Letter of the Week

The classic one-page letter sheet. A big hollow letter to colour, with a picture whose name starts with it; rows to trace it on, with start dots in print or dotted school cursive; a strip of pictures where the child rings the ones that start with the letter's sound; a row of look-alike letters to find it among; and, if you like, the letter to write under more pictures. The letter can be any letter of the book's language, ç, ñ and accented vowels included, or a digraph such as ch, lh, nh, ll or sch. Pictures are chosen by what they are called in the book's language and checked against its phonics rules, so a Portuguese C page never shows a chave and a German S page never a Stern. Set the letter to auto and every page takes the next letter of the alphabet.

Age

ages 3–7

Answer key

Included, free

Skills

phonicshandwritingletter soundsvisual discrimination

What you can change

• Handwriting

  Print, Cursive, Both, CAPITALS

• Which case

  Aa, A, a

• Big letters to colour

• Rows to trace

  0–4 rows

• Pictures to ring

  0–9 pictures

• Find the letter

• Write under pictures

  Off, Missing letter, Box

• Cursive model

  The book's language, Portugal, Brazil, Spain, France, Italy…

• Every page also takes the book's language, page size, theme and pictures.