Thursday, March 11, 2010

Letter of the Week

A few weeks back Reid and I were discussing teaching Kai the actual sounds of letters (instead of just "A is for apple"). We feel that the next step for him now that he has mastered all of his letters and numbers is to learn that "a says ah", etc. I played with the idea of teaching him one letter a week, with different activities every day. Wouldn't you know that there are several websites out there with curriculum to teach your child a letter a week?! So, this weekend I got myself organized and we started this week with the letter A.

We're pretty much following the curriculm from Letter of the Week, but I am supplementing with ideas and printouts from First Alpahbet Preschool Activities and Crafts. Letter of the Week encourages a different activity every day, while the other site indicates that children under the age of 4 tend to tire out after 3 to 4 days. I am finding that to be true as Kai has lost interest in the letter A, after three fun filled days.

Here is what we did do this week for the letter A.

Monday--We made our A poster and introduced 6 a-word flashcards. Kai colored a letter A and then we went through several poems and rhymes about apples. Finally, we finished with music time. Basically, we watched several versions of "The Ants Go Marching" on Youtube. Kai loved it!Tuesday--We reviewed our A poster and words. We made applecrisp for our craft and we did applejack math. Kai was pretty good at our math and I was quite proud of him.


Wednesday--We reviewed the previous days and then we discussed what an antelope and an abalone are. I learned a few things, too.

Today we had planned on studying astronauts, but Kai just wasn't into it. We'll see what tomorrow brings. Next week, we're on to the letter B. He has really gotten down the A sound, so I'm hoping the excitement continues for the letter B.

1 comment:

Kristi said...

Sounds great! I bet he is having a blast learning all those cool things with his mom!