Activity Plans - Letter Pairs - A/a and B/b

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Activity plans for early childhood “letter pair” learning through real-life experiences and extended activities. The document provides step-by-step guidance for using oversized letter models (Big Letter A/Small Letter a, Big Letter b/Small Letter b) during hands-on tasks such as making apple juice and banana sandwiches. It also includes storytelling, association support between letters and everyday words, related songs with actions, craft ideas, and suggested books to reinforce the target letter sounds.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryLetters

FormatPDF

Pages84

Reading Time29 min

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Real-life experience activity

Making apple juice - Big Letter A and Small Letter a

Storytelling - Small Letter a Buys Apples and Apple Juice

Extended activity related to the story

Yummy Apples (song)

Other possible real-life experience activities

Making banana sandwiches - Small Letter b

Real-life experience activity – Making apple juice • Tell children that you are thirsty. • Invite Big Letter A to provide children with apples to make apple juice. • Invite Big Letter A to demonstrate how to make apple juice. • Invite children to make apple juice together by guiding them to:➢ take a piece (a quarter) of apple. ➢ use a plastic knife to cut the apple into smaller pieces. ➢ put the apple pieces into the blender. ➢ add some water into the blender and start the blender. ➢ pour some apple juice into the cups. • Provide children with ample chances to listen to and say the names of the objects: apple, apple juice. • Guide children to make association between the letter and the words (e.g., apple, apple juice) . • Guide children to thank Big Letter A for helping us make apple juice. • Invite Big Letter A to drink the apple juice with children. Storytelling – Small Letter a Buys Apples and Apple Juice One day, Small Letter a went to the supermarket to buy some apples and apple juice for Big Letter A’s birthday party. His friend, Ant, went to the supermarket with him. They walked around in the supermarket and looked for apples and apple juice. Small Letter a and Ant walked to the fruit section. Small Letter a saw some apples and he wanted to get them. However, Small Letter a was too short to get the apples. He needed some help, so he turned to Ant and said, ‘Ant, Ant! Please help!’ Ant was strong and tall enough to get the apples. He took the apples and passed them to Small Letter a. Small Letter a put the apples in the basket and continued to look for some apple juice with Ant. They walked around and found the drinks section. Small Letter a saw some apple juice and he wanted to get them. However, Small Letter a was too short to get the apple juice, so he turned to Ant and said, ‘Ant, Ant! Please help!’ Ant was strong and tall enough to get the apple juice. He took some apple juice and passed them to Small Letter a. Small Letter a put the apple juice in the basket and he was happy. Small Letter a and Ant brought the applesand apple juice back home for the party. © SCOLAR Early Childhood Language (SEL) Team Letter pair A a 1 Extended activity related to the story • Singing a song ➢ Help children understand the content of the song by using the cutouts and puppets used in the story. ➢ Hold the stick puppets of Big Letter A and Small Letter a; pretend they are eating apples. They like the apples and keep saying ‘apples, apples, yummy apples’. ➢ Sing the song once for the children with actions. ➢ Invite children to sing the song with the teacher and do actions together. ➢ Sing the song for a few more times until children are familiar with the song. ➢ Show a song sheet. ➢ Ask children to find and circle the letter a in the song. ➢ Sing the song a few more times if time allows. Yummy Apples (Tune: Ten Little Indians) Apples, apples, yummy apples! Apples, apples, yummy apples! Apples, apples, yummy apples! Apples are so yummy! Other possible real-life experience activities and extended activities • Tasting apple pies • Making and tasting apple salad • Making an apple craft with a paper plate ➢ Provide children with a paper plate and some coloured paper (green and brown asthe leaf and stem of an apple) . ➢ Invite children to use a sponge to dab red paint on the paper plate. ➢ Leave the paint dry. ➢ Stick the leaf and stem on the top part of the paper plate. • Forming the letter A/a with play dough Suggested books | Book Title
1. Ten Apples Up On Top!
2. Ten Red Apples
3. The Ants Go Marching
4. The Lady with the Alligator Purse
5. There's an Alligator under My Bed | Author(s)
Dr. Seuss
Pat Hutchins Dan Crisp
Nadine Bernard Westcott Mercer Mayer | ISBN
9780394800196
9780688167974
9781846431098
9780316931366
9780803703742 | | --- | --- | --- | © SCOLAR Early Childhood Language (SEL) Team Real-life expe

FAQs

How does the apple juice activity introduce letter A/a to children?

Children are invited to work with Big Letter A and Small Letter a to make apple juice while listening to and saying object names like “apple” and “apple juice.” The activity guides children to connect the letter with the words during the making process.

What steps are used for making apple juice?

Children take a quarter of an apple, cut it into smaller pieces with a plastic knife, put the pieces into a blender, add water, start the blender, and pour the juice into cups while being guided throughout.

What extended activities support the apple juice story?

The document suggests singing with cutouts and puppets, using a song sheet to locate and circle the letter “a,” and repeating the song until children become familiar. It also proposes additional real-life experiences and craft ideas.

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