3.3y–5y4 minReadingFamily timeQuiet time
Letters Out Of Order
Look at clear printed letters in a familiar book or food package and invite your child to name them in a mixed order.
What you'll need
Essentials
- Book or food package with clear printed letters
Movement level: false
What you'll do
The 4-step guide, with what to look for at each step, is for signed-in parents.
What this develops
What it practices
- Links sounds to letters, naming and sounding the letters of the alphabet.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Hears and says the initial sound in words.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
- Uses some clearly identifiable letters to communicate meaning, representing some sounds correctly and in sequence.Observable behaviour from Development Matters
Where it comes from
- Source
- Development Matters in the EYFS (DfE, 2012)
- License
- Open Government Licence v3.0
- Attribution
- © Crown Copyright 2012 (Development Matters in the EYFS, DfE) — construct-derived activity authored from enriched DM2012 construct