Books

Capital Letter Booklet #1

Teaches capital letters A, B, C, D & E
Also teaches --
-- that capital letters make the SAME sounds as the "little letters"
-- the first rule of capital letters (that all names start with a captial letter).

Eight easy lessons can be done one-lesson-a-day or two-lessons a day, depending on your schedule.

Age: 4.5 - 7 years old and older

# of pages: 

Instructions & worksheets:  13 pages
Worksheets only:  8 pages

The "Worksheets Only" version contains only the worksheets (no instruction pages).  This is for when you have more than one student -- save paper and ink!

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Capital Letter Booklet #2

Teaches capital letters F, G, H, I & J
Also teaches --
-- that place names are also capitalized
-- the difference between several confusing letters

Twelve easy lessons can be done one-lesson-a-day or two-lessons a day, depending on your schedule.

Age: 4.5 - 7 years old and older

# of pages: 

Instructions & worksheets:  15 pages
Worksheets only:  10 pages

The "Worksheets Only" version contains only the worksheets (no instruction pages).  This is for when you have more than one student -- save paper and ink!

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Capital Letter Booklet #3

Teaches capital letters K, L, M, N & O
Also teaches that "things" (books, good, cleaning products, etc.) can have names, and these names are capitalized.

Nine easy lessons can be done one-lesson-a-day or two-lessons a day, depending on your schedule.

Age: 4.5 - 7 years old and older

# of pages: 

Instructions & worksheets:  15 pages
Worksheets only:  8 pages

The "Worksheets Only" version contains only the worksheets (no instruction pages).  This is for when you have more than one student -- save paper and ink!

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Capital Letter Booklet #4

Teaches capital letters P, Q, R, S & T
Eleven easy lessons can be done one-lesson-a-day or two-lessons a day, depending on your schedule.

Also teaches alphabet sequence with our Capital Candy activities (no sugar involved!).

Age: 4.5 - 7 years old and older

# of pages: 

Instructions & worksheets:  17 pages
Worksheets only:  11 pages

The "Worksheets Only" version contains only the worksheets (no instruction pages).  This is for when you have more than one student -- save paper and ink!

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Capital Letter Booklet #5

Teaches capital letters U, V, W, X, Y & Z
Nine easy lessons can be done one-lesson-a-day or two-lessons a day, depending on your schedule.

Age: 4.5 - 7 years old and older

# of pages: 

Instructions & worksheets:  15 pages
Worksheets only:  10 pages

The "Worksheets Only" version contains only the worksheets (no instruction pages).  This is for when you have more than one student -- save paper and ink!

Letter Cards

Letter cards can be placed on the wall as a visual aid or can be used as flash cards, which are held in your hand. 

We have three different sizes (with or without the pictures) to accomodate your needs.

Air Writing

"Air Writing" is a teacher-led activity where the children "write" the letters in the air, using big arm movements.  Children also verbalize (speak out loud) the steps to form the letter. 

Air writing helps children remember letter formation, which is a motion-oriented "memory," and which is an entirely different (and separate) memory than the visual memories of letter shapes. 

Air writing also helps to strengthen the arm and shoulder muscles in preparation for handwriting. This is important because weak muscles lead to bad habits in handwriting.

We recommend spending a few minutes a day on Air Writing, just before your daily handwriting or pre-handwriting practice.

Simon Says!

The popular children's game, Simon Says, can be educational as well as fun.

Playing this game helps to speed-up (make faster) a child's recall of the various letters.  This is important because speed-of-recollection is a major factor in literacy.

The only "downside" is that the game can become quite rowdy, so you may want to schedule some break-time after playing this game.

Capital crafts!

Make your own colorful capital letters to display on the wall.  All you need is some paper (I used colored construction paper), some glue (any non-toxic glue will do), safety scissors and poster paints (I used Crayola "Washable Kids Paint") which can all be bought at a Dollar-Store or (with coupons!) at a craft store such as Jo-Ann's or Michaels.

If you have a color printer, and you want to save some time and mess, print the "Pre-colored" version.  That way, all you have to decorate is the piece of paper/construction paper that will be the base/frame for your cut-out creation.  (This is what I did for the photos.)

But if you want to really go for it, print the Ready-To-Color version and color everything in your own custom colors.

Capital Candies

Learning the alphabet sequence is a major milestone in a child's education.  Unfortunately, it's rather boring because it requires a lot of repetition. 

Until we have a fun app for this chore, our "Capital Candy" game is the best we can offer.  See the instructions for some suggestions on how to make it a little more easy/fun.

Memory Game

Also called "Concentration," the "Memory Game" is a game where cards are placed face-down on a table or the floor, and players take turns trying to match up pairs of cards.  To make this an educational game, we use alphabet letter-cards instead of regular playing cards. 

NOTE: I created special, fold-over cards for this game becase regular paper is slightly see-through and card stock (thicker paper) is ridiculously expensive.  If you are super-crafty, you can create your own cards using construction paper.

Letter Sorting Activity

While the Memory Game (above) requires more than one player, you only need one child for the "Letter Sorting Activity."

You simply print two pages -- one page is the "grid" with the lowercase letters on top, and the second page contains the capital letters that you (or your little helper) cuts out.  To play, a child takes the pile of cut-out capital letters and sorts them into the correct column on the grid.