Like the last book, Airplanes doesn't have too many words that start with the letter A--in fact, even the title airplanes are most often referred to as planes throughout the rest of the book. However, also like the last book, few words beginning with the letter A didn't seem to matter that much. We had fun reading about the planes and looking for little As. Emma is getting quite good at spotting little As within words, and she also points out other letters that she knows as well. I love that she is noticing letters in text--the next step will be putting the letters together into words. We are having fun reading together with a focus on letters, and the English teacher heart in me is singing. :)
I think it's a great idea to be looking for the little a's. My cousin shared with me the thought that young kids need to learn the lower case letters since most reading involves those rather than upper case letters.
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