Prewriting Skills Using Sticker Dots

    This activity always seems to go over big with three and four year olds because it is both tactile and visual.  We begin by using DOTS printouts from http://totschool.shannons.org/?page_id=2360.  First we trace the letter and then we cover each dot with circle garage sale stickers or bingo dotters.  We use this as a "teaching patterns" moment and discuss the different color patterns we can make.  When we're finished we always cut and paste magazine pictures and objects that begin with the appropriate letter sound.