Alphabet Elephant

Teaching Tip: The Alphabet Elephant

By: Angela Ross, Primary Teacher

“I use a large stuffed elephant as a motivator in an alphabet/phonics game to encourage students to share their thoughts. We call him the Alphabet Elephant.

I pretend that the elephant whispers letters to me and tell the class that the Elephant wants to hear a word that starts with a certain letter. I choose the letter at random. I then ask for volunteers to share words with the class that start with that letter. Students that wish to share a word hold the elephant while saying the word.”