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Teaching Letter Gg

Are you looking for letter Gg activities to use with your preschooler or kindergartner? Maybe you’re a classroom teacher browsing for more ideas.

Research tells us that a direct, explicit approach to teaching the alphabet is more effective than indirect teaching. Enjoy the crafts, art ideas, and book list, but know that using a scripted routine like the one below is the most efficient way to teach letters and sounds. Make it your own!

How to introduce letter Gg

  • Say words that begin with Gg: Say each word after me. (Emphasize the /g/ at the beginning of each word as you say it.) Gum. Goat. Gills. Go. What sound do you hear at the beginning of each word? The sound is /g/. (Make sure you don’t add “uh” to the end of the sound.)
  • Talk about what your mouth is doing as you say the sound: Look at what my mouth is doing as I say /g/. Now you try. Where do you feel this sound in your mouth? Put your hand on your throat as you say /g/. Is it a quiet or noisy sound? (noisy)
  • Introduce the letter on a flash card: (Hold up the letter G card in uppercase or lowercase.) This is the letter G. When we see this card, we say “G spells /g/.” Your turn. (Students: “G spells /g/.”)

How to practice writing uppercase letter G

  • Sky-write the letter: To make the letter G, we start at the top. We pull back and around and across. Watch me put my hand in the air and write a G in the sky. I start at the top. I pull back and around and across. Now you try. Put your finger in the air. Start at the top. Pull back and around and across.
  • Have students finger-write the letter: Make a G by moving your finger on the table. Start at the top. Pull back and around and across. (Other options: sand or salt tray, shaving cream, etc.) Now do the same thing while saying “G spells /g/.” Remember to underline the G when you say /g/. (Practice multiple times.)

How to practice writing lowercase letter g

  • Sky-write the letter: To make the letter g, we start in the middle. We pull back, around, up, down, and under. Watch me put my hand in the air and write a g in the sky. I start in the middle, pull back, around, up, down, and under. Now you try. Put your finger in the air. Start in the middle. Pull back, around, up, down, and under.
  • Have students finger-write the letter: Make a g by moving your finger on the table. Start in the middle. Pull back, around, up, down, and under. (Other options: sand or salt tray, shaving cream, etc.) Now do the same thing while saying “g spells /g/.” Remember to underline the g when you say /g/. (Practice multiple times.)

Other letter Gg activities

  • Crafts
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Free Printables

  • Little Letter G Book (rhymes and songs)
  • G is for Gumball (dot sticker page)

More alphabet resources

  • Alphabet picture cards from A-Z
  • Beginning sound clip cards
  • Beginning sound coloring pages
  • Beginning sound match mats
  • Letter hunt & find worksheets

Find the rest of the alphabet HERE.

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6 Comments

  1. Rose

    January 25, 2019 at 12:52 am

    Thank you Ms. Anna for giving back my spare time and passion for teaching!!! Your resources are absolutely fabulous!!! God bless YOU!

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    • Anna G

      January 27, 2019 at 7:45 am

      Thank you, Rose!

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  2. Jill

    January 8, 2016 at 2:13 pm

    Thanks sooo much for the wonderful resources!!!

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    • Anna Geiger

      January 10, 2016 at 7:52 pm

      You’re very welcome, Jill!

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  3. tiffany

    October 12, 2015 at 3:25 pm

    i like it

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  4. adria

    February 1, 2015 at 6:52 am

    Thank you for the wonderful resources.

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