Alphagator

Activity Name: Alphagator
Age Group: 4 to 5 years old
Number of children: 10
Length of Time: 15 to 20 minutes
Area of development: Language & Cognitive skills

Goal of the Activity: Promoting recognition of the letters of the alphabet in a fun and interactive way.
Objective of the Activity: The children will be able to retell the story and sing the alphabet confidently.
Materials required: “Alphagator” homemade interactive book

Introduction:

1.     Alphabet song

2.     Tell the children about the Alphagator story.

My role: In this activity, I will tell a story to the children and show to them the interactive book. I will ask an open-ended questions.

Detailed Progression of this activity:

1.     Let the children sit on a semi-circle and tell about the Alphagator story.

2.     Ask the children what happened to the Alphagator after he ate the first group of letters.

3.     Ask the children what letter that makes him not to fall sleep.

4.     Let the child identify what letter that plays snake on Alphagator’s tummy.

5.     Let them guess if the Alphagator can sleep tight on that night.

6.     Ask the children to repeat two or more words to practice vocabularies.

Transitions: Alphabet song, Aka Backa Soda Cracker

THE ALPHAGATOR

Once there was an Alpha-Gator

Who absolutely adored the alphabet.

He ate the letters and had sweet

Alphabet dreams all night long.

On Monday, he ate the letters ABCDEF.

Then he closed his eyes to get some sleep.

But the pointy part of the A kept poking him in his tummy.

And he couldn’t sleep a wink all night long!

On Tuesday, he ate the letters GHIJK.

Then he closed his eyes to get some sleep.

But H and I made a word and said it over and over- HI, HI, HI!

And he couldn’t sleep a wink all night long!

On Wednesday, he ate the letters LMNOP.

Then he closed his eyes to get some sleep.

 But the O kept rolling back and forth in his tummy-

And he couldn’t sleep a wink all night long!

On Thursday, he ate the letters QRSTUV.

Then he closed his eyes to get some sleep.

But the S kept saying SSSSS and playing snake in his tummy

And he couldn’t sleep a wink all night long!

On Friday, he ate the letters WXYZ.

Then he closed his eyes to get some sleep.

And he dreamed sweet Z’s all night.