But hold your horses! As the babies grow into toddlers and are exposed to more books and videos, the letter "A for apple" is old news. So we, as parents and teachers, need to "cowboy up" and create a personalized ABC book for our buckaroos. One of the first lessons I learned, while working with kids, is the power of their own name. Start the ABC book with just the letters in their name. You can add more letters to their book as they learn them, but always start with the letters in their name. The first letter of a child's name should always represent that child. The other letters in their name should have meaning to the child, too.
Here's an ABC book that a little boy named Josh made. J is for Josh, O is for octopus, S is for silly, H is for hot. It's very important that Josh takes ownership of his book. If I had made this book for Josh to use in my classroom, I probably would have said, "S is for snake." Josh might have a hard time remembering that because he relates the letter S to silly because he hears everyone calling him a silly boy at least 4 times a day.
If you are working with a struggling reader or writer, please try this. Work on the letters in the child's name first. Then add other letters to the ABC book as they learn them, but remember to always let the child think of the word that links the letter.
This little activity might seem silly to some of y'all. But you wouldn't believe how many kids know "J is for Jack-a-lantern," but they don't know J is the first letter of their own name. We'll chat around the campfire another day about the power of a child's name. It truly is powerful.
Have fun and be creative with your little buckaroo.
Happy Trails,
Mrs. B
Here's an ABC book that a little boy named Josh made. J is for Josh, O is for octopus, S is for silly, H is for hot. It's very important that Josh takes ownership of his book. If I had made this book for Josh to use in my classroom, I probably would have said, "S is for snake." Josh might have a hard time remembering that because he relates the letter S to silly because he hears everyone calling him a silly boy at least 4 times a day.
If you are working with a struggling reader or writer, please try this. Work on the letters in the child's name first. Then add other letters to the ABC book as they learn them, but remember to always let the child think of the word that links the letter.
This little activity might seem silly to some of y'all. But you wouldn't believe how many kids know "J is for Jack-a-lantern," but they don't know J is the first letter of their own name. We'll chat around the campfire another day about the power of a child's name. It truly is powerful.
Have fun and be creative with your little buckaroo.
Happy Trails,
Mrs. B
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