Alphabet Activities

Learning the alphabet and how to pronounce each letter is a big part of the Kindergarten curriculum. I feel my cooperating teacher makes learning the alphabet and phonics fun for the students. During my time in the field, I have seen the students practice with songs, play games, use the alphabet chart on the classroom wall, and have guided reading lessons with the teacher. Along with reading stories as a group (or individually during silent read to self), the students seem to enjoy learning these concepts! It makes me laugh when I walk around during silent read to self time and a student asks for help sounding out a word. I will get my lips ready (like Professor Christian taught us as a reading strategy for young children) and the student will be able to sound the letters out without me even making a noise. It was a shock to me to see how much Kindergarteners enjoy reading! With making learning these concepts enjoyable for the students, they sometimes do not even realize they are learning!