I love my classroom…it is my happy place. I spend so much time there, I have to make it special and it has to be a place that I love and that my students find fun, exciting, and inspires them to learn.
One of my favorite things to do is to change my alphabet wall to go with my theme. I can hear the groans already…”Isn’t that a lot of work?”….”One more thing to do?”…No, it’s not a lot of work, and yes, it is one more thing to do, but in my experience it is one more thing with a HUGE impact.
In ECE we strive to teach, but to keep things developmentally appropriate and experiential. By changing my alphabet wall to go with my theme, I touch on things my students are excited about, increase theme vocabulary and usage, AND it’s a fun and sneaky way of working in letter recognition and beginning sounds.
I have a few photos of my ever-changing alphabet wall I’d love to share.
This is my Spring Alphabet wall. The kids love seeing changes, and each letter brings up questions and discussions related to our theme.
Below is Fall…It can be tough to find pictures for letters like “I, Q, and X”, but I take liberties. My aides love to see what I come up with…sometimes it’s quite funny!
Halloween is one of my favorites. I found a great Halloween font on Teachers Pay Teachers that made it just perfect!
