“In this time of extraordinary pressure, educational and social, perhaps a mother's first duty to her children is to secure for them a quiet growing time, a full six years of passive receptive life, the waking part of it spent for the most part out in the fresh air.”
-Charlotte Mason
A, B, C, D, E, F, G………..melodically has come from the lips of mothers throughout generations sung to their littlest learners. It is ingrained in us to teach them from the moment that they are born. In their Quiet Growing Time, as Charlotte Mason calls it, from the ages of 0-6 years old, we have the opportunity to secure this time for them. We get to introduce them to the English language through reading and through song in a way that engages them and helps them to learn and to remember. We get to explore nature together, bake together, and to make a mess together.
You can also introduce letter recognition by having your child:
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make letters out of clay
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tracing them on a chalkboard
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glitter gluing alphabet flashcards and finger tracing them
- making letters in salt or sand
In The Peaceful Preschool one of the things that we encourage you to do is to read a favorite alphabet book with your child each week.
We thought we would share a few wonderful alphabet books that you might want to include in your days or add to your morning basket for your youngest learners.
A is for Apple (Smart Kids Trace-and-Flip) by Tiger Tales
ABCs of Nature: A Wild & Wonderful Alphabet Experience by Carmine Falcone
Bug ABC - A Bug Alphabet Book for Kids by Barbara Pinke
We Believe: An Alphabet Primer (part of the Baby Believer Series) by Danielle Hitchen
C is for Christian: An A-Z Treasury of Who We Are in Christ by Alistair Begg
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin Jr.
Eating the Alphabet by Lois Ehlert
So Many Bunnies by Rick Walton
B is for Buckaroo by Louise Doak Whitney
C is for Castle by Greg Paprocki
An Alphabet in Bloom by Nathalie Trovato
Eric Carle's ABC by Eric Carle
A is for Annabelle by Tasha Tudor
Discovering Nature's Alphabet by Krystina Castella
Alphabet books have been a big part of our reading instruction. It is a good idea to read to our young children anyway, so reading picture books, where you can reinforce phonograms is a win-win especially when you sound out the letters as you go.
Finally, a wonderful way to play with letters, and even to work on articulation with your young children, is with our Picture Word Cards. Simply laminate them along with a few phonogram bingo cards, add some nature themed bingo counters, such as acorn caps, and you have an inexpensive and educational tool.
We teach letter sounds, counting to 100, colors, shapes, and more in the Peaceful Preschool! Get your bundle here.
What is your child's favorite alphabet book?
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