At
the start of the school year our jobs are to teach so many basic things like
letter recognition and writing, beginning sounds, and color words. Our
kinder-friends often come to us lacking
in those skills. My goal every year is to make sure we practice proper letter
formation as we learn each letter. Trust
me, the little kinders have
developed some very interesting ways to write their letters! This easy to print book gives you a variety
of skills all on one page! It is perfect
for a “Letter-A-Day” program. Each page provides both the capital and lowercase
letter with starting dots and arrows.
There are pictures that begin with the letter sound and three color
words. The kinders are
to color the pictures and then use those three colors to rainbow write the
letters. The last step is to read, trace and reread the sentence at the bottom.
This
set includes:
•full
page and 2 per page sets of “My Amazing Book of Colorful letters”
•Full
page and 2 per page sets of writing practice for letters Aa-Zz
•Additional
ideas for using both of these sets
on sale for 20% off through 9/29
Another
option that you can do to keep your kinders
practicing proper letter strokes is to copy pages 31 -56 and place them in
clear, heavy-weight pocket protectors. Fasten the pages in a plastic 3 pronged
folder and you have a writing practice book that will last for several years.
In the folders I use in my classroom I also include a name writing template
from Kindergarten Whale Tales
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Product/Monster-Name-Writing-Writing-the-Right-Way-1426671,
FREE letter stroke practice pages from Kinderworks, http://www.kindergartenworks.com/freebies-free-printables/beginning-handwriting-strokes-posters/ There’s a great article on teaching
handwriting at this link. I also include
number writing practice pages.
My kinders keep
their writing practice folders in their chair pockets along with their dry
erase marker boxes. That way they can always pull the folder out and practice. Speaking of dry
erase boxes, I got tired of the amount of time that was wasted waiting for the kinders to
get a dry erase marker and eraser so I started looking for something cheap. I
found these sweet plastic pencil cases for a quarter a piece and filled them
with 4 dry-erase markers and a ½ piece of Walmart’s brand of magic eraser. All
were personalized by my daughter! I'm so glad my 17 year old daughter doesn't mind helping me. :-)
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| two-pocket folders with prongs |
