Word Wall

Now this post may come with some copywriting issues because I made things myself instead of buying them from the program but...I also made a purchase to them so it's okay!!
So, I am slightly obsessed with the Handwriting Without Tears program. If you don't know..google it!! I think it is a great way to teach kids how to not only write letters correctly, but to have a very simple, common language in the classroom and to teach vocabulary as well. Also with the program I will obviously teach letter names and sounds as well.
I have recently made a purchase, I got the Kindergarten teacher's guide and a set of the wooden pieces. Basically, the premise is, using 4 different shapes (a big line, a little line, a big curve and a little curve) you can make all the letters of the alphabet. So, once you master those shapes you can make all the letters correctly and easily. I already have the Pre-Kindergarten teacher's guide and the workbook.

Here is the wooden set of the shapes. These are great because the kids can manipulate them kinesthetically and learn and feel what the letters are made out of.

So, I have decided to make my new word wall for my classroom mimic the program.

For all the capital letters they have a language used to teach and understand the letters. All the letters are in three groups: "frog jump" capitals, corner starting capitals and center starters. 

I have color coded and themed these letters in green, yellow and red. I used the images from the workbook to make the letters so they have the instructions used in the program (you can see tiny arrows and numbers showing how to make each letter). They use a smiley face in the left-hand corner to demonstrate starting in the top left corner to make the letter, so I used that on those letters and I created the bullseye myself for center starters, I think I am going to teach center with the bullseye to be easy and understood.

So here is what my word wall will look like when it is up, with space for vocab words underneath. 

Here is a sample with some vocab words in there...I also made myself a set of the alphabet cards (I copied the workbook pages so that the image and word matches what they will be doing in their workbook)

Here are my completed alphabet cards that I will probably hang in the room as we learn each letter.

I also made the number cards!

Now, all I need to do is laminate and cut, cut, cut...