Joely informed me that she wanted to be able to color her "b" and "d" buddies, so I converted the illustrations to coloring sheets.
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Tuesday, February 5, 2008
"b" and "d" buddies coloring sheets
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I love the b and d picture, it is perfect for the children trying to understand the difference.
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Oh, wow! Here they are. I stopped by here a long time ago, it must have been through the carnival. I loved these sheets, and ended up needing them for one of my kids. By then, I couldn't find them.
And recently I came back, again, probably through the carnival, and subscribed. So I'm watching the short division video and voila! Here are the B and D sheets.
Thank you so much, I think they're very creative.
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These have helped my daughter so much. Now she is getting it right which way they go and this was such a fun solution. Where did you originally get them from? Are there any for the numbers 3, 4, 7, and 9?
Even if not, thank you so much for these and now I know how to help her with those numbers. She must be more of a visual learner than I realized because these made a complete difference.
Thank you
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Joy Reply:
March 10th, 2010 at 5:46 pm
@Staci, The concepts for these sheets are original with me. I designed each of them, but I haven't made 3, 4, 7 or 9 yet. But I really should. Thanks for the reminder. I'm so glad they've been a help for you daughter!
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I've found that cursive works best with mine who struggles to keep the two distinct. B is a "loop letter"* and D is a "clock letter"*.
* Spell to Write and Read's terminology (SWR).
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Hi,
Very cute pictures. I was taught to make a picture of a bed using your fingers. The left hand makes a "b" shape the right hand makes a "d" by touching the indes finger to the thumb and lining up the other fingers. When you touch the thumbs together, they form a "bed". Also, the word bed looks like a little bed with a headboard and foot board. This helps to visualize which side the staight line is on.
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I teach the kids to think of a bed to recall which way the letter face. And your Left hand makes the capital L, also L is look ing —>>> it helps with memorization if you choose a basic sight word to link the more common reversals to.
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