Letter Limericks – I know many of you are working on letter
writing this time of year, so I thought Dr. Holly's “Letter
Limericks” might be just the rhyme you need to put it in
children's brains. The first is a letter called A With straight
lines in every way. Two lines point up top, To the bottom they
drop, And another crosses the way. The second letter is B For
baseball, baby, and beach. Straight line down the side, Two
humps on the right— It looks like a fat bumble bee! After B
comes C: Cookies, celery, and cheese! Like a smile big and wide
Turned on its side It’s easy to make C, you see! D is a letter
that’s plump Like a tummy with one round hump. A long line
straight down, Then go out and around For dig, dive, dip and
dump! After D comes E. It’s shaped like a comb with three teeth.
One line down the side, Three more to the right For echoes,
ears, eyeballs and eat! F is the next letter to name. It can
bring with it fortune and fame. Like E in design Without the
bottom line But it gets along fine all the s