Ask your child to name the shapes (rectangle, circle, and triangle) as you hold them up. They can also point to the shape when you say the shape name.

Have your child draw the shapes. If this is too difficult for them, encourage them to begin by tracing each shape.

Compare and contrast (tell how the shapes are the same and different) the number of sides (verticies), points, corners (angles), and lines.

Go on a shape hunt around your house. There are everyday items in your home that are in the shape of a triangle, circle, or rectangle. What can you find?

Count the cubes (you hand them four cubes and ask them how many cubes they have) or tell your child to make a set of cubes (you ask them to show you six cubes).

Get a box or another container and direct your child to do the following actions: Put the cube "in the container", "above", "beside", "under", "behind", "in front of", "on", "around", "over", "left", and "right".

Sort the cubes by color.

Being a simple pattern and have your child show you which cube should go next. (Patterns: AB, ABC, ABB, etc.)

Line the cubes up and ask your child to show you which cube is first, last, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth, seventh, eighth, ninth, tenth. Give you child a cube and ask them to put it third (or any other ordinal) in line.

Have your child identify each of the letters. You can begin by pointing to each letter, in order, as you sing the alphabet song. Move on to having your child name them out of order.

Ask your child to name a word that begins with each letter of the alphabet. (A=apple or Alice, B=bear or Ben)

Put letters together based on their shape (straight lines, slanted lines, humps, curves, circles, etc.)

Say a word. Ask your child to repeat the word and point to the letter that they hear at the beginning of the word. If students are successful with this activity, you can ask them to listen to the ending sound in a word.

Help your child copy each of the uppercase letters using their best handwriting.

Have your child copy the alphabet letters into their notebook.

Encourage your child to help you make the grocery list or other shopping lists. Even if they can't write the entire word, they can write the first letter to represent each word.

Have your child point to each word as you read the book to them. Once they memorize the book, encourage them to read to you while they point to each word. (Students should point crisply to the beginning of each word before making a small hop to the beginning of the next word.)

Encourage your child to use the pictures to help them read the book to you. This strategy can also be used in other books!

Show your child the front cover, back cover, title, where to begin reading, and the direction in which to read (left to right). After several times, ask them to show you!

Ask your child to show you the first letter or the last letter in a word. Encourage them to identify the letters (or words) that they know on a page of your choice.