Congratulations to Jennifer Pranger, our first customer to receive $100 in Letterland resources! She passed along her enthusiasm for Letterland which resulted in the sale of a package, and picked up her resources at the OCHEC conference in Hamilton. Turn your love of Letterland into free gifts!
We know that educators, whether working with children at home, in a classroom or in private practice like to share their feelings about products. Indeed, we receive many new orders from people who have heard about Letterland through friends or colleagues.
So here’s a chance to parlay your love of Letterland into free gifts for yourself.
If you are a present customer, any new orders for packages we receive through your recommendation will result in free product for you. This will be in effect until the end of 2009.
We must receive an order for a package - Early Years, Primary or Home Schooling - from someone who has never ordered Letterland before, and records you as the reference. You will then receive a $100 credit* to purchase any Letterland product you wish.
* excluding taxes and shipping
We are happy to announce that you can now place Canadian orders on our website - go to the “Shop” section to see a complete listing of all our resources, along with ordering instructions. Our 2008 prices will hold until the 2009 catalogue is mailed - likely until the end of January.
Julie Breeze, JK teacher, writes: “I teach reading to my JK class using the Letterland program as a foundation. I am a great fan…This week a team from the A Channel here in Ottawa visited my class to film the program for their morning news show. I had all the kids dressed up as their favourite Letterland character for “Letterland Day”. It was quite the experience.”
Annie Apple – Take a small paper plate, (one of the heavier cardboard ones if possible), punch holes around the outside and draw Annie in the centre. Have the children trace the letter with a marker, colour the apple red, and then lace around the outside of the plate with red yarn.
Bouncy Ben – Have the children glue pictures of berries - eg.strawberries, raspberries and blueberries, onto a picture of Bouncy Ben’s shape. Older children (SK) could put them in a pattern (a good way to test their pattern knowledge!).
Clever Cat – draw Clever Cat’s letter and face on yellow construction paper (or, if you’re lucky enough to have a RISO machine, photocopy), and then have the children use cucumbers dipped in paint to do cucumber printing on the outline of the shape.
Dippy Duck – Shake cotton balls in a bag of yellow powdered paint and glue on Dippy Duck’s shape (see note above re RISO machine!)
Eddy Elephant – Make an elephant hat – trace, and then have children cut ears and a trunk from grey construction paper. Staple to a grey construction paper headband. Put eyes on the headband (you can make or the children can cut); you can also have the children print or trace the letter “e” on the trunk.
Firefighter Fred – Cut “f” shape from tagboard. Cover with glue and sprinkle on coarse salt – when it dries it looks like frost!
Golden Girl – Either photocopy Golden Girl or cut out a “g” shape and then glue glitter on the shape.
Harry Hat Man – Trace a hat on a piece of finger paint paper, and have the children finger paint the opposite side with green paint. When dry, have children cut it out. Prepare a black construction paper “h” and have children glue it onto the hat.
The winner of our recent contest was Julie Breeze, Kindergarten teacher at Agincourt Public School in Ottawa. She had a Letterland Day, for which all the children dressed as their favourite character. The children all spoke about why they has chosen to be that particular character, and great fun was had by all! This was also a wonderful opportunity to get the parents involved , as they helped their children find appropriate clothing and props. A local TV station filmed a segment for their show, helping to sperad the word about Letterland. Julie received a $100 gift certificate for Letterland resources, which will be enjoyed by her students.
Watch this space for our next contest.
I’m so happy to introduce this forum to both give ideas, and to encourage sharing from other teachers and those who work with children. When I first started using Letterland, at Shoreham Public School here in Toronto, I was one of five Kindergarten teachers (teaching 250 children!) and we were so lucky to have each other to brainstorm with and give one another ideas. Now I’m often asked for suggestions from teachers who are using Letterland but who are not necessarily working with other teachers at their school (perhaps they work at a small school with only one Kindergarten, or are the only teacher using Letterland at their school..).
I’m so happy to introduce this forum to both give ideas, and to encourage sharing from other teachers and those who work with children!