Creatively Learning Letters

So a friend tagged me in this post on Facebook and I'd like to share it with you. Sometimes we get confused with which way letters face and how to form letters. This approach to learning how we write the letters uses drawing different animals/ things with the letter itself being the base of the drawing. So as your child practices writing letters at home, and maybe it's no fun... see if drawing animals using the letters sparks their interests! It'll certainly help them remember the letter forms and letter sounds. Click the picture below to see the other letters.

Now in this they are "drawing letters" but I do like to clarify with them in class that when we write and when we trace we aren't drawing, we are writing. I clarify this because they try to "draw" letters (where they fist the crayon and scribble over the tracing lines). This isn't proper practice so I tell them when we write or trace we aren't drawing- we are writing. This means we don't mark over the line like we are coloring the line. We trace over it 1 and only 1 time (unless it's rainbow writing).

Also if your child flips their letters (b, d) check out these videos for some tips. I'll be using the thumbs up/ BED strategy in class as well as the saying "bat before the ball" and "doorknob before the door" in class!