If you are a preschool, primary, or homeschool teacher- I highly recommend the program Letterland. It. is. AWESOME.
Letterland is a huge staple of our morning meeting/ phonics groups. We love it because it incorporates music, movement, writing, and imagination.
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The website describes it best:
"Letterland is a unique, phonics-based approach to teaching reading, writing and spelling to 3-8 year olds. The Letterland characters transform plain black letter shapes into child-friendly pictograms and they all live in an imaginary place called Letterland."
Today imagination took a life of it's own because we had the opportunity to go toooo...... Letterland!
I have wanted to go to Tweetsie Railroad at Letterland Day for the past three years.
Thanks to Mrs. K. and the generous donations from our community,
we were finally able to go on this very special adventure.
All Aboard
The LETTERLAND Train
The employees at Letterland were very impressed with our school because we were the only kids (ever) to dress up as Letterland characters.
(What can I say? We are Awesome!)
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| Front Row: Peter Puppy, Golden Girl, Annie Apple, Fix it Max Back Row: Quarrelsome Queen, Kicking Queen, Harry Hat Man, Bouncy Ben, Red Robot |
When we first arrived, it was pretty rainy, which was a bummer! Of course, Umpy Umbrella was NOWHERE to be found.
(We were at least happy Talking Tess didn't meet up with Hairy Hatman, because then she says "There, There, it's just Thunder!")
Luckily, after lunch the sun began to shine on Letterland again. (You were right Mrs. E.)
And the fun continued.....
Tweetsie Twister
Stomach Twister
(I almost did a B for Barf)
Fire Fighter Fred(s)
Peter Puppy
Noisy Nick and Vicky Violet
Yo Yo Man
(who gave all of the children a real Yo Yo)
Peter Puppy and Golden Girl
Kicking Queen
(formally known as Kicking King)
Choo! Choo!
Mrs. E. our Organizer Extraordinaire with Red Robot
(I think Red Robot is sad that Mrs. S. is not riding with him. he. he. )
Quarrelsome Queen and Mrs. N.
Mrs. E's son J. (all grown up)
who I kept calling S.
Train Show
(Watch out for Red Robot who wants to steal Mr. A's apples.)
Hairy Hat (Men)
Red Robot
When two vowels go a walking... the first one does the talking.
Quarrelsome Queen turned into a Giggling Queen when Golden Girl's goats licked her.
Fix it Max-
Fixes it All
Mrs. C. JAILED (gasp)
She took all the letters for spelling.
Dippy Duck
Zippy Zebra(s)
My little zebra's hat flew off on the Twister (and she handled it like a pro.)
Bouncy Ben's Bunny Ears Flopped
(too cute)
Mouse Mine
Our crowd really LIT up the Mouse Mine with our neon green.
Golden Girl would be proud.
Peter Puppy and Mr. O
Talking Tess
and Lucy Lamplight
Golden Girl (#2)
We had #1.
Walter Walrus
Our letters were WORN out.
A great time was had by all.
We all worked hard on this trip. (My teaching assistants are the greatest people on this EARTH.)
We have been doing social stories for a month.
My boys and girls were challenged every step of the way. At times- children shoved at them, it was loud, it was wet, one could not get out of the stall, one didn't like lunch, one was terrified of riding the bus or rides, we had to wait, children were turned away from rides for being too tall, etc.
Each individual did GREAT with each challenge. They LISTENED. When upset, they were easily CALMED. They remembered our LESSONS.
We were P for PROUD!
#always
There is value outside of the classroom.
If you are interested in Letterland Day, here are my Pros and Cons:
Pros:
-The day was incredibly organized.
The park kept to all times, reserved our tables, unloaded our bus, reminded us when lunch was ending, answered all questions. (This put me in my happy place.)
-The park was not extremely crowded.
-It was really cool meeting all the characters.
Cons:
-expensive
-long, long drive
-not enough time to do all activities to get your $$ worth
-Letterland is not too incredibly different from Tweetsie/ the skits were a tiny bit cheesy and short (even for my little kids)
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