Preschool teachers and daycare providers can help children learn to recognize and write the letter K through fun activities that support clear learning objectives. Implementing activities that support clear learning objectives, preschool teachers can create brilliant lesson plans that help young children learn the letter K.
Learning Objectives
The students will identify the letter K.
The students make and recognize the K sound.
The students will correctly trace and write upper and lower case Ks.
The students will identify objects that begin or end with the letter K.
The students will play a flashlight alphabet game.
The students will listen to books about things that start with the letter K.
The students will learn songs about things that start with the letter K.
Handwriting and Phonetics Activities
Create a letter K poster board which shows both the upper and lower case K. Glue pictures of objects cut from magazines that begin with the letter K. Alternatively, you can draw or paint objects that begin with K.
Next, introduce the children to the letter K along with simple objects that begin with the letter K. Demonstrate the K sound and ask the children to make (repeat) the K sound. Ask students what items they can think of (objects, names, etc.) that begin with the letter K. Let children practice tracing the letter K in both upper and lower case using letter K worksheets. A good example of such a worksheet that focuses on the letter K is available on the KidsLearningStation.com website. Additionally, children can practice tracing upper and lower case Ks on blank sheets of paper using pencils or crayons.
Cognitive Learning: Letter K Object Sorting
For this cognitive learning activity, place toy or real objects which begin with a long K sound or contain the letter K sound in a box or other container. Examples include: Kite, kangaroo, kitten, key, kid, kiwi, kale, keyboard, kayak, koala, kazoo, kettle, king, kelp and ketchup. Along with these items, place objects beginning with various other letters. As you pull each object out, students will sort (recognize) those that begin or contain the K sound from those that do not.
Story Time: Letter K Books
Kaya’s Kindergarten and the Letter K (Alphabet Friends) by Cynthia Silent K As in Knot (Silent Letters) by Carey Molter (Sep 2003)
Kelsey’s K Book (My Letter Library) by Judith Mazzeo Zocchi (Mar 2007)
Kite Flying by Grace Lin (May 11, 2004)
Can You Cuddle Like a Koala? by John Butler (Sep 2003)
A Cat in a Kayak (Teelo’s Adventures) by Maria Coffey and Eugenie Fernandes (Sep 3, 2005)
Ketchup,catchup (Look-Look) by Fran Manushkin (Oct 1, 1987)
What Do You Do With A Kangaroo? (Scholastic Bookshelf) by Mercer Mayer (Mar 1, 2010)
Flashlight Letters Game
Get a flashlight and turn off the lights in the room or close the blinds so the room is dark. Using the flashlight, make giant letter Ks on a wall. Encourage each child to practice making upper and lower case K’s with the flashlight.
Preschool Letter K Songs
“Let’s Go Fly a Kite”*
Let’s go fly a kite
Up where it’s clear and bright
Let’s all go fly a kite
Let’s go fly a (pick a color) kite
Up where it’s clear and bright
Let’s go fly a (pick a color) kite
“Ten Baby Kangaroos”*
Ten baby kangaroos standing in a row
When they see their mama, they bow just so (bow)
They kick to the left (hop to the left)
They kick to the right (hop to the right)
Then they close their eyes & sleep all night. (Put head on hands and pretend to sleep)
…Continue with Nine Baby Kangaroos, Eight Baby Kangaroos, etc.
*Taken from PreschoolEducation.com
Alphabet recognition activities will greatly enhance preschoolers’ language learning. The key is to have fun with your daycare job through lesson planning and make each moment of learning fun and creative.
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