LITERACY WORSHOPS: Journaling, Letter B sound and formation

During our Literacy Workshops this week, we focused on journal writing and letter B formation as well as its sound. At one station, the Cardinals were invited to write about their weekend experience. We all had four days off from school and each Cardinal was quite eager to share their story. Amazing! Not only were they excited to verbalize their experience, but many Cardinals took the interest in “writing” it too.

Each child progresses at their own developmental writing level. The goal is not to tell the children how to write, but to help them sound out words by stretching the sounds. Allowing the child to write the words the way they sound will eventually help them as they learn to read.

At another station, the focus was on letter B formation. Using sand on a tray, the Cardinals were encouraged to write the letter “B” – Start at the top, one big line down, jump to the top, little curve to the middle, and little curve to the bottom. The Cardinals did astonishing work!  Also, many words that begin with the letter B were placed on the table and the Cardinals were invited to “write” the word on the sand. Remarkable work!

A final activity was creating a collage with pictures of objects that begin with the letter B. The Cardinals were asked to cut out pictures from the pages of old magazines that start with the letter B. What a fabulous activity to reinforce the sound of the letter B.