Human body alphabet

Children bend and pose their bodies to shape alphabet letters, while peers decipher words.

Steps

1. Conversation: not everyone in the world has access to reading and writing; why literacy matters.
2. In small teams, children lie down on the carpet and form alphabet letters with their bodies.
3. The teacher photographs the formation from overhead, while other teams guess the letter.
4. Older students coordinate to spell out entire short sight words and student names.
5. Printed photos are assembled into a personalized classroom alphabet poster.

Tip: Overhead photos are easiest to shoot while standing safely on a sturdy chair assisted by another adult.