Literacy Throughout SeptemberAs a busy director and lead teacher with a family, I appreciate having a month of sequential lesson plans already plotted out for me. I don’t have to spend hours outside of the school day gathering ideas and materials. I can rest assured that our curriculum, www.mothergoosetime.com has everything in order. Here, Mrs. Grady is leading a small group in a literacy activity that involves the entire body and most of the senses. Young children learn best when engaged in this sort of activity as it is how they experience their world. Children are able to make letter-sound-word connections, walk the letter “T” to imprint the parts of the letter in their brain and then create it with hands-on letter pieces. Following directions and working cooperatively with their peers are other skills gained as well. Mrs. Plamondon led an “I Spy” activity that emphasized the letter-sound connection. Small muscles in the hands are prepared for writing by making playdough “snakes” and creating letters. Mrs. Plamondon worked with her small group throughout the month , using the www.mothergoosetime.com I Can Read books. They began with basic concepts of print then progressed to “reading” sight words using picture clues. Once my group became comfortable with this month’s book, I gave them monster fingers to use as pointers. They thought it was so much fun! Thank you for joining us on our adventures in literacy!
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AuthorSheila Anderson has over 25 years experience in the Early Childhood Field and still loves going to "school" everyday. Archives
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