Greek Sign Language alphabet cards

Last year, the Kindergarten class really enjoyed learning how to sign the Greek alphabet.  We had fun using our  new sills in signing to spell our names and simple words in Greek. This year, I decided to make flashcards with the letters to use during circle time and to play games.   

 Get your own set, click below.

 

Greek Sign Language Alphabet cards

Το Μικρό μου λεξικό Free picture dictionaries

Some parents have requested summer review materials. I will try to post new material weekly to keep our little students speaking Greek over the summer.

The following are a series of picture dictionaries produced by ΚΕΔΑ for students in Greece learning Greek as a second language. There are four in all.

Picture dictionary #1

focuses on the Greek alphabet

Picture dictionary #2

focuses on the school environment

Picture dictionary #3

focuses on home, family and neighborhood

Picture dictionary #4

focuses on transportation, colors, clothing, seasons, time, weather and months.

I hope you enjoy these wonderful free Greek learning resources!!

Greek Alphabet Banner

Image from the etsy handmade shop of Play to Learn

In my Greek classes, we usually spend the first half of the year learning the alphabet and letter sounds. Come January, its time to read,and to accomplish this, we review our letters and letter sounds constantly. I created this banner for my classes for a couple of reasons. First, I have marked all the vowels red and the consonants blue. The children are taught that the vowels are red because they like to have big voices. Secondly, word association. Each letter has a word and an image that is in view during class if they need help. At the start of each class, after we do weather and calendar, we review our alphabet. A student is invited to come to the front of the class with a pointer and lead us in our lettter reveiw. You can find my banner here

Fun Alphabet Worksheets

I was so happy to find this website! It is exactly what every Pre-K, Kindergarten and 1st grade teacher needs to teach the alphabet. Check out nipio.gr to find free downloadable worksheets on the Greek alphabet and more!

Alphabet Sounds

Visit this link to watch a 10 minute cartoon of the Greek Alphabet and letter sounds. As your child watches the video, encourage them to say the sounds and words that accompany each letter.

Greek Bingo Cards

Image from bingocardscreator.com

Visit Bingo Cards Creator to make
Greek Alphabet bingo cards.

This great site allows you to make boards for
upper and lower case Greek letters.

A fun variation of bingo that can be played at home or in class. Templates can be found at the Prasini Priza website.

Greek alphabet activity game/pocket chart

I use this chart in class for any number of activities. As a class we pull words out and sound them out together. We also practice putting the words in alphabetical order. The children work independently by picking words and writing them in their word journals, and testing each other on what the words say.

The word strips used for this can be found at the Cypriot Ministry of Education and Culture site, where they were origianlly used as words for a letter neighborhood (the letter neighborhood is explained in their post, and has pictures to go along with the explanation so you can see how it was implemented in a classroom setting). Click on the link that says Καρτέλες λέξεων-γραμμάτων . For durability, laminate all the word strips and letters and place a piece of velcro on the back so they can easily be placed and removed from the yellow section of the chart.

The letter pocket chart can be found at Discount School Supply. Simply print out the Greek alphabet and glue it over the English letters. In the photo above, vowels and consonants were printed out in different colors (red for vowels and blue for consonants just like they do at American school), and laminated before being pasted onto the chart.

If you would like more pictures for your chart, print out this wonderful resource, Η Αλφαβήτα Ταξιδεύει from Ε.ΔΙΑ.Μ.ΜΕ.

More Alphabet Work

From Scholarxeio

Greek Alphabet Wall Cards

http://blogs.sch.gr/anianiouris/files/2009/09/a-w-karteles-ths-alfavhtas-gia-ton-toixo.pdf

Greek Alphabet Coloring Pages

http://blogs.sch.gr/anianiouris/files/2009/09/alfavhta-axrwmh.pdf

Greek Pre-Reader

http://blogs.sch.gr/anianiouris/files/2009/09/proanagnwstiko.pdf

From Prasini Priza

Greek Alphabet Capital Letters Coloring Page

http://www.prasinipriza.com/PAGES/E02/E02-005/ALFKEFOUTLINE.html

Greek Alphabet Lower Case Letters Coloring Page

http://www.prasinipriza.com/PAGES/E02/E02-005/ALFMIKOUTLINE.html