Letter Stones Activity
Resources- Stones, Pens or paint
Implementation
Go on a scavenger hunt in the beautiful sunshine for more stones. Children can practise their name by matching the letter stones to a written name card. If they already know how to form their name they can make it with the stones independently. The stones can be further used to make other names your children may know such as mummy or daddy, or a sibling’s name or even a favourite story character’s name copied from a book, e.g. Stick Man or Stanley! You could muddle up some familiar names or words for your child to form correctly. Your children may be able to copy or independently form other familiar or significant words and simple sentences using the stones, or even order the stones alphabetically.
Intent- Learning Goals
Literacy – Reading
30-50
- Recognises familiar words and signs such as own name and advertising logos.
40-60
- Hears and says the initial sound in words.
- Links sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.
- Begins to read words and simple sentences
Literacy – Writing
40-60
- Uses some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly and in sequence.
- Writes own name and other things such as labels and captions.
- Attempts to write short sentences in meaningful contexts.
Impact
Please use this space to record any findings, adaptions, reflections and quotes from your children. We would love you to email them back to us or share them on Tapestry.
