Our classrooms are rich with opportunities to listen, speak, read, and write. We authentically model joyful lifelong learning in our kindergarten. The written word is truly mysterious and exciting to our young learners, and we genuinely share in the fun of discovery!
Kindergarten students engage in many fun activities to sharpen their literacy skills during writing workshop.
Here are a few examples…
Picture Dictionary- for each letter of the alphabet, the children write the uppercase and lowercase letter, and then they draw three pictures of things that start with that letter. Then they write the word, and we write their definition of the word. This activity is excellent for developing letter recognition and formation, and it also helps to build fine motor skills and phonemic awareness. Conceptualizing and speaking a clear definition for each word also enhances cognitive development.
Letter Blocks - we build words with the letter blocks and learn how to tap the words out. This involves tapping your finger to your thumb for the first letter sound, and then tapping a different finger for each of the letter sounds that follow. Then we slide our thumbs across all the fingers to blend the sounds together to say the word. This is an excellent activity for developing decoding skills.
Card Puzzles - during this activity we put the puzzle together to form the picture, and then flip over the cards to spell the word. We also practice tapping out words during this activity.
Twice a week Sharon, a teacher from the Montgomery County Intermediate Unit, joins us in our classroom to practice literacy skills development with fun word work activities like rhyming and counting syllables. We are able to work in small groups to give the children attention and practice as they build their literacy skill set.
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