I've talked about Vito’s sensitive years for letters in my Instagram account. Since September, he’s been into letter sounds, identifying beginning letter sounds, sorting objects according to sound, making rhymes, forming words, pretending to read and deciphering words etc. so I decided to give him a “structured” activity on alphabets. Here’s what we have been doing so far:
- Five in a Row activities that are tied to a letter
- A letter of the week kind of activity to go along with a holiday or season (letter l and letter a)
- Reading lots of books
- After learning a letter, we would read and create his own phonics booklet
During the course of these activities, I observed that he would try to decipher a word, or pretend to create words using sticky tapes, in writing and using our moveable alphabet. Plus, he knows 90% of the letter sounds (though he's still confused with c and k). With the signs, I knew he would be ready for the Montessori Pink Series. And oh boy, it was the best decision I made!
