The preschool class went fishing with Francy Fish today and had a great time catching Zoo Phonics letters! This activity allowed the children to review all the lower case letters they have been learning since September. As they caught letters the the children read them, said their sound, and did the corresponding body movements. We've been using the Zoo Phonics program for two months and so far it has been very successful. The children do a daily review of all the letters and then we focus on one letter every two weeks.
This is the first year Little Pandas Playschool has offered the Zoo Phonics curriculum. So far I'm very pleased with the results. Each day our preschoolers review all the letters and sing "Come Meet us at the Zoo." A project or activity is completed after reviewing the letters. Then we focus in depth on one letter every two weeks. This week the children participated in an activity reviewing letters a through l. Magnetic Zoo Phonics letters and non-Zoo Phonics letters were made and put on a white board. The children were given a dry-erase pen to draw lines to the matching letters. Nearly every child could complete the activity!
