Cut & Paste ABCs

Discover how short and simple alphabet activities can yield BIG results for your beginning reader! Designed specifically for small-group instruction, Cut & Paste ABCs takes an active learning approach, providing students with multiple hands-on opportunities to develop an array of essential early literacy skills—from concepts about print to recognizing and manipulating individual sounds in words and developing phonemic awareness and phonics skills. The simple, step-by-step directions tell how to use the activity pages and accompanying mini-book pages to teach an entire lesson. Students tackle each letter of the alphabet, learn proper letter formations, practice beginning sounds, and recognize letters and sounds in picture words. The themes on each activity page gives students the opportunity to cultivate their imagination through creative expression. Use the interactive activities featured in this book to help students with the following crucial early literacy skills: Phonemic awareness Phonics Letter recognition Letter formation/printing Small motor development Vocabulary development