Baby B and Baby D Freebie

Hi friends.  Today I took a bit of time with b and d discrimination in my first grade class.  Letter reversals alarm parents, but of course they are common in K and 1 classrooms.  However, my goal is to nix the reversals of letters and numbers.  But baby b and baby d are always tricky.
There are several tricks to add a visual or some type of reminder to b and d formations.  My favorite is pictured below.

A very dear friend and coworker showed me the b (bat before the ball) and d (dish before the knife) visual during my first year working in first grade.  I created a set of posters to illustrate this little trick.  

If you would like a FREE copy of these posters, click on one of the pictures below.

I hope these posters can be of use to you.  For more ideas on how to get lower case b and lower case d across to your students, check out Pinterest.

Thanks so much for stopping by.