New sounds and places we'll expore
Letters come to life at Alphabet Island
Where we read and spell from shore to shore
We have all fallen in love with Alphabet Island. It's just too perfect since we live on an island. Each letter is a kid with characteristics that help remember how they make words (reading and spelling rules). The king and queen are Noble N and Lady L, which is Mom and Dad. Navin likes to be 'Veggie V', who is good friends with 'Farmhand F', and they love vegetables. Govinda has really bonded with Zany Z, a barefoot boy whose favorite number is zero, and likes to zone out on dozers.
We're making a big poster for the cards to play on and an Alphabet Island book with a page for each letter friend. Here's a picture of the cover and Zany Z before being all colored in:
The best part is that he thinks all of the Alphabet Island stuff is just for fun, not school! Yet, just from listening to the cd and reading some of the stories, he now knows many phonics concepts that I haven't officially taught him, like 'ch', 'ph', 'wh', 'gh', and more. I can tell this is a great fit for us!
We have been blessed with a new camera, so now I can take more pictures to share.
Here's some pictures of a premature jabon that fell and became a great ball to play with. We have been really admiring nature and the greatness of summer and the fruits that are ripe. Our nature study has been fun, exploring the wonders of nature everyday. In this picture, Govinda is wearing his Zany Z shirt. Notice the double z's on the back...that's because he is afraid of being at the cliff at the ends of words, so he manifests another Zany Z to keep him company and feel safe. Alphabet Island really takes abstract symbols for sounds and makes them personal relationships that are easy to relate to and remember.
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