee (Glee), Law and Order, Special Letters’ Unit, to name a few!
Letter Learning Games
A post to be the header of the Letter Learning category on the site. Here is a direct link to the Letter Learning games in the Kids’ Stuff section, and how to access previously written posts about letter learning. Examples include: The difference between letters and words, The benefits of a personal alphabet book, How to help kids hear all of the sounds in the words they are writing and 27 Links to Sesame Street letter songs and podcasts. Enjoy!
Alphabet games from TVO kids
Looking for some online games for letter learning at home or in your classroom? That Fun Reading Teacher highlights TVO kids’ alphabet games adds easy to access direct links to her Kids’ Stuff page. Plus – find out how TVO supports the Ontario Curriculum.
The benefits of a personal alphabet book
The benefits of a personal alphabet book – lessons from my Reading Recovery days | That Fun Reading Teacher.com