Letter of the Day

Going from A to Z, have a letter for each day. Get some big label stickers and draw large, clear letters on them, giving five to each child. Throughout your time with the child, help them find and point out things that being with the Letter of the Day, and, if it's appropriate for the object, put the sticker on it. It can also be useful to write out the name of the object. If the children are in a disposition where competition will be helpful instead of hurtful (this can depend on the day, their moods, and the distance between their letter-recognizing skills), it can be a contest to see who can get rid of their stickers the fastest. However, when one child is significantly older, he or she will probably "win" every day, which can make a competition frustrating, so this activity might best be used non-competitively.