Chicka Chicka Boom Boom

The first day of school, I always do this activity with the kids in the afternoon. A full day is just a little bit too long for most of them, so this takes their mind off of school and gives me an opportunity to just observe their different personalities and skills. I also get a feel for those who need immediate help with letter recognition or their own name recognition. I just dump all the letters on the back table and the kids have to find their own letters for their names. I'm running low on letters, so I always count all the letters from my class list and count out all the letters, so I know there will be enough. Makes a cute bulletin board to start the year off.