I tell them to say "a boy kicking a ball" when writing the b (the stick is the boy and the round part is the ball and he's kicking it the direction you are writing.)
For d, ask them to write the round part first and say "c", then close it up with a stick and say "d". "CD" is easy to remember. I wish Kinder teachers would teach students to write this way, instead of starting both letters with the stick and then deciding which direction to circle around. Carol/2/CA -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Deb Kurns Some teachers stress the b/d confusion using the word bed - this one is hard to write - if you use your hands to make a letter b with the left hand and a d with the right hand and hold them together, you have a bed with a headboard and a footboard. Most of my children did not get this one because the concept of headboard and footboard is unknown to them. There is a program called "Recipe for Reading" that uses a picture of a bat and ball for the letter b and a drum and drumstick for the letter d. I have placed the b picture on the left corner of the student's desk and the d picture on the right corner. There is another saying b before c when looking at an abc chart. _______________________________________________ _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.
