ABC & 123

In an effort to be involved with Abe's education, I decided I need to buckle down and make sure he's ready for kindergarten this fall.

I decided we'd start by making sure he knows how to write all the letters of the alphabet and know the sounds of each letter. Basic, but important.

I'm creating a bulletin board of things we're attempting to teach each day.  {This booklet of letters in 4x6 size} is part of that. I'm hoping to do a letter a week or speed it up as needed.  They are simple but hopefully will help with letter recognition and will remind me to work on it with Abe.

I also love these Big Alpha letter sheets that I blogged about before.  I like that they are huge so the little ones who lack the fine motor skills don't have to write tinsy-tiny.

And if anyone is interested, this is a video of the Alphabet chant that Hannah learned at school which teaches the sounds for each letter.  It appears as though she had a few hairs to fix and itches to scratch during the taping.



If you have any ideas of teaching letters or sounds or reading - especially to make it fun for a wiggly boy, please share.

One thing we did in the car tonight: I would say a letter and then we would all take turns saying a word that started with that letter. I guess games are a fun way to go with kids. But I'm not always that creative to think of games (or patient enough) - so let me know if you've come up with some that work.