Letter of the Week
- 3-5 Year Old, 6-8 Year Old, English, Interest Led Homeschool, Letter of the Week, Preschool, Teaching, the Give Way
Letter of the Week – Letter C
This week we were dog sitting, so not many pictures, and not a ton of activities. This will be a very basic letter of the week.
Day 1 Put letter C and c (cursive and manuscript) on 12 circle stickers. Hide them in a room. Once she finds them, she puts them on letter C outline. (I used printed ones for this, but they were too big. By the letter D, I just made small handwritten letters on card stock to put the stickers on). Letter C book (I only chose three of the pages I thought she would like most.) Starfall Computer Activity Day 2 Bake Cookies Activity Sheet… - 3-5 Year Old, 6-8 Year Old, English, Interest Led Homeschool, Letter of the Week, Preschool, Teaching, the Give Way
Letter of the Week – Letter B
Day 1 Put letter B and b (cursive and manuscript) on 12 circle stickers. Hide them in a room. Once she finds them, she puts them on letter B outline. (I used printed ones for this, but they were too big. By the letter D, I just made small handwritten letters on card stock to put the stickers on). Letter B book (I only chose three of the pages I thought she would like most.) Starfall Computer Activity Have a BBQ Day 2 Make a bird out of a paper plate and glue feathers on it. (regular paper plate folded in half, put a beak and feet on it.) Make a…
- 3-5 Year Old, 6-8 Year Old, English, Interest Led Homeschool, Letter of the Week, Preschool, Teaching, the Give Way
Letter of the Week – Letter A
Day 1 Put letter A and a (cursive and manuscript) on 12 circle stickers. Hide them in a room. Once she finds them, she puts them on letter A outline. (I used printed ones for this, but they were too big. By the letter D, I just made small handwritten letters on card stock to put the stickers on). (See picture above.) Letter A book (I only chose three of the pages I thought she would like most.) Cut up red pieces of construction paper and glue onto small plate for apple (see picture above) Olive and the Rhyme Rescue Crew Video Day 2 Paint cardboard apple and alligator plate (see…
- 3-5 Year Old, 6-8 Year Old, Curricula, English, Interest Led Homeschool, Letter of the Week, Math, Preschool, Science, Teaching, the Give Way
Letter of the Week
So, there is a lot of controversy over whether to do letter of the week or not. Really, there is. I can see the validity of both sides and have tried to take out the repetitiveness and implement more meaningful activities. But, ultimately those who oppose the letter of the week idea, would rather the learning is part of something bigger, and has the whole alphabet being learned on a continuous basis, not as separate parts. This is basically what we’ve been “doing” for the last year, which is evidenced by her knowledge of the alphabet already. But, it really came down to our family situation this year. With being…
