Pre-Kindergarten with Letterland Presentation Handouts

Pre-Kindergarten with Letterland
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Pre-K with Letterland session agenda
● Letterland and the NELP
● Letterland Curriculum/Materials
● Getting Started with Clever Cat
5 Day Lesson Plan
Games, activities, ideas
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● Brainstorming
● Assessment
● Celebrate!
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Goals / notes
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for my students
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Who’sWho’s
who inWho
Letterland?
in Letterland
Bouncy Ben makes the sound
at the beginning of his name –
‘b…’. Keep your mouth nearly
closed to avoid adding “uh”.
Clever Cat makes the sound at
the beginning of her name –
‘c…’ (as in cat). Just whisper it.
Dippy Duck makes the sound
at the beginning of her name –
‘d…’. Keep your mouth nearly
closed to avoid adding “uh”.
Eddy Elephant makes the
sound at the beginning of his
Nj
Nj
name – ‘e…’
(as in elephant).
FireƤghter Fred makes the
sound at the beginning of his
name – ‘fff…’. Just whisper it.
Golden Girl makes the sound
at the beginning of her name –
‘g…’. Keep your mouth nearly
closed to avoid adding “uh”.
Jumping Jim makes the
sound at the beginning of his name – ‘j…’.
Keep your mouth nearly
closed to avoid adding
“uh”.
Red Robot makes the
sound at the beginning of
his name. Keep your mouth
nearly closed and prolong
his sound – ‘rrr…’.
Sammy Snake makes the
sound at the beginning
of his name. Just whisper
‘sss…’.
Kicking King makes
the sound at the
beginning of his
name – ‘k…’. Just
whisper it.
Talking Tess makes the
sound at the beginning
of her name – ‘t…’. Just
whisper it.
Lucy Lamp Light makes
the sound at the
beginning of her name
– ‘lll…’. Keep your
mouth nearly closed to
avoid adding “uh”.
Uppy Umbrella makes the
sound at the beginning
Nj
of her name – ‘u…’
(as in
umbrella). For once
Nj is right!
“uh”
Munching Mike makes the
sound at the beginning of
his name. Keep your mouth
closed and hum ‘mmm…’
to avoid adding “uh”.
Vicky Violet makes the
sound at the beginning of
her name. Keep your mouth
nearly closed to avoid
adding “uh”.
Noisy Nick makes the sound
at the beginning of his name.
Keep your mouth nearly closed
and lips open – ‘nnn…’ to
avoid adding “uh”.
Walter Walrus makes the
sound at the beginning of his
name. Get ready to whistle
but blow instead – ‘www…’.
Try not to add “uh”.
Oscar Orange makes the sound
at the beginning of his name –
Nj
Nj
‘o…’
(as in orange).
Fix-it Max makes the last
sound in his name. He makes
the sound ‘ks…’ in words.
Just whisper it.
Peter Puppy makes the sound
at the beginning of his name –
‘p…’. Just whisper it.
Harry Hat Man makes the
sound at the
beginning of his name. Just
whisper it – ‘hhh…’.
Yellow Yo-yo Man makes the
sound at the beginning of
his name. Keep your mouth
nearly closed – ‘yyy…’ to
avoid adding “uh”.
Quarrelsome Queen makes the
sound at the beginning of her
name – ‘qu…’. Whisper “kw”.
Impy Ink makes the sound at
the beginning of his name –
Nj (as in Njink).
’i…’
Zig Zag Zebra makes the
sound at the beginning of her
name – ‘zzz…’. Keep your
mouth nearly closed to avoid
adding “uh”.
The Vowel Men
Mr A, the
Apron Man,
says his name
‘A’ as in apron.
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Mr E, the Easy
Magic Man,
says his name
‘E’ as in easy.
Mr I, the Ice
Cream Man,
says his name ‘I’
as in ice cream.
Mr O, the Old Man
from over the
Ocean, says his
name ‘O’ as in old.
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Mr U, the Uniform
Man, says his name
‘U’ as in uniform.
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Annie Apple makes the sound
at the beginning of her name –
Nj
Nj
‘a…’
(as in apple).
a Bite an imaginary
apple.
b Shoot arms up for
ears and wiggle them.
c Stroke whiskers
across cheeks.
d Flap elbows like a
waddlingg duck.
e Spread out hands
behind ears and flap
ke elephant
elephaant ears.
like
f Hold and direct
imaginary hose
towards fire.
g Mime holding a
glass of grape juice in
‘glug, glug’ position.
h Breathe on to
hand in front of
uth.
mouth.
k Lift
m
one arm
and onee
foot in a
pe.
k-shape.
l Touch finger tips
above head to suggest
Lucy s lamp-shade
lamp shade hat.
Lucy’s
j Pretend to
i Touch finger to
thumb as if sticky and juggle an imaginary
set of balls.
make an ‘icky’ face.
m Rub tummy and
say ‘mmm’.
n Bang one fist
on the other, as if
hammering a nail.
o Form round shapes p Stroke down long
with mouth and hand imaginary ears.
and look surprised.
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Action Tricks
Action Tricks (continued)
q Point index finger
up as if ordering
‘Quiet!’
u
p
Hold up
ary
imaginary
umbrella with one
hand low and the
her above.
other
r Make a running
movement with arms.
v Hold hands
together in v-shape.
Mak
k
ke
s Make
snake
moveme
movements
with han
hand
arm
and arm.
w Flick both hands
up and away as if
splashing water.
t Lift arms at
shoulder height in
a t-shape.
x Cross arms on
chest in x-shape.
Long vowel action
z Tilt head and
rest against hands to
mime falling asleep.
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y Move hand
up and down as if
controlling a yo-yo.
Each Vowel Man punches
the air with his right hand
as he calls out his name
enthusiastically.
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Sample Lesson
Clever Cat
To teach the letter shapes and sound for c and C.
Sample materials
Big Picture Code Cards: Clever Cat
Letterland ABC Book: Clever Cat Scene
Handwriting Songs: c free download
Alphabet Songs: c free download
A-Z Copymasters: c and Cc
Early Years Handwriting Copymasters: 3 & 29
Other materials
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Pictures of cats
Paper plates, elastic or tape
Modelling dough
Colored pens or crayons
Biscuits or cup cakes
Introducing Clever Cat
Show the children the picture of Clever Cat in the
scene (free sample 1). This is a sample page from
Letterland ABC Book . Introduce her using the
sample script Session 1 (shown right) as a guide.
Recommended - The Letterland Living ABC
software allows you to project the scene onto a
whiteboard for whole class interactive fun.
Clever Cat’s letter shape
Introduce Session 2. Then sing or chant the
handwriting verse shown below (as on the
Handwriting Songs CD/Cassette or Letterland Living
ABC) to help teach Clever Cat’s letter shape:
Curve round Clever Cat’s face to begin.
Then gently tickle her under her chin.
This song is available as a free download from:
http://www.letterland.com/songs.html
Finger trace Clever Cat’s letter shape on the
Letterland ABC Scene or on the Picture Code Card.
Clever Cat’s sound is an unvoiced sound. Make
sure that the children practise it in a whisper. It is
very important, when it comes to blending
sounds, that no child says ‘cuh’. Sing Clever Cat’s
Alphabet Song together. Take care to whisper
the ‘c…’ sound. This song is available
as a free download from:
http://www.letterland.com/songs.html
Teaching Note: Show the
Picture Code Card,
and ask “Who it this?”.
Then show the plain
letter side and ask
Clever Cat
“What’s her sound?”.
‘c...’
Clever Cat’s action
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Stroke whiskers. Each
a-z character has an
action, creating a
kinesthetic prompt for
the correct sound.
Clever Cat sample script
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Teaching suggestions
Clever Cat’s sound
(available on CD)
Session 1: Introducing Clever Cat
Let’s look at this page. Can you see that cat?
Have you got a cat? Isn’t this cat a lovely cat! She
has a red letter on her head. That’s because she’s
a Letterland cat.
Look, she has just settled down to have a cup
of cocoa outside the Letterland castle. What else
has she brought with her? She has a cucumber
sandwich, a yummy cream cake and her
crossword puzzle.
She even remembered to bring along her
favourite cushion. Clever Cat thinks of
everything. That’s why people call her
Clever Cat.
Can you see some white things in the sky?
What are they? That’s right. They’re clouds in the
sky. Sometimes there are lots of dark clouds in
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Objective
Sample Lesson (continued)
Things to do
Things to talk about
G Cat collages Make cat collages with drawings
G Clever Cat’s sound Talk about what sound
of cats,pictures cut out from cards or calendars.
G Paper plate face Draw and color in Clever
Cat’s face on paper plates. Add ears, whiskers,
etc., using scraps of paper or fur fabric and
string. Make into masks by cutting holes for the
eyes and adding elastic.
G Cut-outs Use modelling dough to cut out cats.
G Cookery Create Clever Cat’s face on plain
cookies or on cup cakes using icing/sweets.
G Clever Cat Collections Collect objects that
begin with her sound, such as coins or cards.
G Further practice For extra practice of the
letter shapes, there are the following materials:
– A-Z Copymasters: c and Cc (samples 3, 4)
– Early Years Handwriting Copymasters (samples 5, 6)
cats usually make and then explain that Clever
Cat never miaows, but says ‘c..., c...’ instead.
G Cats Find out if any of the children have a cat
at home. Talk about the things that cats like
to eat and drink. Explain that Clever Cat only
eats food that begins with her sound.What
would she like? e.g. cream cakes, crisps,
carrots, cucumber, cauliflower, etc.
G Caterpillars Bring in some caterpillars (and
leaves) in a suitable clear container. Talk about
their colors and movements and explain how
they turn into butterflies or moths.
Cross Curricular Link in other subject areas,
- computers, counting, crafts, etc.
Explaining the capital C shape
Explain to the children that
whenever Clever Cat starts
important words such as names,
she takes a deep breath and gets
bigger. (In Letterland all of the A-Z
capital letter shapes are explained
by a simple story like this.)
Recommended for consolidation of both letter
shape and sound there are also:
– Early Years Workbooks
– Letterland Living ABC software. Use the
Clever Cat interactive story, Alphabet Song,
Handwriting Song and assessed activities.
Clever Cat’s word list
class
cup
cut
climb
cross
cuddle
castle
clean
clever
the sky. What comes out of the clouds? Yes. The
rain comes. Will it rain today? No, the sky is blue.
Look at the picture. Do you like Clever Cat’s
car? It’s nice and colorful, isn’t it? Now, let’s wave
goodbye. Goodbye, Clever Cat.
Session 2: Clever Cat’s shape and sound
Can anyone tell us the name of the lovely cat here in
this picture? Yes, Clever Cat. What’s she doing
here? Yes, she’s having a cup of cocoa. Where does
Clever Cat live? In Letterland!
Clever Cat is a very special cat because she is a
Letterland cat. I’ve got a cat and my cat says
‘Miaow’. But this cat is far too clever to say ‘Miaow’.
Clever Cat is so clever that she makes a special
sound instead, like this, ‘c…, c…, c…’. Can you
make that sound with me? Just whisper it, ‘c…, c…,
c…’. That’s right. Can you hear her little ‘c…’ sound
candles
car
close
coat
cold
cake
color
come
cook
count
cow
craft
two times as you say her name? Listen, C…lever
C…at?
Let’s stroke her, shall we? She likes us to stroke
her in a very special way, around her letter. We
start by her ear, we go over to the other ear, go
round her face, and we stop under her chin. That’s
it. Shall we do it again? Let’s make her special
sound, ‘c…, c…, c…’ as we go round.
Let’s see what else we can find in our picture
that begins with Clever Cat’s sound.
What are those white things up in the sky?
Clouds, yes!
And what is Clever Cat going to eat on that
table? Cream cakes! Most cats we know would
never eat cream cakes. But Clever Cat does. Why?
Because she’s a Letterland cat. So she likes to eat
anything that begins with her sound. Cream cakes
and cucumber sandwiches for our Clever Cat.
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can
clock
Sample Lesson (continued)
Early Years Handwriting Copymasters © Letterland International Ltd 2011. LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon
ISBN:
978‐1‐86209‐250‐1
Early Years
Handwriting Copymasters
Sample 3, Page 29 - reduced in size 50%
Sample 4, Page 3 - reduced in size 50%
Early Years
Handwriting Copymasters
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ISBN:
978‐1‐86209‐250‐1
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Sample Lesson (continued)
A‐Z Copymasters
Sample 5, Page 3 - reduced in size 50%.
ISBN: 978‐1‐86209‐239‐6
© Letterland International Ltd 2011. LETTERLAND® is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon
Sample 6, Page - reduced in size 50%. A-Z Copymasters
A‐Z Copymasters
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ISBN:
978‐1‐86209‐239‐6
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Handout 10
Letterland Letterland
Logic
Logic
The Letterland Learning Environment
Put simply, ‘Letterland Logic’ is alliterative.
Characters are always attracted to things that start with their sound!
Bit by bit, your children will build up the imaginative landscape that is Letterland
by using ‘Letterland Logic’.
‘Letterland Logic’
Offers a unique, natural route to phonemic awareness
Encourages and guides creativity
Crosses all cultural boundaries
Develops observation skills
Motivates awareness of your local environment
Offers a strong organising principle for cross-curricular planning
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Letterland sound bag
Create a bag labelled with the letter being studied and place a
few small objects starting with that sound in the bag.
More advanced - Create labels for the objects – picture code
the initial letter.
• Children put hand in bag and pull object out identifying object and repeating initial
(or final) sound.
• Teacher selects one object. Children try to identify hidden object by touch, sound
or description.
• Each child pulls out an object but then ‘hides’ it. Children then ‘help’ the teacher to
remember who has what.
• Kim’s Game – children look at objects, teacher covers them and then they try to
remember what they saw.
• One child carefully pulls one object from the bag and the other children have to
ask questions to identify what it might be. Can it roll? Does it have corners?
• Hunt the objects. Children have to discover objects beginning with the correct
sound hidden around the room.
• Mix the contents of 2 or more bags and allow children to sort by initial sound.
Alternatively sort by soft/hard, metal/plastic/fabric, etc.
• Take objects from various bags and sort into alphabetical order.
• Identify the number of sounds or syllables (clap /tap syllables) for each object
word.
• Listen to the object’s name and then match to the right teacher written label.
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• Draw the object and then copy the correct label.
• Use objects to create a short story.
Vary the activities using pictures instead of objects
• Create a class dictionary, scrap book or story book.
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Games for learning & practicing
Letterlander names and sounds
I SPY A LETTERLANDER
Skill: Practicing Letterlander Names (Accuracy)
I am Clever
Cat and I spy
Firefighter Fred.
Before playing this game you may want to practice the character names you will be using
with the children. (As soon as children are confident of a few Letterlanders’ names, move to
practicing sounds with those letters.)
Objective: Say the Letterlander name in response to its picture.
Materials: Several Picture Code Cards (PCCs) introduced so far.
Preparation: Distribute one PCC to each child. They hold them so that the other children can
see the picture side.
Procedure
First child: “I am Annie Apple and (pointing to Clever Cat) I spy Clever Cat. “
Second child: “I am Clever Cat and I spy Firefighter Fred.”
(After everyone has a few turns, exchange cards and play again.)
SOUNDS TRICK GAME (1C)
Skill: Using Letterlander Name to Get the Letter Sound (Accuracy)
Objective: Extract the sound from the Letterlander name using the Sounds Trick.
Materials: Up to 8 PCCs that have been introduced so far.
Preparation: Select PCCs, some whose sounds are known and some unknown to children in
the group.
Procedure
Teacher: (Lay a card on the table: e.g., Noisy Nick. Guide students in Rubber-BandStretching the name. Nnnoissssyyyy Nnniiick. Have children repeat as they m
Children: “Nnnoisssyyy Nnniiick”
Teacher and Children: Begin to say it again but stop on the first sound. Move your
hands back and forth slightly as you say the initial sound, /nnn/ /nnn/.
Let individual students ‘be the teacher’ by leading the group in stretching a character name
and isolating the initial sound. Each time the whole group repeats what the individual has
demonstrated.
Variation: Lay several PCCs picture side up on the table. Say an initial sound such as /
sssss/. Have children repeat /sssss/. Then say, Whose name are we getting ready to
say? Everyone starts the sound again and continues with the whole name, Ssssssammy
Ssssnake. For Letterlanders that begin with stop sounds b, c, d, g, j, k, p, qu, t, say the sound
quickly three times, e.g., /b/ /b/ /b/, Whose name are we getting ready to say?
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I am Annie
Apple and I spy
Clever Cat.
Games for learning & practicing
Letterlander names and sounds
HIDE AND SEEK (1D)
Skill: Letter Sound Accuracy
Objective: Give the sound in response to the plain letter.
Materials: Several PCCs introduced previously.
Preparation: Place the PCCs plain letter side up.
Procedure
Teacher: We are going to pay Hide and Seek with some Letterlanders. They
are hiding so all we can see is their plain letters, but it we touch one and say
the sound, the Letterlander will come out from hiding.
Child 1: Point to a plain letter and say just the sound. Turn over the PCC to
show the Letterlander and have all say the name and sound (e.g., “Talking
Tess, /t/.”).
Other children take turns.
NOTE: The activties on pages 13-14 are adapted from Letterland Step-by-Step
Kindergarten Teacher’s Guide (2008).
Materials: Beginning Sound Pictures – 5 for the sound being taught, 2 that begin with
contrasting sounds; a card with a large question mark on it
•
Like in the previous activity, you will want to focus on beginning sounds rather than
letters.
•
Display a Picture Code Card (PCC) for the letter you wish to focus on (e.g. Golden
Girl).
•
Say the Letterlander’s name with the children and use Rubber-Band-Stretching to
‘catch’ the beginning sound.
•
Tell the children that you have some pictures that are Golden Girls favorites but
they have gotten mixed up with some others that do not belong to Golden Girl.
•
Show the cards one at a time and have children name them. Rubber-BandStretch the word if need and have the children decide if this one belongs to the
Letterlander.
•
Put the pictures that belong to Golden Girl with her PCC. Place cards which are
not hers with the large question mark. Tell children this means that they don’t
belong to Golden Girl and that we have a question as to who they belong to.
•
Each time you and the children select a new picture for Golden Girl go back and
name the pictures already displayed with her emphasizing the beginning sound.
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BEGINNING SOUND PICTURES
Monday
Tuesday
Introduce the Letterlander with
ABC Living Software (click on
the character, then on the Story
icon),
ABC Book: “Do you remember
who this is?”
Shape
Thursday
Friday
Repeat the Sounds Trick.
Children take turns with prop or
Puppet or Prop for character:
Puppet or Prop for character:
Pretend to be the character and Pretend to be the character and puppet saying, “I am (character
name) and I like _____.”
ask questions:
ask questions:
Children find items in
illustration that begin with the
character’s sound
“What’s my name, sound,
what do I like to eat,“ etc (give
additional clues as needed) .
“What’s my name, sound,
what do I like to eat,“ etc (give
additional clues as needed) .
Give clues as needed to help
child think of something.
Use the Sounds Trick with
Rubber Band Stretching.
Play and sing the Alphabet
Song.
Alphabet Song.
Alphabet Song..
Teach the Action Trick. Play
and sing the Letterland
Alphabet Song. Do the Action
Trick each time you say the
sound.
Use Vocabulary Cards and
tell a brief story to relate
pictured words to the character.
Alternatively, just share the
sentences on the cards.
Alphabet Song. Children deliver
objects and Vocabulary Cards
to the character (puppet, prop).
(E. g., “Here is your car, Clever
Cat so you can drive to the
store.” )
Show pictures and objects in
groups of 4 with 3 ‘belonging’ to
the character and 1 that begins
with another sound. Group
selects correct objects to give
to character.
Children pick objects and
pictures that belong to the
Letterlander.
OR use the ABC Book
paraphrasing the script from
Day 1 in the Handbook.
Use the sound bag with only
objects beginning with the
character’s sound.
Language
Development
Wednesday
Share Picture Code Card
(PCC). Use plain side to
discuss how letter shape
relates to character (e.g.
“Where would Clever Cat’s
ears go?”).
Trace letter formation on both
sides of PCC as you say the
handwriting verse. Let children
take turns tracing on PCC/
Alphabet Frieze as you say the
verse.
Children make collage of
character on letter shape
adding body parts, eyes,
mouth, etc.
All air-trace a huge letter
on the board while singing
Handwriting Song. Use Living
ABC software to demonstrate.
Read Aloud: relevant book .
Reread and give child friendly
definitions of 5-7 vocabulary
words.
Craft activity taken from Early
Years Handbook, Things to
Make & Do or your own. Use
vocabulary words during
activity.
You demonstrate selecting
correct items with 2 or 3 with
that begin with the characters
sound and 1 that does not.
Handwriting Song with huge
letter and air-tracing.
Help children try to make
the letter shape with their
bodies singly or in pairs and
photograph to share with
parents.
Make letter with play dough /
string / noodles.
Then build a story with the
children about the character
that includes the objects, e.g:
“Bouncy Ben bounced his ball.
He went to see his friend the
bear. They played basketball...”
Handwriting Song, tracing
hollow letter, and then Rainbow
writing.
Sing the Handwriting Song
while writing the letter free
hand.
Introduce capital with Big PCC
& find on the Alphabet Frieze.
Letter ‘puzzles’ for capital and
lower case. Perhaps homemade but with appropriate
shapes glued around them
(e.g. eggs for e, hearts for h)
Have a Letter Hunt around the
classroom, the school, or in
books ‘stalking’ the lower case
and capital letters.
Children take turns writing huge
letters on the board or painting
on easel.
Read a related book perhaps
related to a specific theme Eg
if animals are the theme then
read a book about cats during
Clever Cat’s lesson.
Craft activity perhaps with
related song..
If cooking is possible use the
Letterland Cookbook for a
suggested recipe. Do shared
writing or create a character
scrap book.
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Sound
Character
A Week of Letterland in your Classroom
A Week of Letterland in your Classroom
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Language
Development
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Shape
Sound
Character
Monday
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Word stretching
Multisensory Strategy
Word-Stetching
The Sounds Trick
Children use the Letterland character’s name to remind them
of the letter sound.
• They say the name and then begin to say it again, but only
say the first part. “Mmmmunching Mmmmmmike, mmmm...”
• When first learning this trick, children use Rubber-BandStretching of the character name to arrive at the sound.
“Mmmunching
Mmmmike”
“mmm”
To teach Rubber-Band-Stretching
• Have children put the palms of their hands together. “Let’s pretend that we have a big rubber
band wrapped around our hands. We want to stretch it out but it’s a strong rubber band so we
have to go slow.”
• Everyone slowly pulls their hands wider and wider apart.
• “Now we have to use our muscles to bring our hands bag together without making a sound.”
• Stretch the imaginary rubber one or two more times. Then say, Now, just like we stretched that
rubber band, we are going to stretch some words so we can hear each sound in the word.
• Show children how to stretch out a word such as moose, “Mmmmmmooooooooosssse.” Have
children copy your motion and your voice.
• Try this with a few words. Try it with children’s names. You will want to use words that begin with
prolonged sounds at first such as most words beginning with these letters: a, e, f, m (you will
indentify others during the training.)
• The beginning sound of words with an initial ‘stop’ consonant will be harder to catch the sound
because these are very brief sounds as in b, d, t, etc.
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• Then show them how to start to say the words again, but stop at the beginning of the words
while your hands are still close together, “Mmmmm. That’s right that’s how we ‘catch’ that
beginning sound right there. Mmmm.”
Pre-K
The Letterland Pre-K teaching
level provides children with a solid
foundation for learning to read,
write and spell. Finding out about
characters such as Annie Apple and
Clever Cat helps even the youngest
children to learn the alphabet sounds
& shapes, and to develop their
phonics skills in a fun way.
Overview
Teaching Scope
• Actions for each letter
• Songs and rhymes
• Activities for each letter
• Handwriting
• Speaking and listening
• Vocabulary development
• Alliterative words
• Phonemic awareness
Letterland who’s who a-z
Letter sounds & shapes a-z
Capital letters A-Z
Short & long vowels a, e, i, o, u
!
Letterland Starter Pack NEW
The Letterland Starter Pack contains
teaching resources that have been
carefully selected to help even the
youngest children learn the alphabet
sounds & shapes and develop
phonemic awareness and their phonics
skills. All products come in a sturdy,
bright box for easy storage.
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Pack includes:
• Early Years Handbook
• Early Years Handbook CD
• A-Z Copymasters
• Early Years Handwriting
Copymasters
• ABC (hardback)
• Alphabet Frieze
• Big Picture Code Cards –
Lowercase
• Living ABC Software
• Alphabet Songs CD
• Handwriting Songs CD
Code: TD47
Price: $340.00
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