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Lots of reading and telling stories, fingerplays, children’s dictated lists and stories, noticing signs and labels—a variety of early literacy activities come before children can begin to identify letters.
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Talk with children as they search for letters. Find out what they understand about literacy, cutting, and gluing. Build activities to suit individual skills and interests.
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Staple four or five sheets of white paper along one edge to make a book.
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On the cover, use a Crayola® Washable Marker to write your name and then the words Letter Detective. Write the date, too.
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In recycled magazines, be a Letter Detective. Search for interesting letters, perhaps giant-size ones, letters in your name, or upper-case letters.
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Cut them out with Crayola® Scissors.
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Arrange letters in an interesting way on each page. Attach with Crayola® School Glue. Name letters you detected.