When you help children see that letters are all around us, they come to understand that letters, words, and reading are useful in everyday life.

Materials:

• Magazines
• Scissors
• Construction paper
• Glue

Directions:

During nice weather, take the class on a "field trip" in the neighborhood. Walk outside to look for letters, such as on signs, on car license plates or in store windows.

When you get back to class, encourage the children to look through old magazines, catalogs, and newspapers to find letters they recognize, such as the ones in their name or the letters they found on the walk. Have the children cut out the letters and paste or glue them on construction paper to make a collage. Invite each child to talk about his or her collage.

Note: If younger children don't seem interested in looking for letters, invite them to look through magazines for favorite objects such as animals or airplanes. When the collages are complete, write the first letter of each object's name near its picture.

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