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Letter Racecars

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:

Letter Racecars​

Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed

Age Group:

Preschool

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with school-age children.

Objectives:  

Children will:

• practice letter recognition.

CDA Competency Standard:   

II.5.2b

• Materials and equipment stimulate children’s thinking and problem-solving
  • b) Materials chosen are meaningful to the children

Letter Racecars

Materials: 

• toy cars
• tape
• paper
• markers

Procedure: 

• Cut paper into small circles.
  
• Write letters onto these circles and tape into the top of the cars.
• Create “parking spaces” with different letters onto a piece of paper using a marker
• Invite the children to drive the cars into the parking space that corresponds with the letter on top of the car.

**This lesson can be adapted for school-age children by using sight words instead of letters

Assessment: 

• Observe and record what letters the children were able to match and what ones they struggled with. Revisit these letters during small group or one-on-one learning time. ​

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