Alphabet Theme

Learning the letters of the alphabet is the first phase of reading and writing instruction.Teach the alphabet to kindergarten students at their last year before going to 1^st grade, so they have already learned their first language letters. If teaching lowercase or Capital letters, follow the school´s insight about this. Teach the letter names and then later during the school year go on with the letter sound. Learning letter names first helps a child learn letter sounds latter. Teach in alphabetical order. Teaching the alphabet can be a lot of fun if you get creative every kid loves some form of a game, song or activity.

Start with the ABC song. Sing it as often as possible,  whenever you have a free moment.Post  the alphabet  somewhere in your classroom. This is a must-have when teaching ABCs. Point to each letter when you sing the song.

Flaschcards:  make your own cards.Hang them up in a special part of the room. Use them properly. Here are links for printing flashcard letters:

http://www.teachchildrenesl.com/flashcards.htm

http://www.esl-kids.com/flashcards/alphabet.html

http://www.eslkidslab.com/flashcards/set1/alphabet/index.html

Clothespin Activity:

Here´s another clothespin game.The template is from www.growingkinders.blogspot.com. If you can´t find it, write to me: ei98srl@gmail.com

Pompom letters: the template  is from www.childcareland.com. Hope it´s still available in her site, if you can´t find it, please write  and I´ll send it to you (ei98srl@gmail.com). It´s a nice way to use colorful pompom which come in a variety of colors and sizes.
Each child grabs a supply of pompoms and place them in the space provided in each letter. I printed the letters onto construction paper , cut them and paste onto another construction paper. Here´s the complete set.