We currently provide a year view of the Preschool Order of Colors, Shapes, and Letters. The year view is listed below. The orders of these letters are the same each year.
Letter order was chosen using the following research and documentation:
Research conducted by Light and McNaughton concerning sequence of letter-sound correspondence was used to form the foundation of the letter order. Letters that occur more frequently in written words are introduced first and letters with similar auditory or visual characteristics are placed in separate units. Short vowels are introduced first because they occur more frequently in simple decodable words. Retrieved May 10, 2021, from https://aacliteracy.psu.edu/index.php/page/show/id/6/
Letter order was also influenced by developmental norms in handwriting. Each letter set includes a minimum of two early developmentally mastered letters. Retrieved July 18, 2013, from http://www.hwtears.com/hwt/why-it-works/teaching-order
Developmental norms for acquiring phonemes were also considered when ordering letter sets. Templin, 1957; Wellman et al 1931)
2023-2024
|
Month |
Topic |
Colors |
Shapes |
|
Unit 11 |
Back to School (Government) |
Red and Blue |
Square |
|
Unit 12 |
All About Me (Learning About Self / Life Science) |
Yellow and Green |
Circle |
|
Unit 13 |
From Here to There (Physical Science / Geography) |
Purple and Brown |
Triangle |
|
Unit 15 |
I Can See, I Can Hear, I Can Smell (Life Science) |
Orange and Blue |
Rectangle |
|
Unit 16 |
Make-Believe - Goldilocks and the Three Bears (History) |
Pink and White |
Square |
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Unit 17 |
Zoo / Wild Animals (Life Science) |
Orange and Gray |
Circle |
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Unit 18 |
Construction (Economics) |
Yellow and Black |
Triangle |
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Unit 19 |
Insects and How They Grow (Life Science) |
Purple and Green |
Rectangle |
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These are the intended order of introduction. |
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Month |
Vowel |
Consonant |
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Unit 11 |
short a |
m, p, t |
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Unit 12 |
short o |
c, d, n |
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Unit 13 |
short u |
g, h, s |
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Unit 15 |
short i |
f, b, l |
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Unit 16 |
short e |
k, r, w |
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Unit 17 |
long a |
v, x, y |
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Unit 18 |
long o |
j, q, z |
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Unit 19 |
long i |
b, m, t |