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Thomas Holme Elementary School
Philadelphia, PA
Nearly all students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Learning Letters and Sounds with Alphabet Tubs
Funded Aug 24, 2019
I can not "Thank You" enough for supporting this project.
As I have stated I believe in a hands-on learning environment and this activity that you donated to my students is perfect!
With your help my students have been learning to label objects, identify both upper and lower case letters and begin to identify sounds of letters. As I stated in my project I use this activity during small group with 3 to 4 children at a time. Initially we were exploring all the object, but now I have group the children by need. At this time, a few students who are English language leaners are labeling the objects and being exposed to the letters of the objects. Another group of students are beginning to identify some of the uppercase/ lower letter. They enjoy matching the letters to the picture on the lid. This is something that happened spontaneously! The last group, most of which I have had for 2 years, are beginning to identify beginning sounds of the letter.
It is truly amazing to watch them work!”
With gratitude,
Mrs. Zelner
This classroom project was brought to life by PNC Grow Up Great® and 5 other donors.

Alphabet tubs are tools that will help my children learn letters and letter sounds. Alphabet tubs will be used daily during centers time in the classroom. Center time gives students a chance to learn in small group through a variety of different play and activities. It promotes independent, hands-on learning. Initially students will explore what is inside the Alphabet Tubs. They will progress to naming the objects. The goal is to have the students name the letter and sound of the letter that the item starts. An example might be naming the tiger in the Tt tub and growling like or crawling like a tiger. During this small group activity, the letter Tt will be introduced, as well as the sound it makes. Exploration and hands-on learning are the foundation of my head start classroom. Using these hands on manipulatives, students will begin to learn letters and letter sounds all through play! This will further their love of learning and sense of accomplishment.

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