Letter B Virtual Workshop

Hello friends! Having lots of fun with bears and bubbles today teaching letter B!

In my virtual workshops I teach letters, sounds, and reading skills for Pre-K learners as well as children who struggle with speech and reading. The instruction provides multi-sensory and phonemic rhymes, songs, and hands-on activities with reading and writing suggestions for a total learning!

Let's enjoy teaching together!  Please comment what is working for you and your learner.

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Most Common Mixed-up Letters... a, b, d

I've worked with children in classrooms and one-on-one for over 20 years.  What I'm about to share is a SIMPLE WAY to help the child remember the difference between 4 very similar letters.  Let's revisit the lowercase letters b and d as well as lowercase a and p. It is such a common error of most children to reverse these letters!  While reviewing the letters with the Amazing Action Alphabet Flip Chart I also bring out these cards.

My very favorite way to help children remember these letters is to say...

b.. Draw a wand first (straight line) then add the bubble (circle)

Bubble Blower - Bubble

d... Draw a door knob first (circle) then draw a door (straight line)

Door Knob - Door

a... Draw an apple (circle) then add a small tree branch (short line)

Apple - Branch

Isn't this fun!  I hope you can use this great teaching tip today.  What are things that have worked for you?  Together we can teach these kids.

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How are you going to teach AND have fun this summer???!!

I love success stories, and I see and hear these stories ALL THE TIME!  That is what brings a smile to my face.  I love when kids have fun AND learn!

Summer is upon us and most of us just want to hang up the backpacks and kick up our heels.  Enjoy the down time with yours kids!  Here are some fun ways to teach AND have fun this summer from some of my new blogging friends.

Annie over at Annies Place To Learn shares ideas about teaching preschoolers and I love her Preschool Bin ideas.  Check out what she has in that bin!  That would keep my kids busy ALL SUMMER LONG!

Camille at Sunny Time Preschool messaged me saying she loves using Amazing Action Alphabet Products too!

"We use the Amazing Action Alphabet at my preschool 

and all the kids LOVE it!   It really helps them retain the letter names and 

sounds! We love the songs too! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you!"

Sunny Times has fantastic ideas on how to teach preschoolers!  I loved her Bubble Art that goes right along with our Amazing Action Alphabet Activity Book B day activity.  Grab this book and do these activities at home.  Your kids barely realize their learning!

Also, Camille had some GREAT ideas for Y day that enhance our Y the Yack and his YoYo.  She strings YARN all over the room and makes a fun obstacle course.  She also writes about Yummy and Yucky tastes!    They tried Yellow Yogurt and Yams!  Yell yes for our senses!  

I hope you're thinking about fun in the sun this summer!  If you want to SHARE your unique ideas, and tell us how you find success in teaching in these summer months, message me!  We all want to hear from YOU!

Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?

I am sure you are all familiar with the popular book, "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See?" written by Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle... If not, you should get a hold of this treasured book!

With the same rhythm that is used in the book I like to practice naming colors using this folder I made years ago.  Using a basic file folder I cut out  the shadow of a bear.  I then covered the bear with clear contact paper.  I put several colors of paper in the folder and it makes the bear appear many different colors!










In class we say..."Brown Bear, brown Bear, what do you see? {then I quickly change colored paper and say} I see a red bear looking at me!  Red bear, red bear, what do you see"...and we repeat with all the colors.

You can also use the same idea to practice shapes!

Say..."Shape Bear, Shape Bear, what do you see? I see a rectangle looking at me!  
{change the shape} Shape Bear, Shape Bear what do you see?"...

Or... try using LETTERS!

Or go on a bear hunt with these fun bear tracks! 

Gummy Bear Math

Today I used gummy bears to help me teach basic math skills.  I prepared a Bear Graph like this one.  So easy to talk about MORE, LEAST, EQUIL and many more bear scenarios.

I also prepared a Gummy Bear Sorting Sheet showing the children in a different visual way the same information.

Hello Mr. Bear!

Don't you just love those special drawings your kids bring home.  The ones that you think..."I have to frame this one!"  Me too!  Children CAN draw, but often it needs to be broken down for them.  Today I introduce you to---Mr Bear.

Step one:
Draw circles for face, eyes and ears.

Step two:

Draw triangle for noes.  Make the bear smile.

Step Three:

Draw Square under the head, and attach a rectangle for the 'flapping in the wind' scarf.  Add some scarf fringe for detail.

Step Four:

Color patterns for the scarf, and paint the bear with watered down brown paint.

Hello Mr Bear!  I think we should be friends!

Bear Snack

It's snack time again...and I am as hungry as a BEAR!

Body- 2 Ritz crackers

Fur- peanut butter

Eyes / Hands / Feet- raisins

B is for Bubbles!

Bubbles, Bubbles, Bubbles!

Mix all 3 ingredients in a cup:
1/2 cup of water
2 Tablespoons of dish soap
2-3 drops of food coloring

Put a straw into the cup and gently blow into the straw until the bubbles reach at least one inch above the cup.  Watch the bubbles overflow unto your paper!

oops..a little on the table ;)

Another BUBBLE activity is using bubble packaging wrap and some blue paint...

How fun is that?

Need I say more...B is for Beautiful Bubbles!

Here is a quick example of an activity to use for the letter B.