Capitals on the Door

Show Me Magnetic Pieces for Capitals

Capital Letter Cards show a capital made with Wood Pieces. Children put real Wood Pieces on the card. This is a great first letter play activity, especially for children who are just learning to turn and place pieces. They build the letters piece by piece. It’s also a beginning activity for observation and organization.

This activity teaches correct letter formation as you demonstrate for the entire class using a vertical surface. Children can all see you as they build letters with their own Wood Pieces and Mat.

Materials

• Capital Letter Cards for Wood Pieces • Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters

Materials

• Show Me Magnetic

Pieces for Capitals • Wood Pieces Set for Capital Letters • Mat for Wood Pieces

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Activity

1. Place a different Capital Letter Card in front of each child. Have them point to the . This shows that the letter is right side up. 2. Point to each child’s Letter Card. Say, This is capital . What pieces do you need for ? That’s right. Collect the pieces.

Put them near your card. Then wait until everyone is ready. 3. Place the pieces as a group, like this:

Pick up the first piece for your letter. Wait for everybody.

Put it in place. Pick up the second piece. Wait... everyone ready?

Put it in place. Pick up the third piece. Wait... everyone ready?

Put it in place. You made .

Note: This activity also works well with numbers.

Activity

1. Scatter the Wood Pieces on the floor in front of children. 2. Give each child a Mat to place right side up. The smiley face will be at the top. 3. Use the Show Me Magnetic Pieces to build a letter piece by piece for children to imitate. To see the order for any letter, refer to the letter page in this teacher’s guide. 4. Describe each step as you build the letter: I put the Big Line here, under the . Your turn. I put a Little Curve at the top. Your turn.

It’s letter !

Note: This activity also works well with numbers.