Page 11 - Literacy Skills

NIFTY NAMES

• Children work in groups of 4; pile their 6 bricks
together.
Q: With what sound does your name start?

• Each child takes a turn to give the sound of the
start of their name.

Q: What is the name of that sound?

Teacher instructs:
• Decide on a child who will start - all in the group
build the first letter of that child’s name.

Q: Why should we build a capital letter?

• Repeat the exercise with everyone in the group
getting a turn to say the letter sound.

Rrrr IS FOR

RED

• Children have their 6 bricks randomly placed
on their desks in front of them.

Q: Can you use your L / R hand to pick up a
brick colour that starts with … e.g. “y”?

• Repeat this activity, alternating L / R hands
using all the colours: r / b / o / g

Variations:
• Use L / R hand to pick up the colour that
rhymes with bed (red); queen (green); glue
(blue); fellow (yellow) etc.
• Use L / R hand to pick up the colour that
ends with ... e.g. “d”.

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