Does anyone know if any ideas?

Question

My daughter is 4 years old and i Pre-K. I went for the teaching parent conferance today. The teacher said my daughter really needs to work on reconginizing her Abc's. the letters.
We use to do the flaskcard of Abc at night. My daughter lost intrest in that. I was wondering if anyone knew of some ways that would work to make it fun?

Answer 1

Does she recognize any? She still has some time before starting kindergarten so I wouldn't worry too much. Your daughter will be learning these skills in kindergarten. What is most important in social and emotional readiness. These are some basic skills that your daughter should have before starting school: hold a pencil in an orthodox way, recognize her name, write her name (upper case first letter followed by lower case), know 8 basic colors, no her address and phone number, cut with scissors, dress herself without help, open her lunch without help, and take care of ALL bathroom needs. Here is a link to some more readiness skills http://www.srvusd.k12.ca.us/schools/REGISTRATION_INFORMATION/KINDERGARTEN/Kindergarten_Readiness_Skills/

Whatever you do when helping her to learn letter symbols, keep it fun. If she knows you really want her to learn she will resist. Use you flash cards and find some objects around the house that go with the letter symbol (pencil, top, cat, mop, ball…). Hold up the flashcard and say “I spy something that starts with the sound “mmmm.” Have her take the symbol and put it with the mop. Do the same for the rest of the objects. Repeat using the same symbols another time before exposing her to different symbols. You can also play this when you out of the house. “Find the cereal that starts with a “t.” or “I see a sign that starts with an “s.” She can also trace letters in a dish of cornmeal or sand. Have her make letters out of playdough. You can write names of things around you house on a card and put them on the objects around your house “chair” “door” “sink” “trash”… You can also have her find all of the things that start with a given letter. Have fun!

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Answer 2

Singing the ABC song is different than recognizing the letters. Your child's teacher should be able to help you with ideas and activities. There are lots of websites that are geared to little ones. Try www.pbskids.org for a start. Also there are some really fun computer programs like Reader Rabbit and Jumpstart Preschool that are age appropriate and FUN.

Answer 3

Read to her a ton. Try to point out letters in all sorts of different settings - her cereal box, a sign on the highway, etc. We talk a lot about how to spell our names and other things the kids are interested in. My kids also love computer games. Dr. Suess' ABC's is a story/game they really enjoy and seemed to teach my 3 year old a lot.

Answer 4

Leapstart makes a caterpillar called alphabet pal. It has 26 feet with a letter on each one. It has settings for letter names and for letter sounds (i.e. b- bee and b- buh.) This would help her to see the letter on the foot and then hear the name of the letter and then hear the phonic sound. You will have to play with it with her as you have to switch between settings and to help her get it. It also has a setting that plays a different song for each foot and plays a musical versionof the alphabet song with a one touch button on top. I think it was about 20.00 at walmart. Good luck.

Answer 5

Try getting 'Letter Factory' video from Leap Frog. I bought it for my daughter for X-mas. It teaches you the letters, the sounds the letters make and it tells you what things that start with that letter. It is $10 at walmart I've heard that it is wonderful. There are other leap frogs that help with letters. Best of luck.

Answer 6

Get her those letters that stick on the refrigerator. They make a great LeapFrog toy that has all the letters and a thing that they stick on that says the sound of the letter, words that start with that letter, etc.

Or, get her a chalk board and write the letters and have her say what each letter is. Then go on a "treasure hunt" for things in the house that start with that letter.

Answer 7

Well this is just a shot but one of my friends used to come over with her 3 year old little boy. She was trying to potty train him and he was a hard one. Anyway they were at my house and he saw this raindeer that sat in a rocking chair of mine and it sang grandma got run-over-bya raindeer. he always played with it, so (I) told him if he would got potty on the chair I would give it to him but not until then, he went home that night and guess what! He never pottyed in his pant again. Elaina couldn't believe it. So maybe if someone else where to give her an incentive that might work. Man he really wanted that reindeer Ha Ha. and he got it! Hope this helps. sunnydays

Answer 8

The magnetic letters for the fridge and the stick on letters for the bath tub are a really good investment. My sister-in-law also used to hang up pictures of letters all around the house (on the ceiling, toilet, fridge, etc.) and tell my neice they couldn't do something, like have dessert or go to the park until she had found that letter. it worked really well.

Answer 9

I got the elmo video's with elmo singing the abc's and i would dance around with Skylar, age 3, and would sing the abc song, it was fun and she learned very quickly. But for a while, because we played it so often, i could hear elmo in my sleep! LOL

Answer 10

Have you taught her the abc song? Read to her every day. I taught my kids with blocks. It helped them learn their colors too!