Letters and Sounds

Personal Social and Emotional

 Our names. Change the initial sounds of our names in a circle game. Become familiar with our surnames and recognise some capital letters and their initial sounds.

Communication language and Literacy

Name Writing. With our name cards we will practise writing our names with the dry wipe pens. Make labels with our names to stick on our artwork. Share an alphabet book and discuss sounds.

Mathematical Development

Find the longest and shortest names in the group. Count the letters in our names. Find the most popular initial sound in our group and record on a block chart.

Physical Development

Write our names in sand. Make playdough letters. Practise “magic pencil” forming letters s a t i p n. Learn physical actions for s a t i p n.

Understanding the World

Walk around the school site looking for signs. Look at number plates in school carpark. Find the initial sound of our name and record on clipboard.

Expressive Art and Design

Sponge print letters to make a large class alphabet line. Learn ABC song. Sing it while pointing to the letter on our alphabet line. Finger paint our names.

Focused Vocabulary

s                         a                          t                  i                    p                      n    

sand                  animals               teapot       insects         pasta              nest

sun                    ants                     toast         inside           popcorn         nettles

socks                 ambulance         toes          iguana          pattern          nine