Wood Pieces – Capital Letter Cards Show Me Magnetic Pieces for Capitals

By imitating you, children learn position concepts. They need awareness of curves and circles for capitals B, C, D, G, O, P, Q, R, S, U. Children learn that O can be a circle, a number zero, or a letter O. In art, encourage children to rotate their arms and wrists to draw anything with a circular shape: snowmen, wheels, faces.

Materials

• Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters

Activity

1. Give each child two Big Curves or two Little Curves. 2. Say the name of each position as you demonstrate.

Have children say it, too. 3. Teach O as a letter, a number, and a shape.

Rainbow Hold up a Big Curve. Hold the Big Curve, and then trace over the rainbow with the other hand. Smile Hold up a Big Curve to make a happy face. Turn it down to make a sad face. Apart Hold the Big Curves apart.

Together Bring them together. O or zero Say “O” or “Zeeeero.” Hold up two Big Curves to your face. Look at a friend’s O. Make circles in the air now. Squiggle-Wiggle Hold up two Big Curves with just one end touching. Move them alternately up or down.