I use these materials with small groups of students (4-6) who are demonstrating a similar reading level and generally similar strategies and skills. These have helped me focus on specific skills to teach how to read and meet student needs. Here is my list of my top teaching alphabet identification printables and favorite free resources used this year in my guided reading groups. Note that the following picture was taken after we had washed Sweet Pea’s hands several times.We teach so many different skills to develop young readers. They just don’t clean up like good old washable Crayola markers. The biggest problem with Do-A-Dot markers is that they can be very messy. If this activity is too advanced for your tot, these markers work great for free play too. I would highly recommend this for other tots. I may even get around to making a lower case set one of these days. She was very proud of her work and wanted me to take a picture of each of the letters she completed. I think she was really excited to be able to actually create the letters in another way.

Sweet Pea has a good understanding of letters, but obviously can’t write yet. I had no idea it would matter to her so much, but she loved being able to choose from all the colors in the box and always used only one color for each letter. Sweet Pea really deliberated about which color of marker to use for each letter. She was easily able to unscrew the caps on her own, but some younger tots may need help.Īt first it took some effort for her to get the marker lined up with each dot correctly, but she quickly improved. Sweet Pea absolutely loved dotting in the circles for each letter.

Observations: This activity was a huge hit.

Allow him or her to finish the rest of the worksheets on his or her own.

Show your tot how to press the marker straight down inside one of the circles on the worksheet to make a dot.

Depending on your tot’s dexterity, you may need to unscrew the Dot-A-Dot markers for them.

Gather all your materials and sit next to your tot.

Smock or a Bib (optional, but highly recommended).

( Click HERE for my entire Do-A-Dot upper case alphabet.).

(They are also called dotter or bingo markers. Since I made these however, I’ve learned that Erika sells her entire preschool alphabet curriculum (which contains way more than just Do-A-Dot worksheets) for $10. I also searched the web, but was surprised that I couldn’t find a full set of these anywhere so I decided I would just create my own. From: Erika from Confessions of a Homeschooler often posts an individual Do-A-Dot letter worksheet when her tot is learning a particular letter ( P for example), but I had trouble searching her site to find all of the letters.

ABC bingo dabber activity