Welcome to Letterland

Over the past few weeks, we have been learning lots about Letterland! We have met lots of new characters and learned about the sounds that they make. Each day we "meet" the character by using the "Living ABC" software on our smartboard. It takes us to the character's house and we learn about the different things that they do and like based on their sound. For example, Firefighter Fred fights fire with foam, Lucy Lamplight lives in the Letterland lighthouse, and Harry Hatman gets horrible headaches.

Each day after we learn about the character, we make an alphabet line and complete a word sort for review of old characters and practice with new characters. There are vocabulary cards that go along with each character. I pass out the cards to the students in the class and we sort them based on which letterland character makes the sound. This is great practice for beginning sounds! When we are finished, the children who are playing the characters give a sentence with their character. They say their character name and the words that they make. This is great review of sounds we've already covered. It is a fun and active way to practice letters and sounds.