This literacy teaching pack for the Foundation Stage gets the children to identify and record the formation of the letter a in the alphabet by completing a puzzle to show the correct path through a maze of different letters.

The class can create their own maze puzzle for another pupil to complete by following the path of the matching letters from the alphabet around a shape.

Download this teaching pack including display posters, classroom activities and an interactive presentation to identify and record the formation of the letter a in the alphabet by completing a puzzle to show the correct path through a maze of different letters

Activities in this teaching pack include display posters to recognise the shape and formation of the letter a in the alphabet used in different words and a worksheet and template to identify and record the formation of the letter a in the alphabet by completing a puzzle.

The interactive presentation gets the children to explore the formation of the letter a in the alphabet by completing a puzzle to trace the letter through a maze.

This lesson is part of a literacy scheme of work to get the children to practise identifying and recording the formation of each of the letters in the alphabet by completing and devising different puzzles. There are teaching activities for shared learning, differentiated worksheets to support independent learning and interactive presentations to introduce concepts and key skills.

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