Testing Pre-K Letter Development

Sounds and Letter Time Development for Three/Four Year Olds

The goal of developing Sound & Letter Time was to create a comprehensive method of

phonemic awareness instruction that would engage young children, thereby effectively helping
them gain and practice critical early literacy skills. The curriculum is designed to:
           Teach critical phonemic awareness skills, including: beginning and final sounds, oral
blending, oral segmentation, and proper articulation.
           Reinforce alphabet recognition skills by reviewing letter names and sound relationships.

        The program consists of four magnetic boards with colorful magnetic picture cards that can be used to play a variety of games such as dominoes, bingo, and concentration. These games important phonemic awareness concepts: initial/final sounds, blending, segmentation, letter-names and letter-sounds relationships. The games and skill requirements range from easy to difficult, advancing gradually, to ensure that as children learn they are able to progress to more advanced tasks.

Test Questions:

1. Naming: by showing a variety of picture cards to the children

and asking them to name each picture out loud. Example “L” what is the letter and what words begin with this letter?

 

2. Games and Activities: Several different games were played with the children,

according to the age and ability level of each group. Example, place index cards on the floor spelling out a child’s name but leave one letter out asking that child what is the letter that you need to finish spelling your name.

 

3. Knock, Knock: Ask one of the children to leave the room placing all index cards on the floor ask the child to identify the child who is missing by looking at the index cards each child is holding, trick have different children hold different names of other children to change it around. Example, Mary stands outside the room, nut all the children are standing holding an index card with names on it even though Mary is not there her card is can that child still recognize the child and name?

 

                                                                     Essay Question

1.     Ask each child to look at their own name and write down the vowels that are in their name and according to the alphabet whose name would be first in line.

 

     As with phonemic awareness, all children, particularly preschool and kindergarten age children can benefit from alphabet recognition instruction. Children must become expert users of the letters they will see and use to write their own words and messages. Without affirms knowledge of letters, children will have difficulty with all other aspects of early literacy. However, according to a report from, 34 percent of children entering school cannot recognize letters of the alphabet by name.

 

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Reference

Scholsatic Games & Books. (2012) www.scholastic.com