My Powerpoint Slides

I spent some time in corporate America, and one thing I learned was how to operate Powerpoint. It's a useful tool when selling your soul in the corporate meat grinder...it keeps you on point in front of people so your conscience doesn't take over...otherwise you might actually tell the truth.

Powerpoint has also proven to be a useful tool in teaching my little one her numbers and letters. I spent so much time getting her to read her flashcards, that I didn't stop to think that she wasn't reading the whole word, just the big letter in the middle of the card. Thanks, Mom, for pointing that one out. As a result, my little girl thought that the letter A always meant Apple, B meant Bee, and so on. Oh well.

I made a powerpoint slideshow with 26 slides, each slide had one capital and one lowercase letter, in 400 point font, and in bold red letters. The first slide had Aa, the second Bb, and so on. I also recorded my own voice on each slide, saying the letter on the slide. I set the slideshow up to change the slide using the space key, and to wrap so the show goes on and on.

Sometimes she'll hit the button and wait for the audio, sometimes she'll just hold the space and let it loop the alphabet over and over. Either way, she's learning the alphabet and it's something that she likes doing. She asks me to play "letters game".

Oh, and before you suggest, I also did it with numbers as well. I have the number, a bunch of red dots for each number, and my voice saying the number. She's got up to 20 pretty well down, and she can count from 1 to 12 without the slide show running. I also had mom do the same except in French (she's teaching both of us French now).

If you would like, shoot me an email at minsterhol@gmail.com and I'd be happy to email you these files for use with your own kids.