I Love Letters!: More Than 200 Quick & Easy Activities to Introduce Young Children to Letters and Literacy [Paperback]

Jean Feldman (Author), Holly Karapetkova (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: April 1, 2009

Steer children toward a lifetime of reading with more than two hundred activities, games, and songs to introduce the alphabet. It all begins with twenty-six letters; the wiggles and squiggles that turn into words, stories, poems, and great literature are the tools for future readers. Children will love learning their letters as they play the Name Game, sew their own letters, create Puzzle Pairs, and more! Jean Feldman and Holly Karapetkova apply their signature style of creativity and fun activities to teach literacy skills and the alphabet!

"From sign language to classroom and individual games, I Love Letters! is full of good ideas which will promote and prompt a love of reading in children."

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About the Author

Jean Feldman has been actively involved in education for more than 35 years as a classroom teacher, author, and consultant. Dr. Feldman has a B.A. from the University of Georgia, a D.A.S.T. from Emory University, and a M.A. and Ph.D. from Georgia State University. Holly Feldman Karapetkova earned her B.A. from Rice University, her M.F.A. from Georgia State University, and her Ph.D. from the University of Cincinnati. Her poems and translations have appeared in national literary journals. Her children's poetry has been described as "refreshing," "contagious," and "engaging." Dr. Karapetkova is currently teaching at Marymount University in Arlington, VA.

Product Details

• Paperback: 140 pages
• Publisher: Gryphon House (April 1, 2009)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0876590806
• ISBN-13: 978-0876590805
• Product Dimensions: 10.9 x 8.4 x 0.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #57,196 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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13 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent Early Childhood teacher resource book, April 14, 2009

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Tammy (New Boston, MI United States) - See all my reviews

This review is from: I Love Letters!: More Than 200 Quick & Easy Activities to Introduce Young Children to Letters and Literacy (Paperback)

I was so excited when I received Jean Feldman's new book. I went to an Early Childhood conference in January that she was presenting at and I enjoyed it. I have all of her CD's and use them in my classroom. This book is a must have for a teacher teaching preschool or Kindergarten. All of the activities in this book is easy to use and great for teaching children letters & early literacy. Several of the activities that she did at the conference were in here, which I was excited to see them. All the activities are hands on and children centered.

10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A must for preschool teachers, July 29, 2009

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Nona Taylor "Nona Taylor" (Las Vegas, Nevada, USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: I Love Letters!: More Than 200 Quick & Easy Activities to Introduce Young Children to Letters and Literacy (Paperback)

I use Dr. Jean's ideas to set up my preschool room following the ideas from Wonderful Rooms Where Children Can Bloom. This is a great extension for ideas to add to the classroom. I am getting excited for summer vacation to be done and my students to return to school so I can implement so many new ideas.

One of my favorite things about this book is how many ideas there are to include family involvement such as making a book about each student's favorite foods. The families will send in labels or fronts of boxes. The student will make a book using these labels. It's a great beginning reading activity.

I also can't wait to implement clipboard writing. There's a great idea of how to make inexpensive clipboards for the students to use. This is going to be such an exciting year!

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellant Resource for parents too!, May 26, 2010

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C. Christopherson (Oak Harbor, WA) - See all my reviews
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I picked this book up at the library for ideas of fun literacy activities to do with my 2 and 3.5 year old. After taking tons of notes of ideas, and not being halfway through the book, I returned it to the library. Because I am a parent and not a teacher, I often have to toss out so many book ideas that it is not worth it to own them. Not so with this one: it is very worth owning, even as a parent!
The activities are great for different ages. There are things that my (just) two year old can enjoy, things for my 3.5 year old, and things that I'll be saving for later, when he's older.
Also, it really doesn't require a lot of materials that you don't have.
My list of things I needed (and you might not, depending on the ideas you select and how you implement them) to buy from this book was:

notebooks (and I can always use more)
some larger paper or writing board (already wanted this).

I'm very excited to own this resource!