Letter Making

Its the last week of school, and we are officially crazy for letters and symbols around here.  |About three of the girls are using everything they can find to represent letters.  I'm interested to see if this continues throughout the week.

knitting needle letters

I saw this picture last week, and it made me think about how children learn - and the meaningful experiences children can have on the road to learning these academic tasks.  Earlier in the week, in the forest, one of the girls made her name with sticks.  We're not a class to trace letters or do worksheets, but letters are all around us all of the time and the children take a natural interest in text and print.  Once they discover that symbols convey a meaning, excitement follows.  I love seeing it, and I love this photo because of that.  I'll be sure to share our stick letters tomorrow.

Recycled Alphabet Accordion Book

So beautiful! And a wonderful way to experience the alphabet, too...





See every letter here!

From Making Books with Children via Playful Learning