In this ongoing class that meets 1x a week, students are encouraged to bring something that begins with the letter of the day for show & tell. We will sing a hello song at the beginning and a goodbye song at the end of each class. They will listen to a story that corresponds with the letter of the day, sing a song, trace words, color and then draw a picture of an animal or object using the letter of the day. There will be a pdf file that will need to be printed for each class that can be found in the classroom under the welcome comment the week of the class. We will focus on one letter per day. No prior knowledge of the letters is required. The students will listen to Hip Hop ABC or Chicka Chicka Boom Boom while they color the pictures on the worksheet or they may get up and dance during this song. During each class, your child will be encouraged to sing along, do the actions to the songs, and talk about the letters, words, and pictures. There are only 4 spots available per class because I like to interact with each student to help them build confidence and feel special. I hope to see your child in this class soon! 

A minimum of 2 students must sign up for this ongoing class in order for it to begin and continue. If there is only one student, the parents will have the option of enrolling their child in a private lesson of the same once a week class for $25 per week. 

1. We will greet each other and each child will have a chance to show & tell if they brought something to class that begins with the letter of the day. Then we will sing the hello song.
2. I will read a book.
3. We will sing a song.
4. We will trace the letter of the day and words that begin with that letter on the worksheet. We will learn the sounds of the letters and sound out many of the words phonetically when possible.
5. We will watch the video and listen to either Hip Hop ABC or Chicka Chicka Boom Boom while coloring the picture on the worksheet or dancing. 
6. We will draw a picture of an animal or object that begins with the letter for that day.
7. The students will each have a chance to show off their work at the end of class.
8. We will sing the goodbye song.

1st week: letter Aa (There's an Alligator Under My Bed by Mercer Mayer)
2nd week: letter Bb (The Bubble Factory by Tomie dePaola)
3rd week: letter Cc (See the Circus by H.A. Rey)
4th week: letter Dd (Dot the Fire Dog by Lisa Desimini)
5th week: letter Ee (The Right Number of Elephants by Jeff Sheppard)
6th week: letter Ff (Fish is Fish by Leo Lionni)
7th week: letter Gg (Grover Goes to School by Dan Elliott)
8th week: letter Hh (Hampster Chase by Ezra Jack Keats)
9th week: letter Ii (Curious George Builds an Igloo by Erica Zappy)
10th week: letter Jj (The Jungle Book by Walt Disney)
11th week: letter Kk (Around the World on a Kangaroo by Lee David Daniels)
12th week: letter Ll (Llama Llama Red Pajama by Anna Dewdney)
13th week: letter Mm (If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Numeroff)
14th week: letter Nn (I Spy Numbers by Jean Marzollo)
15th week: letter Oo (Ottie and the Star by Laura Jean Allen)
16th week: letter Pp (If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff)
17th week: letter Qq (The Quilt Story by Tony Johnston & Tomie dePaola)
18th week: letter Rr (Rain Talk by Mary Serfozo)
19th week: letter Ss (The Itsy Bitsy Spider by James Dean)
20th week: letter Tt (The Runaway Tractor by Heather Amery & Stephen Cartwright)
21st week: letter Uu (Unicorn Day by Diana Murray)
22nd week: letter Vv (The Magic School Bus Blows Its Top - Volcanos by Joanna Cole)
23rd week: letter Ww (Where the Wild Things Are by Maurice Sendak)
24th week: letter Xx (Xavier Ox's Xylophone Experiment by Barbara deRubertis)
25th week: letter Yy (What Makes a Yak Laugh by J.D. Coddington & H. Drew)
26th week: letter Zz (The View at the Zoo by Kathleen Bostrom)
We will then start the alphabet over using the AlphaTales book series for the next 26 weeks.