Resource File in the Category of Literacy/Language in Early Childhood Education Grace Nwosu Assistant Professor, Curriculum and Instruction

Visual Discrimination Skill The material will be used for identification of letters, sound, matching, and comprehension skills.

High Frequency Words This material will be used to teach kindergarten words. The teacher makes them in flash cards for easy recognition by students. She models using them in sentences to the children. Children are asked to use them in their own sentences. The material is wonderful for teaching writing and reading skills, letter and word recognition.

Letter Sounds The material will help to teach letter recognition sounds and matching letter sounds with pictures.

Colors This material may be used to teach young children color identification and also be useful in assess their knowledge on: 1. Colors 2. Matching skills

Reading The following skills will be emphasized with this material: Reading Color Comprehension Listening Letter sounds Letter identification

Letters of the Alphabet With this material a teacher would teach letter recognition, letter sound, associating words that start with the letter G and matching animals with the sound of the letter.

Days of the Week This kit may be used to assess the knowledge of students as it relates to the days of the week.

Reading This apparatus may be used to teach and assess the following: Colors Matching skills Story Retelling skills Comprehension Letter association

Alphabet Game Activity: Alphabet Game Objectives: Students will be able to 1) identify the letters of the English Alphabet, 2) Show how they sound, 3) match them according to their categories with 80% proficiency/accuracy. Age Appropriate: 4-6 year olds. Materials: Alphabet boards.

Alphabet Game cont. Teacher Input: The teacher pulls off from the alphabet board different letters A-Z. She places them on the floor in alphabetical order. She hands over to each student a letter of the English alphabet for matching with the ones on the floor. Fist she describes to the students how the game works. “I will pick a letter and sing ‘Where is A, Where is A.’ anyone who is holding the letter A will respond, ‘Here I am, Here I am.” Teacher sings: “How do you sound A, How do you sound a.” All students make the sound of A with the help of the teacher where necessary. At the end of the song, she tells the child with the letter sounded to come place it below the letter on the floor that looks exactly like the one the child is holding. This she does until every child has a turn.