in these songs.
The Letters on the Bus
Draw the shape of a bus on a magnetic board. Place letters in the bus as you sing this song to the tune of “The Wheels on the Bus.”
The A on the bus goes
/a/ /a/ /a/
/a/ /a/ /a/
/a/ /a/ /a/
The A on the bus goes
/a/ /a/ /a/
On the way to school. Happy Birthday Letters
Draw a birthday cake on a magnetic board and sing to the letters as you
place them on the cake:
Yo, M, it’s your birthday.
Let’s all sing like your birthday
/m/ /m/ /m/ /m/ /m/ /m/
/m/ /m/ /m/ /m/ /m/ m/
Who Let the Letters Out?
Place letters in a dog dish or empty box of dog biscuits. Children reach in
and pull out one letter at a time as you chant:
Who let the D out?
/d/ /d/ /d/ /d/ /d/
Hide a letter behind your back and then sing this song the tune of “BINGO.”
There is a letter you should know,
What can the letter be – o?
/h/ /h/ (Make the sound of the letter.)
It’s an H. (Children shout out the letter name.)
/h/ /h/ (Make the sound of the letter.)
It’s an H. (Children shout out the letter name.)
/h/ /h/ (Make the sound of the letter.)
It’s an H. (Children shout out the letter name.)
The letter H you know. (Place the magnetic letter on the board.)