Posts Tagged ‘Letter of the week’
Letter of The Week is one of our most popular series. If you want to know more about my approach to letter of the week and how I have used it in my classes and home I explain it all here. We believe in playing with letters, playing with books and playing with language in it’s many forms. Kids learn best through hands on experiences so expose them to the world of letters through their world of play. Our eBook has a whole alphabet full of crafts as well as some exclusive never seen on the site!
Letter K Crafts
K Activities
Kandinsky Inspired Project - Knight’s Shield – Lock & Key Match
Letter Activities For The Whole Alphabet
Fun with Alphabet Beads - Post Office Letter Sorting - Sandpaper Letter Tracing
I have been putting off the J because I wanted to do it the week leading up to Halloween for Jack-O-Lantern! I got an email a while back asking how I do letter of the week. Right now I am not doing it at all to be honest, my daughter at 16 months is not interested in letters yet and my son does a letter of the week at preschool and I don’t feel the need to enrich. That said when I was actively doing them at home and as a teacher I did a letter craft on Monday and we’d reference back to the letter when it came up in other activities, ususally read one book with a subject matter starting with that letter and a craft to match that book. I didn’t focus all my energies on that one letter because letters and words work together as a whole dynamic alphabet. Introduce, explore, and have fun but don’t focus only on the letter of the week. I hope that helps anyone with that same question.
{ Letter J Crafts}
{Crafts and Activities Starting With J}
Cupcake Liner Jelly Fish - Dry Erase Jack-O-Lantern - Jack and The Beanstalk - Jackson Pollock - Jasper Johns- Jelly Fish- Rock Jack-O-Lanterns - Sandpaper Jack-O- Lanterns
{Whole Alphabet Activities }
Glue Letter Tracing – Muffin Tin Letter Game - Pumpkin Patch Letter Match
Our letter of the week series continues with letter I . There aren’t a huge number of letter I activities but that is a great reminder for parents and teachers to focus on the whole alphabet even while doing a letter of the week program. Letters work together and so we should teach them together. Use letter of the week as a way to focus some extra time on one letter not to focus all your time on it. Alphabet books are a great way to bring all the letters together and we have 3 great ones in the post too!
{Letter I Crafts}
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{Activities And Crafts Begining With I}
Ice Cream Taste Test - Indian Corn - Indian Headdress - Insect Painting - Insect Hunt
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{Alphabet Books}
Bruno Munari’s ABC
A Is for Astronaut: Exploring Space from A to Z
Learn The Alphabet : with Northwest Coast Native Art by Native Northwest was an amazing gas station find. Yes I said gas station. I ran in for some diet coke and came out with an alphabet book ! This book is amazing, bright beautiful and even though I bought it for my daughter since it’s bright colors and sturdy pages are perfect for a baby, my almost 4 year old son adores it. What I love is when he reads it to her . The Native art is gorgeous and if you are unfamiliar with North West coast art you are in for a treat.
Our letter of the week themed posts have reached the letter h! I hope that these letter of the week posts help you find inspiration for your letter lessons but remember this isn’t a check list , choose a few fun things to create with the letter and stick to a variety of whole alphabet lessons for the rest of your week.
{Letter H h Crafts}
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{Crafts and Activities That Start With H }
Hammering Activity -Hat – Haunted House Craft - Heart Crafts - Hedgehog Craft - Hospital - Hot Dog Craft - House Craft
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{ Whole Alphabet Activities}
Cereal Box Laptop - Post Office Letter Sorting - Pumpkin Letter Match
Letter of the week theme posts continue with letter G. The goal of theme posts are to provide all your choices in one spot, not as a guide to do them all. Pick and choose what will appeal to your child the most and remember to have fun playing with these letters. If you are doing a letter other than G this week check out our Letter of The Week section to find even more letters to create and learn.
{ Letter G Crafts }
Grass G – Green and Gold G – Green g
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{Crafts and Activities That Start With G}
Garbage Sorting - Garbage Truck - Garden Sensory Tub- Gardening With Kids – Ghost Crafts- Grapes - Guitar Craft – Guitar Math
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{Whole Alphabet Activities}
Alphabet Bead Activities – Jar Lid Letter Match – Letter Pizza!
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{G Themed Books }
Books About Goldilocks and The Three Bears
