Lately, I have been using our Morning Message to announce the Fabulous Froggy of the day, just to switch things up and get the kids to really LOOK at print concepts.
Before Christmas, I used their first names. We went through several rounds, and they got very good at figuring out who it was, so after Christmas, I switched to last names with Mr. and Miss (they get a kick out of that every day for the first couple of weeks!). Some are really using their deductive reasoning skills! This is what I overheard on Friday morning as we worked on the message:
C: "It's J!"
J: "No, it can't be me, because I don't have 6 letters in my last name."
Some are even getting good enough at it to see the "shape" of the word. I have heard things like, "It's {name} because she has a tall letter/swimmer in the third/fourth/fifth... spot."
And this is why I love my job. :-)
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