Letters, books, and print (kindergarten) · lesson

Big and small letters

💡 Each letter has a big form and a small form.

Each letter comes in two forms. One is big. One is small.

Some look the same, like Ss and Oo. Some look new, like Gg.

Watch out for b and d. They face the way they want to go.

🧠 How to think about it

Is it b or d? Make a bed with your two fists. Your left fist is b. Your right fist is d.

🏡 Try it at home

Pick one book. Find a big M and a small m. Then hunt for big and small letters of your name.

Read the row left to right

💡 We read from left to right, then go down.

We start on the left side of the page.

We read to the right. Then we drop down one line. We start on the left once more.

🧠 How to think about it

Put your finger on the first word. Slide it to the right. At the end, sweep back to the left and down.

🏡 Try it at home

Read a book side by side. Let your child move a finger under each line, left to right.

💡 A space shows where one word stops and the next one starts.

Words have spaces in between.

To count words, touch each word. Skip the spaces.

🧠 How to think about it

I see a big dog. Touch I, see, a, big, dog. That is five words.

🏡 Try it at home

Write a short sentence on paper. Have your child count the words with a finger.

💡 A sentence starts with a big letter and ends with a mark.

The first word of a sentence gets a big letter. The word I is big, too.

A telling sentence ends with a dot. An asking one ends with a question mark.

🧠 How to think about it

Look at the start. Is it big? Look at the end. Is there a mark? If both are there, it is right.

🏡 Try it at home

Read a cereal box together. Point to each big letter and each end mark you see.