Don't Let Those 3s and 4s Get Bored or Lost...
Change it up for the little ones! Letter ID skills can be fun and exciting. It doesn't have to be all charts, posters, and magenetic letters.
Book Search
Send pairs of children/letter detectives to the classroom library to each find a book. Have the pairs sit down and find the desired letter in the words within the book and instruct them to show each other what they find. They can then tell each other (or help each other recall) if it is an upper- or lowercase version of the letter. Once pairs have helped each other to confirm that they both found the correct letter, and they think they know which case it is, they can bring the book to the teacher or the assistant to show they found it. Trust me when I say they will want to go back and find lots more! You will be amazed at the excitement (and sometimes organized chaos in learning) that goes on with this activity. The more buzz among the children about what they are learning, the more learning you will find happening. You are also teaching that words are made up of letters. :)
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