Post Office: Letters with Letters

Comment from reviewer: "The ultimate in individualized instruction. We did this at a staff in-service - my letter was blank!"

Objectives

Children participating in this activity will be able to reads a simple word, identifies letters of name, and identifies name (written). Children ages 2-3 will be able to identify symbols and objects in pictures Cog. IV A

 

Materials

One envelope with each child's name; one piece of paper for each child; paper has symbol or word at challenging level.

Procedures

1. Teacher tells the kids that the mail carrier will be coming to deliver each of them their very own letter. Ask them to make a big circle or line so there is a street for the mail carrier to walk along.

2. Mail carrier (teacher or child) delivers each letter, the kid reads it, then shows it to the rest of the class. After all the letters are read, children may take them home. The envelopes may be used over and over again. For each letter choose a word or symbol that the child is able to read with some effort--if it is far too easy or difficult the lesson will not be as effective.