Preschoolers who are in the pre-writing and writing stages of learning benefit from letter-tracing worksheets. Teachers can use the letter of the week as the week's tracing lesson. On websites such as DLTK Teach (see Resources), find worksheets that focus on one letter in lowercase and uppercase form with several lines of dotted letters that the child traces. The beginning letter on each line includes arrows to guide children in the correct way to draw the letter.
Preschoolers can learn about letters by eating the foods that start with a certain letter. Each week, teachers can serve their students snacks that start with the week's letter. Here are a few examples as suggested by the Alphabites website:
A: Apples
B: Bananas
C: Carrots, Cupcakes, Celery
D: Doughnuts
E: Eggs
F: Fruit
G: Grapes, Graham Crackers
H: Honey
I: Ice Cream Bars
J: Jelly
K: Kiwi
The examples listed above are just ideas; teachers can choose different foods to satisfy nutritional or allergy requirements.
Preschoolers can learn about words that begin with each letter of the alphabet by coloring pictures that depict those words. Find letter-related coloring pages online at sites such as Apples 4 the Teacher. For example, print pictures of an apple or an astronaut for the letter "A," or bananas and butterflies for "B." Teachers can take the coloring one step further and have children color with crayons colors that begin with the week's letter.
Music and songs are another way for children to learn about their letters. Use websites such as Mrs. Jones' Room to find lyrics to songs for every letter of the alphabet. "I am a Baseball Player" and "The Bubble Song" could be used for a letter "B" week, while "The Jaguar" and "I am a Janitor" would work for a letter "J" week.