Think of the bed idea... then, with your back to the kids,
make your two fists make a "bed" (bump together). Both of
your thumbs are up for the headboard and foot end of the bed.
You could even lay a little doll on your "fist" bed to show
the kids. If they use this trick with their hands, they can
quickly check before they respond... or write.

Another idea I've seen... is a picture of a man wearing big
glasses. His name is Mr. Beady Eyes (small dots for eyes
inside the glasses. I've even gotten faceted "joke" glasses
and cut out a b and a d on the Ellison cutter, laminated them
and taped them to the glasses. You can't really walk around
with them on, but you can use them as a prop. Mr. Beady Eyes
is at: http://boostforreaders.com/mrbeadyeyes.html

On 11/08/09, luv2teach7 wrote:
> Does anyone have any creative ideas to help children learn
> the letters b & d. My children get these two letters mixed
> up all the time. Wondering if anyone has any great ideas to
> help ease this confusion. Our district requires the
> children to learn how to write in Dnealian. So what I tell
> my children is that the lowercase d has a dinosaur tail and
> the lowercase b doesn't. But I am wondering if anyone else
> has any other ideas that have worked. Thanks so much!

Mr. Beady Eyes

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