How to teach children to hold a pencil?

I want to share a little tip today -- HOW TO TEACH CHILDREN TO HOLD A PENCIL. My colleague taught it to me many years ago. It's such a good idea, I couldn't keep it to myself. One of my Year 1 pupil unable to hold the pencil in the correct way. You probably know how hard it can be to explain to a child exactly how a pencil should "sit" properly in his or her little hands.

My colleague told me to teach the child hold the pencil this way:

1. Take a coin. Have the child pinch the coin in his/her pinky and ring finger.
   ( you can use others suitable materials to replace coin, etc button,
     tissue paper...)  

2. While the child still pinching the coin in those two fingers, tell him to
   hold the pencil in the remaining three fingers.

3. Markedly, the child will naturally hold the pencil in the right way as long
   as the coin is still in his 4th and 5th fingers.

Phonics Sounds and Actions

My pupils love to learn phonics sounds with variety actions. The actions help them to memorize the sound of the letters. This is a fun way of learning phonics sounds. The pupils enjoy themselves very much.

 

s, a, t, p 

 

 

i, n, m, d

g, o, c, k

 ck, e, u, r

h, b, f, l

 j, v, w, x

y, z, qu

My "Power" Point Presentations

I've used Power Point quite often in my classroom this year. I used it to play video, carry out class activities like listening and speaking, singing, reading, writing, reciting rhyme and many other activities. The pupils loved it because of it presentation, colours, animation and sound effect. It is a great program to have and I plan on using it a lot more next year.

Below were some power point presentations that I've created in this year. Kindly give me your advice here...^_*   
Let Guess the Sound!!!

To the zoo

Good morning, teacher.

Phonic ~ "Z" sound

Shapes Around Us

Number 1 - 10

Blending (combining sounds)

 

Blending is taking the sounds and blending them together to make a word. 

llll-eeee-gggg-leg

Segmenting (separating sounds)

 

Segmentation is being able to hear a word and then say the individual sounds in the word. 

leg-l-e-g

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Fun ! I'm loving it!

This is a fun way of learning letter sounds.
I'm loving it! The children are loving it too!
Let learn together...^-^