Teach Preschoolers the Letter F
Alphabet Recognition and Phonics Lesson Plan Activities and Ideas
Preschool activities to increase letter F recognition, to increase identification of uppercase and lowercase F and the initial F sound, and to count backwards from five.
Teach preschoolers all about the letter F in this alphabet recognition and phonics lesson plan.
Objectives
- Students will recognize the uppercase letter F.
- Students will recognize the lowercase letter f.
- Students will match uppercase and lowercase Fs.
- Students will count down from five to one.
- Students will identify objects that begin with the F sound.
F Footprints
Create an uppercase F with a personal touch.
- Have the students pair up and trace each other’s foot on construction paper.
- Cut out the footprints and glue or tape them together to from a giant F.
- Display the footprint F on the classroom door.
Sandpaper Fs
- Cut the letters of the alphabet out of sandpaper.
- Glue the sandpaper letters onto squares of cardstock.
- Place two of the letters face down on the table.
- Have the student close his eyes and turn over the letters. Ask him to feel the letters and tell you which one is the F.
- Continue to play, switching the second letter after he finds the F. Add another letter to the game for more of a challenge.
Fishbowl Fs
Make an interactive bulletin board that helps students learn that F has two cases.
- Draw a large fishbowl on a piece of poster board.
- Cut five fish shapes out of colored cardstock or construction paper glued onto oak tag. Print a lowercase f on each fish and laminate.
- Trace five fish in the fishbowl with a crayon using one of the laminated fish as a guide. Color the fish in with crayons and use a black crayon to print an uppercase F on each one.
- Water down washable blue paint and use a paintbrush to cover the entire fishbowl in the paint.
- Place Velcro tabs on each of the fish and show the students how to stick the little F fish on the big F fish.
Five Little Speckled Frogs Puppets
Purchase miniature foam frogs at your local craft store create fun educational puppets.
- Use fabric glue to glue the frogs onto each finger of an inexpensive kid’s glove.
- Cut out a blue felt pool and glue it to the palm of the glove.
- Teach the children the song and finger play “Five Little Speckled Frogs.”
- Show them how to move their frogs into the pool as they count down through the song.
Find the F Sound
Gather ten objects that begin with the F sound such as feathers, flowers, fish, and frogs to help students practive the F sound.
- Place them on a table with ten objects that begin with different letter sounds.
- Review the F sound with the students. Hold up one of the objects and ask if it begins with the F sound.
- Place the object in the F sound pile or the non-F sound pile. Continue until all of the objects are in one of the two piles.
- Go through the objects in the F sound pile calling attention to the initial sound. Invite the students to add other objects in the room that start with the F sound to the pile.
Now that your preschoolers have mastered the letter F - what alphabet letter will they tackle next?
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