Do you teach a preschooler who already knows most of his letters and letter sounds? Maybe he isn’t quite ready to go to Kindergarten, but is eager to learn and explore more with reading.
If this is the case, Reading the Alphabet is PERFECT for your preschooler! It has also been used by teachers who teach Kindergarten learners as well as special needs learners!
What is Reading the Alphabet?
Reading the Alphabet is a preschool reading curriculum designed for those kiddos who already know their letters and letter sounds, yet are not ready for a faster paced, full-blown Kindergarten curriculum.
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Reading the Alphabet works on these seven areas:
- Review and Application of Letters & Their Sounds (not in ABC order) to build the Alphabetic Principle
- Introduction and Practice with Beginning Sight Words (such as: the, a, see, I, etc.)
- Phonological & Phonemic Awareness (playing with sounds in words)
- Book & Print Awareness (introducing vocabulary such as: title, word, period, etc.)
- Fine Motor Skills (cutting, gluing, tracing, beginning handwriting-formation of letters)
- Numbers 1-20 & Making Patterns
- Reading/Matching Basic CVC Words (via word families); this starts after the first vowel (short a) is introduced
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Each lesson includes activities such as:
- an emergent reader for each week which reviews letter sounds, applies them to real words, and introduces sight words at an appropriate pace for a preschooler’s literacy development
- picture cards for each letter to apply beginning letter sounds via sound sorts and other activities
- teaching of beginning sight words, introduced at a slower pace to match their development
- a rhyming cut and paste activity
- activities to work on syllables within words
- cutting practice
- making patterns activity via the letter sound of the week
- a print awareness craft activity for each letter sound
- a book/print awareness idea for each letter of the alphabet
- beginning sight word puzzles & mazes
- tracing/handwriting practice for each letter
- activities to reinforce recognizing, counting, and one-to-one correspondence for #1-20
- starting in Lesson 7, CVC word family words are introduced
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Reading the Alphabet: FREE Letter Lessons
Click on the the images below to find each letter or word family post!
Find Letter of the Week Book Lists to accompany the activities in these packs!
More FREE Resources to go with Reading the Alphabet:
- My Handwriting Notebook
- Assembling the Printable Book
- Alphabet Grid Games from A to Z
- Rainbow Roll & Write Sight Words
- Color by Sight Word Pages
- Book and Print Awareness: From A to Z
- Organizing Reading the Alphabet
There’s an App for That! Our Alphabet Sounds Learning App has FOUR LEVELS of interactive play and is a great companion to Reading the Alphabet and beyond! Kids can sort, match, find, sling, spell, and write letter sounds including beginning sounds, ending sounds, middle vowel sounds, and even blends and digraphs!
Enjoy!
~Becky