1. The Letter Friend Training Programme
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2. Millicent Nargis Bawany Master of Education, Monash University
Experience:
Teacher, Principal, Trainer, Manager and Lecturer.
Held the position of Principal for 20 years,
Involved in curriculum development, administration and management of program, staff -training, mentoring, parental counselling leading workshops, action research and writing of learner’s and facilitator’s guidebooks.
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3. Can You Read This? Introduction:
To make P take on the child’s perspective of learning ABC.
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4. Video on Alphabet Song
Watching video and discussing the importance of learning letter in sequence.
Use the Alphabet master copy and individual laminated letter to demonstrate the letter in and out of sequence strategy.
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5. Learning Objectives
At the end of this session, Participants will be able to:
Help students to recognize, match letter to sound and form letters
Understand how reading and writing develop
Gain knowledge of teaching alphabet in a fun, creative and holistic manner
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6. Activity
In small groups
Discuss and Present
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7. Group Activity: Reflection
Can you recall how you learned to read and write?
When was the first time you learned to read and write?
Was it a pleasant and fun experience?
Who taught you to read and write?
How do you think reading and writing develop?
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8. Video on Reading and Writing Development
Watching video and discussing the importance of learning letter in sequence.
Use the Alphabet master copy and individual laminated letter to demonstrate the letter in and out of sequence strategy.
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9. 1. Understand how reading and writing develop
How is this sign link to reading?
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10. Reading and Writing Development
Learning to read and write (literacy) does not usually happen in isolation,
It is contextual, for example environmental print, labels, names, street names etc.
Preferably a balance of explicit teaching and incidental learning
V need to understand that learning to read and write (literacy) does not usually happen in isolation, it should be contextual, for example environmental print, labels, names, street names etc.
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11. Emergent Literacy Builds on literacy concept Learnt naturally at home
Occurs gradually over time
Day long immersion in
purposeful literacy
activities
Skill learned while reading
And writing
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12. 2. To recognize letter, match letter to sound and form letters
Ants on the apple  a, a, a  Ants on the apple  a, a, a  Ants on the apple  a, a, a  "a" is the sound of "A"
Phonics Video
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13. To recognize and match letter to sound
Base our teaching on their prior knowledge, in other words, on what they already know.
Use child’s name as a starting point to teach them to recognize the letter.
Start with the initial letter and letter sound of their name, for example: Annie.
One of ways to teach children anything is to base it on their prior knowledge, in other words, on what they already know.
Hence we will be using their names as a starting point to teach them to recognize the letter.
Sing the song as above and write it on a paper to model writing and to show children what they say (spoken language) can be written in words.
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14. Demonstration Use child’s name and sing a song
Write child’s name on a paper to model writing and to show the child what they say (spoken language) can be written in words.
As you write, say out the letter one by one,
Then point to each letter and then sweep your finger under the word as you slowly read the word : A..nee (two syllables and according to sound).
Next use hand claps for them to hear the two syllables A (one clap and stretch) and Nee (one clap).
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15. Demonstration Trace the letter on their palm.
Use tape to show formation of letter.
Any more suggestion to teach letter recognition, matching letter to sound and forming letters?
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16. Video on How to hold a Pencil…
Watching video and discussing the importance of learning letter in sequence.
Use the Alphabet master copy and individual laminated letter to demonstrate the letter in and out of sequence strategy.
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17. Video on Reading and Writing Development
Next use the alphabet book to demonstrate letter recognition and letter sound.
Remind students that at each visit they will repeat the previously taught letters using the compiled book before starting on the next letter
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18. Activity V will discuss and present how they would teach a letter.
Get V to demonstrate.
Get V to choose a letter that they would like to teach.
They can come up with other ideas of teaching the letter apart from using the compiled book.
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19. 3. Gain knowledge of teaching in a fun, creative and holistic manner
Presenting Stimulus Material
A tray with flour, zip-blocks of different sizes with ketchup or mayonnaise sealed in, a pail of water and paint brushes
Show V all these and get them to think how might all these be used to teach children in a fun, creative and holistic manner.
3. Gain knowledge of teaching in a fun, creative and holistic manner
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20. Activity Distribute one type of material to each group.
V will explore and suggest ways of using these materials to help children learn about the reading and writing (literacy)
Present and share ideas.
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21. Teaching in a fun, creative and holistic manner
We need to teach children in a fun, creative and holistic manner so that they in turn can learn in a fun, creative and holistic manner.
Learning should be pleasant and interactive.
Children must be involved in their learning: hands-on and interactive.
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22. PUPPET THEATRE
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23. Cardboard finger puppet Sock puppet
Paper Bag
Puppet
Stick and Foam Puppet
Cloth Puppet
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24. Activity: Alphabet Puppet
In small groups, V can choose to create a story with their puppets; dramatize and tell their story.
Use drawing block, glitter, pipe cleaner, sticker, marker, crayons, buttons, scrap materials to make alphabet puppets and create a story about the alphabet. 
Puppets created by V and a puppet theatre made from a box/crate will be used to present the story.
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25. Review
Share one strategy that you have learned today and describe how you would use this strategy to teach children to recognize, match letter to sound, read and write.
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26. Review…
Share one strategy that you have learned today and describe how you would use this strategy to teach children to recognize letter, match letter to sound, read and write. Paired Activity.
How can you apply all that you have learned today when teaching your students?
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27. End of Session and Thank You!
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