This book will support your literacy programme by providing a range of creative and meaningful alphabetactivities across a range of learning areas. The ability to recognise and rapidly decode the letters ofthe alphabet is at the core of developing literacy. Most teachers start their literacy programmes by building theirconfidence in learning or reinforcing their knowledge about the shapes, sounds and sequence of the alphabet the scaffold from which reading starts.

Although there is no easy way to learn the letters of thealphabet except by drill and practice, Lets Learn Letters makes this task lots of fun for children and providesteachers with ready-made templates and ideas. Written by a practising Year 1 teacher with a particular interest indeveloping literacy skills, Lets Learn Letters takes each letter of the alphabet and sets out a sequence of handson activities which will support children with differentlearning styles to absorb the look and sound of each letter.

Each letter comes with five supporting pages: a cross curricular overview which shows how activitieswhich relate to the letter can be integrated into arange of learning areas; an animal template with an original poem; a creative activity which supports fine motor skillsdevelopment like cutting, pasting, folding, colouring; a recipe; a technology challenge.Whether teachers use these activities separately throughout the week, or in a weekly developmental session, children will enjoy learning about the alphabet in context and in a practical and meaningful way.

[ISBN: 9781869683924;140 Pages]

[Author:Rachel Goodchild, Stephen Goodchild; Suitability:Lower primary]