Welcome back to Porter Library’s Kinder Club Kit blog. Each season, Mrs. K. and Ms. Jamie will put together a Kinder Club Kit containing a variety of early literacy activities that will help your child get ready to make the big leap into kindergarten.
Today’s kit highlights the letters of the alphabet and numbers/counting!
Letters of the Alphabet
Letters are everywhere! Each letter has its own shape and sound. When we put letters together, we make words! Sing along with Finny the Shark as he sings the alphabet song.
Look at the alphabet letters below. How many letters do you recognize? Do you use any of the letters below to spell your name? What letters do you use to spell the name of your street or the name of your pet? Practice tracing your letters at home using the dry-erase marker and alphabet letter handwriting sheet included in your Kinder Club Kit.
If you are just beginning to learn your letters Starfall is a great resource. The Starfall link will introduce each letter, the sound it makes and a picture of something that begins with that letter. Click on the link above and then a letter of the alphabet to begin your session.
Thanks to the Dolly Parton Imagination Library we have some fun alphabet stickers to share with you! For this activity, cover the dot letters on the paper towel roll with the matching letter from your Dolly Parton Imagination Library sticker sheet. Peeling and placing these stickers is not only a great activity to learn your letters, but it also helps build those little muscles in your fingers that help you hold your pencils, crayons and scissors!
Numbers and Counting
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10!
How high can you count? Numbers are used in almost EVERYTHING that we do. We use numbers to tell the time, make a phone call, pay for a new toy and decide how many plates to put on the table for dinner!
Use your finger to trace the numbers under the red banner. Which numbers do you recognize? Are any of the numbers in your address, phone number or on a sports jersey that you wear? Practice tracing your numbers at home using the dry-erase marker and number handwriting sheet included in your Kinder Club Kit.
Learning to count works best through play and “hands on” activities. Watch these silly monsters learn to count using their fingers and toes! Now you try! Look around your room, what else can you count? How many pieces of furniture are in the room? Any pet toys or toys of your own?
Mrs. K. included a fun finger counting craft in your Kinder Club Kit. If you did not pick up one of our Kinder Club kits that included the activity, don’t worry – you can do something similar at home. Ask your grown-up to trace your hands onto a piece of construction paper. Next, cut out the hands you traced and glue the palms (not the fingers) to a separate sheet of paper. Take a crayon, marker or pencil and write the numbers 1-10 above each finger. Perfect! Now you can use either your paper fingers or real fingers to practice counting!
Your Kinder Club Kit this month also included a set of MathLink cubes and activity cards. Select an activity card and use your MathLink cubes to complete each counting challenge.
Kindergarten Readiness Practice
Use the construction paper letters and numbers that were included in your Kinder Club Kit to:
- Spell your name
- Spell the name of your favorite Squishmallow
- List your age
- Learn your phone number and address
Thanks for visiting the Kinder Club Kit blog today! Our next kit will be available to pick up on March 17. Registration begins March 10 @ westlakelibrary.org/events or call the Youth Services Department @ 440-250-5471.
Printable activities courtesy of: Worksheeto, Imaginative Teacher and Leslie Brown.
