The Letter A: Day Two

Today students practiced tracing the letter A again and we talked about "Momma A" and "Baby A." We read Chicka-Chicka Boom Boom, sang songs, ate applesauce and apple licorice. We also completed a craft by painting our hands and each child got to practice using a glue stick individually. The hand print eventually made an alien , so we concluded as a group that "A if for Alien." For our large motor skills activity, we did a lot more with apples. (Who doesn't love a good apple?) Students tossed apples in buckets from different locations and we "bobbed for apples" in a less messy way. Students used a spoon to get 5 apples out of the bucket. We intended to focus on the color red this week; however, most "apple" themed anything these days comes in green. So although I tried my best to teach the color red, students probably saw more of the color green this week.

If you want to review some of the mnemonic devices with your child that we worked on this week. Feel free to apply the following.  (Sing the following to the tune "The Farmer in the Dale.")

The A says Ahhh
The A says, Ahhh
Every letter makes a sound the A says Ahhhh


Another favorite we did this week was "Apples and Bananas."

The Letter A : Day One

Today we introduced the letter A. The students practiced the letter A and worked on fine motor skills by carefully coloring dots that made up the letter A. We sang songs and our craft project today was also our snack. We made a few different things out of apples, peanut butter, chocolate chips, nuts, and m&ms. Pirate faces, silly faces, a boat with people (m&ms) in it- you name it, these kids created it (and of course they ate it all up too). For our large motor skills activity, the students acted out as different animals that started with the letter A. I am bummed I didn't get any pictures of this activity, but take my word for it when I tell you we had some FABULOUS albatross (albatrosses?) and anteaters.