Also, I love incorporating environmental print activities! Very early children learn to " read" signs, packaging, etc. the first might be stop on a stop sign, but they will surprise you about their knowledge of words like Wal-Mart, Target, Barbie, and names on boxes of food, etc.

Go to Hubbard's Cupboard, click on literacy, click on ABC Centers, click on environmental print. There are lotto games I used in Kindergarten. Now some may not be familiar or familiar to younger kids, but overall these are fun! Many kids will know band-aid or play-doh. The shapes of these names are quite familiar to lots of kids.

I made some trash books. I have names cut from food boxes like Cheerios and glued onto construction paper and laminated.. Leave some of the picture too for picture cues. I made them into books we read. It lets kids know they are surrounded by literacy! They soon start to look for words they know. Just another fun way to play with literacy!

There is a ton of info on this site!

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