4-YEAR-OLDS

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What letter is next?

Shard’e Carter
Shard’e Carter
ECE 155- Fall
October 10, 2019
Literacy Activity
FORMAL ACTIVITY

Age: 4 years old

Type of Activity:

 Small Group Activity

Primary Literacy Skill:

• Literacy
• Rhyming
• Alphabet knowledge
• Fine motor skills

State Standards:

• 1.PK.1 Identify words that rhyme.

• 1.PK.2 Identify the beginning sound of own name.
• 1.PK.3 Identify letters in own name.
• 2.PK.1 Identify the front cover of the book and know how to turn the pages when reading.
• 1.PK.5 Demonstrate awareness that print carries a message.
• 2.PK.2 Ask questions or make comments pertinent to the story being read.
• 2.PK.3 Identify pictures to aid in comprehension.
• 3.PK.1 Retell a story with the aid of pictures
• 3.K.6 With assistance, listen to and identify words, and phrases that reveal tone.
• 3.K.7 With assistance, listen to, read and discuss text from different cultures and time periods.
• 3.K.8 With assistance, listen to and make predictions based on evidence
• 3.K.9 With assistance, make connections to self, other text, and/or the world.
• 3.PK.5 Listen and respond to rhythm or rhyme, (e.g., clapping or chanting).
• 3.PK.8 Predict what will happen next in a story
 • 4.PK.5a Recall information from an event, text, or picture related to self and the world around them.
• 4.PK.5b Respond to or ask a question about an event, text, or picture.
• 4.PK.7 With teacher assistance, follow, a simple pictorial direction.
• 2.PK.2b Express satisfaction when accomplishing a task and achieving a goal.

Objectives: At the end of this experience the child will have an increased ability to…

• Children will be encourage to use action words

• Identify letters of their name and put cookies together to spell their name
• Demonstrates dexterity and fine motor skills with peeling and arranging small pieces in an order

Materials:

 Bananas
 Apples
 Blueberries
 ABC cookies
 Plates

Activity:

 Children will peel their banana and place it on a plate

 Slice the apple and use six slices as the branches of the tree.
 Place blueberries on top of the apples as the coconuts.
 Have your little one choose letter cookies to place around the tree. They could spell out
their name, simple words, or just choose their favor ite letters!
 Quotes phrases from the book and reenact it
 Introduce letter sounds and acknowledge letter names

Scaffolding:

 Can name fruits

 Names colors
 Know letters that are in their name
 Know the alphabet letters and sounds
 Can use fine motor skills for self-care (opening banana and creating the project)
Shard’e Carter
ECE 155- Fall
October 10, 2019
Literacy Activity
INFORMAL ACTIVITY

Age: 4 year olds

Type of Activity:

 Art area

Primary Literacy Skill:

 Emergent writing
 Alphabet knowledge
 Word awareness
 Fine motor

State Standards:

 1.PK.3 Identify letters in own name.

 1.PK.5 Demonstrate awareness that print carries a message
 4.PK.1 Demonstrate and understand that printed material contains information (e.g., illustrations,
graphs, and charts).
 4.PK.5b Respond to or ask a question about an event, text, or picture.
 5.PK.1 Experiment with writing tools and materials in response to information. Recognize first letter in
name and ask for assistance in writing or tracing letter.
  5.K.2 With assistance, draw or communicate ideas in written form.
 5.PK.2a Experiment with beginning techniques for using various writing materials.

Objectives: At the end of this experience the child will have an increased ability to…

 Children will be able to demonstrate emergent writing

 Write their name, letters from the name, or their favorite letters
 Children fine motor skills increase

Materials:

 Brown and green paper

 Scissors
 Glue
 Markers
 Paint and paint brushes

Activity:

 In advance, cut out a HUGE coconut tree!

 Pre-cut the paper into the shape you are working on with your preschoolers. They can make their tree
out of circle shaped brown and circle shaped green.
o Unless they are able to do it on their own, let them cut their own pieces
 Just let the children cut the different shades of brown paper into pieces and glue onto larger paper to
make a tree trunk.
 Let them do the same with different shades of green for the leaves of the tree.
 Help the children find the letters for their name and glue them on the tree (provide a name card with
each of the students' name printed so they can try and find the letters themselves!).
 Provide stamps or paint and brushes and encourage the children to stamp or paint letters on the tree
 Children will write or paint letters on their tree
 You may display the artwork around the classroom
Scaffolding:
 Can manipulate objects
 Know letters that are in their name
 Know the alphabet letters and sounds
Shard’e Carter
ECE 155- Fall
October 10, 2019
Literacy Activity

Age: 4 years old

Type of Activity: Dramatic Play – Letter Store

Primary Literacy Skill:

 Alphabet knowledge
 Vocabulary

State Standards:

 1.PK.2 Identify the beginning sound of own name.

 1.PK.3 Identify letters in own name.
 4.PK.5b Respond to or ask a question about an event, text, or picture.
 1.PK.4 Recognize environmental print and symbols.

Objectives: At the end of this experience the child will have an increased ability to…

 Identify the letters of own name

 Respond to or ask a question about an event, text using alphabetical knowledge
 Participate in group discussions
 Identify beginning letter sounds

Materials:

 A cash register
  A shopping carts
 Bags
 Money
 Letter cut outs, wooden letters, etc.

Activity:

 Provide a table for children to make and decorate paper letters.

 They can then "sell" their letters in the Letter Store.
 Provide a cash register, shopping carts, bags, etc.
 You may add money to make the experience go further
 Encourage children to acknowledge they are willing to buy/sell
 Encourage vocabulary as if the children were grocery shopping

Scaffolding:

 Children know how to count 1-10 and one by one

 Can manipulate objects
 Know letters that are in their name
 Know the alphabet letters and sounds
 Can pretend play
 MESSAGE IN A BACKPACK

Encouraging “Reading is essential to just about

everything in life – from cooking to

Reading & Writing driving to just getting through

school. It is important to start at a

with your child!

young age and teach your child the
value of reading so they will grow to
practice it often and value their
ability to do so”.
7 Reasons Why Reading is Important for children:
-Annabelle Short
1. It expands their vocabulary.
While reading, they might come across words they have never heard.
Prompting them to find out what they mean.

2. It helps build independence and self-confidence. Activity: Making

They develop a sense of independence. grocery shopping fun!
Through reading, they can begin to understand the world on their own.
 Make a list.
3. It helps them make sense of the world around them  Prepare them for the trip.
 While you shop, follow your
and keeps them safe.
child’s lead and actively
As they learn to read they are able to determine what things around
listen.
them say. They will be able to understand if something says it could harm
 You can stimulate your
them.
child’s early literacy by
pointing out print in the
4. It leads to their future academic success. grocery store.
A child must be able to read in order to even progress through school.  Add new language.
 Refer to the shopping list.
5. It enhances their imagination.  Let your child help you put
As a child reads, they can begin to imagine where, what, when, where, away the groceries. This
why, and how. Eventually beginning to create their own stories. provides a good opportunity
to repeat words that you
6. It improves their grammar. may have emphasized at the
Through reading, they can see how the author composed their sentence store, and also to add other
structure and grammar. This can also help improve their communication ideas.
skills as they determine how it should be read using clues such as
punctuation.

7. It improves their writing skills.

Improvement with their vocabulary, communication, and grammar skills,
And it ultimately improves their writing skills as well.

SUPPORTING YOUR CHILD’S LITERACY AT HOME

Take part in your child’s literacy at home. Taking part can help with their Message from teacher:
reading ability, writing skills, comprehension, and language skills. Having
Actively listening to your child while
those skills can help improve their interest in reading and focus.
you shop can spark interesting
Playing word games, discuss word meanings, point out interesting and conversations about what your child
unfamiliar words, and reading together supports your child’s literacy sees, smells, feels, and hears.
skills.