Auditory Sequences and the Letter G
The Letter G is an exciting week of new activities. If you haven’t already, check out the Periscope video that I posted in the exclusive FB group (included with the curriculum). In that video, I explain how auditory sequences are a great skill to help develop auditory memory, and my daughter and I demonstrated how to do them.
Strong auditory memory is what will help your child remember that they already sounded out the C and the A, when they get to the T, in cat. Without strong auditory memory, sounding out words will be torture. Your child will have forgotten the letters that they started out with by the time they get to the end of the word. You can also strengthen this skill by simply reading books to your child and asking them to tell you about what you read.
The letter G is also the week that we “read” the very funny “Good Night, Gorilla”. One of our favorite activities for any zoo related book, is to create our own zoo out of TOOB animals, or out of our Playmobil or Shliechs. You simply use poster board to draw or paint the overhead view of a zoo, and then help your child set up a zoo with their animals. This becomes a great activity for simply playing with your child, or you can label the cages with the animal names and then let your child place animals in their category.
Articulation, auditory memory, and the fine motor skills developed through setting up animals in the zoo, are all bonuses from an activity that looks like sheer play.
For a complete list of picture books used for The Peaceful Preschool click here.
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