Word of the Week

1. Introduce the word by finding the word in an important strategic place. For example: in a title of a book, a favorite poem, or a greeting card.

2. Find the word by reading your house or classroom with a pointer or flashlight.

3. Sing the word using a song to match the number of letters.

1 letter: Frere Jacques

I spells I

Listen to me

I spells I

Listen to me

Repeat

2 letters: If You're Happy and You Know It:

If You're Happy and you know it spell at:

A-t

If you're happy and you know it spell at

A-t

If you're happy and you know it

Then your face will really show it

If you're happy and you know it spell at

A-t

Make up other verses.

2 letters: She'll Be Coming Round The Mountain

How do you spell the word in?

I-n

How do you spell the word in?

I-n

How do you spell the word in?

I-n

Repeat

3 letters: Mary Had a Little Lamb

Spell the word and

A-n-d a-n-d a-n-d

Spell the word and

A-n-d all day long.

Repeat

4 letters: Clementine

S-a-i-d s-a-i-d s-a-i-d

Spells said

S-a-i-d s-a-i-d s-a-i-d

Spells said

Repeat

5 letters: Bingo

A 5 letter word is there, spell there now-o

t-h-e-r-e t-h-e-r-e t-h-e-r-e spell there now-o

4. Model the correct formation of the letters and have your child trace the word in salt, sand, gel, fingerpaint, pudding,or shaving cream .

5. Model the correct formation of the letters and have your child print the word with a paintbrush, marker, crayon, chalk, q-tip, magic slate, pencil, or pen.

6. Purchase magnetic letters to place on the refrigerator or cookie sheets and have your child put the letters in the right order to spell the word.

7. Cut out the letters in the word from a magazine or newspaper.

8. Use playdoh to roll out and make the letters in the word or a toothpick to write the word on the playdoh.

9. Talk about the shapes of the letters in the word and take a marker and draw around the word to display a visual connection. Play matching games, same or different, or word bingo.

10. Take your finger and trace the letters of the word on the palm of the hand or on your child's back.

11. Show or print 1 letter at a time until the child guesses the word.

12. Alphabet Stamps are a practical investment for having fun with making words. Store stamps in ice cube trays.

13. Eating words can be a delicious way to reinforce words using vegetables, pretzels, potato sticks, and candy to form the letters in the word.

14. Decorate cupcakes, cakes or cookies using frosting tubes to print words. Squeeze mustard, ketchup, mayonnaise, or jelly letters to spell words out of containers to enhance your food. If your not hungry place inside a ziploc bag and practice printing words on the outside of the bag.

15. Try Alphabits Cereal for breakfast and find the letters to spell the word..

16. Alphabet Soup letters are fun to discover with a magnifying glass to find the letters in the word.

17. Alphabet tiles or cubes can be great assets to create interest and play games that strengthen spelling words.

18. Reading with your child and pointing out a word is a very natural way to teach the word recognition.

19. Find a flashlight and let your child find the word in magazines, books, or the newspaper. Have your child color code or highlight the word in yellow.

20. Make a chart and find stickers or use a star to show your child the words that he/she has mastered.

21. Make puzzles out of words by printing the word, taking a marker and forming lines or shapes to cut so that your child can fit the word back together.

22. Art projects can reinforce word recognition by making words out of pipe cleaners, buttons, sequence, glitter, macaroni, yarn, ribbon, lace, stickers, materials, or anything that you have available.

23. Use sign language to demonstrate the word.

24. When you are at the supermarket have your child help you find the groceries by using words. Logos and environmental print that surround your child adds to the learning environment.

25. Rhythm, chanting, poems, and clapping can help children learn words accompanied by music or visual associations.

26. A typewriter or keyboard are interesting techniques for assisting your child to learn words.

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