Early Years. HandwritingCopymaster 10/2/04 16:53 Page 43 (Black plate)

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1 Early Years by Letterl Early Years FREE SAMPLE LESSON Now you can make phonics fast and fun with this FREE sample lesson. It s packed full of teaching ideas and contains everything you need to teach the letter s. What s more, there are FREE songs online too! Early Years Lesson Plan ABC Book Scene Big Picture Code Card A-Z Copymasters Early Years Copymasters Alphabet Song Handwriting Song Phonemic awareness Alphabet immersion Aa-Zz shapes & sounds Capital letters Long vowels Language development HandwritingCopymaster 10/2/04 16:53 Page 43 (Black plate) A-Z Copymasters Letterland International Ltd 2007 T07_text.indd 23 04/02/ :04 Start at Sam s head where he can see. Stroke down to his tail, oh so care-ful-ly! 23 s s s s s 43 Letterland Early Years Handwriting Copymasters Published by Letterland International Letterland International

2 Objective To teach the letter shapes and sound for s and S. What you need Letterland materials Big Picture Code Cards: A-Z Copymasters: s and Ss Early Years Handwriting Copymasters: 19 and 43 Early Years Workbook 3: pages Letterland Living ABC Software: Ss Other materials Stocking Newspaper Needle and thread Sponge pads Green and yellow paint Teaching suggestions Introducing Show the children the picture of on page 43 of the Letterland ABC Book and introduce him using the sample script for Session 1 (shown right) as a guide for what to say. Invite one or more children to find and touch on the Alphabet Frieze. Ask them to touch his head and his yellow and green striped tail. s letter shape Pipe cleaners Pairs of socks Washing line or string Pegs Introduce Session 2. Then sing or chant the handwriting verse shown below (as on the Handwriting Songs CD or Letterland Living ABC) to help teach s letter shape: Start at Sam s head where he can see. Stroke down to his tail, oh so care-ful-ly! Invite one or more children to finger trace Sammy Snake s letter shape on the Letterland ABC Book or on both sides of the Big Picture Code Card. s sound This is a simple hissing sound. If a child adds voice instead of whispering it, the result will be sssuh, so stress the hiss as a whispered sound. s song on the Alphabet Songs CD or the Letterland Living ABC software will help in achieving the correct sound. s words sad sand sandals sausages school scissors seaside seesaw sister six sky sleep small sample script Session 1: Introducing snail snake soap socks sound soup special spider star start summer sun sweets This time, before I open my book, you have to be very quiet because we re going to meet somebody very special. This creature makes a special hissing sound. Are you ready? Be very quiet so you can hear. I m opening the book carefully and I m making his sound, sss Did you hear it? Can you make it for me? That s right. And who is it making that sound? A snake. Oh, but look at that smiling snake. Do you think you need to be frightened of this snake? No, I don t. That s because he s a friendly Letterland snake. Would you like to know what this snake is Learn the action

3 Things to do Sleeping snakes Ask the children to pretend to be snakes. They can all lie down on their stomachs and slither and slide like. Then they can pretend to sleep. Choose two children to stand up and take small steps around the sleeping snakes. [PD: Move with control and co-ordinate ] Sandpit Suggest that the children draw Sammy Snake s letter in the sand six or seven times and count them. [CLL: Attempt writing for various purposes ] Stocking Sammy Help the children to stuff stockings with crumpled newspaper. Sew or tie up the ends for them. Children can now decorate their snakes using sponge pads of green and yellow paint to make stripes. [CD: Explore colour, texture, shape ] Pipe cleaner Sammy Ask the children to bend pipe cleaners into s-shapes and mount them on to paper using glue. Explain that the snakes should be mounted looking in the Reading Direction. Draw faces and tails. [CLL: Link sounds to letters ] Sorting socks Bring in some pairs of socks. Get the children to sort them into matching pairs, then display them on s sock line with pegs. [PSRN: Use developing mathematical ideas ] Further practice Options for letter shapes: A-Z Copymasters: s and Ss Early Years Handwriting Copymasters: 19 and 43. For consolidation of both letter shape and sound use: Early Years Workbook 3, pages Letterland Living ABC, software. Things to talk about Socks Following on from the sock sorting activity, find out which is the smallest sock, the longest and the widest sock. Ask what kind of socks the children like best and what kind they think might have, perhaps striped socks. Let them decide how many he would need: one or none? Seaside Talk about what might like beginning with his sound at the seaside. Also talk about anything the children themselves enjoy. Sun Talk about how the sun helps to keep us warm, and makes the flowers grow and open. Warn about the dangers of too much sun. Sausages Learn the counting rhyme Ten fat sausages sizzling in the pan. Favourite foods Ask what the children think might like for a snack. He likes anything starting with his sound, for example, soup, sandwiches, sausage rolls, sweets, spaghetti, strawberries, spiders, even when they are all sandy! Explaining the capital S shape Explain that whenever Sammy Snake has a chance to start an important word, like a name or a word on a sign, he takes a deep breath and gets bigger. Then people call him a super-size snake. called? He s. Where is? Yes, he s at the Letterland swimming pool, right next to the sea. Look, he s sitting in the sun with some of his friends. They look like they re having a really sssuper time! Session 2: s shape and sound Do you remember our swimming pool picture? Who do we see having a super time in the sun at the side of the swimming pool? Yes, it s Sammy Snake. Do you remember the sound he makes at the beginning of his name? Say it with me, says sss.... Do you hear his special sound at the beginning of sssun? And what s that beside? Yes, it s a sandwich. Does the word sandwich start with Sammy s special sound? Listen, sssandwich. And sssunglasses starts with a hiss, too. What is that thing with a yellow and blue sail? A sailboat. Does the word sssailboat start with Sam my Snake s special sound? Yes, it does. Oh, loves being by the swimming pool, eating sandwiches in the sun. Let s say his sound while we make his letter. We re going to start by his head, go all the way round his body and down to his tail. Ready? Start by his head, go round his body and down to his tail and let s say sss... together. That s at the swimming pool.

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5 Sample 1 -, picture only. ABC Book (softback) (hardback) ABC Audio Book CD Letterland ABC Letterland International Ltd LETTERLAND is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon

6 Sample 3 - reduced in size 50% Early Years Handwriting Copymasters Start at Sam s head where he can see. Stroke down to his tail, oh so care-ful-ly! s s s s s Letterland Early Years Handwriting Copymasters Published by Letterland International Letterland International Early Years Handwriting Copymasters Letterland International Ltd LETTERLAND is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon Sample 4 - reduced in size 50% Early Years Handwriting Copymasters Letterland Early Years Handwriting Copymasters Published by Letterland International Letterland International 2006 Early Years Handwriting Copymasters Letterland International Ltd LETTERLAND is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon 19

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8 Popular Early Years materials include: Living ABC (Software) Code: T Handwriting Songs Interactive scenes Alphabet Songs Sample 7 - Alphabet Songs CD, Track 20. Alphabet Songs (CD) Code: T (To the tune of Sing a song of sixpence) says sss in words, hissing all the time. says sss in words, hissing all the time. Hissing with a sss..., sss..., hissing with a sss.... says sss in words, he s hissing all the time. Sample 8 - Handwriting Songs CD, Track 20. Handwriting Songs (CD) Code: T Start at Sam s head where he can see. Stroke down to his tail, oh so care-ful-ly! Letterland Starter Pack Code: TD Letterland Starter Pack contents: Early Years Handbook Early Years Handbook CD ABC (hardback) Living ABC Software A-Z Copymasters Ealry Years Handwriting Copymasters Big Picture Code Cards (lowercase) Alphabet Songs CD Handwriting Songs CD Alphabet Frieze Letterland materials cover all 44 phonemes and all the major recurring spelling patterns in the English language, so you can teach advanced phonics too. Letterland International Ltd (Head Office) Riverbridge House, Guildford Road, Leatherhead, Surrey, KT22 9AD +44 (0) (0) info@letterland.com Published 2007 by Letterland International Ltd First published This edition published 2011, Letterland International Ltd LETTERLAND is a registered trademark of Lyn Wendon Product Code: SM20