Find your Letter

Find the first letter of your name.

L for Laura, M for Mohammed or A for Anisha…
What’s the first letter of your name?

Goals

To find letters in alphabetical order.
To identify specific letters.

The adult prepares

1 alphabet baseplate

The children play

The child explores the baseplate…

… to find the first letter of their name.

Facilitation tips

Capital letter signs are not used in this activity because it can be difficult for a young child to
understand the concept of using 2 bricks for one letter.
Suggest singing the alphabet while reading the letters.
Find the first letters of the names of other people (classmates, friends, relatives, famous people
etc.)
Find the first letters of words in a given category (animals, fruits, countries etc.)

I have prepared,
you can touch it, on the base plate, all the letters.
And I would like you just to pick one brick
that is the first letter of your name.
And take it.
Great.
So what letter is it? -’A’.
Yeah.
And what is your name? -Aurora.
Great.
And can you do it now with my name? -Yeah.
So remember, my name is Marc.
Okay, I’m just placing it here.
Can you read it to check if it’s the right one?
What letter is it? -‘Mmm.’
‘Mmm’. Mark.
And for you, you said this one. -’A’.
So is it ‘A’ for Aurora and ‘M’ for?
Marc. -Marc. Great!