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ABC Yummy Treat Book to Reinforce Alphabet Sounds

Reinforce phonics/alphabet sounds by making a class book to follow up ABC Yummy. Materials: Book: ABC Yummy writing paper with a large space for illustration and a spot to write a sentence markers pencils crayons Lesson Plan: Read ABC Yummy by Lisa Jahn-Clough The book uses phrases for each letter such as Carlos Cosmic Carrot […]

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Animal Alphabet: Kindergarten Zoo ABC Review Activity

Review the alphabet with A, My Name is Alice & an animal alphabet hall display or class book. Materials: Book: A, My Name is Alice One large sheet of construction paper for each child. markers crayons glue magazines scissors Lesson Plan: Create a “Kindergarten Zoo” to display in the hall, or turn into a class […]

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Alphabet Quilt

Students make a quilt with 26 squares for each letter of the alphabet. This activity is designed as a family project. Materials: felt, cut 9″ x 9″ for each student large piece of felt fabric glue Lesson Plan: Allow each child to select a letter of the alphabet. Provide students with a piece of 9″ […]

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Alphabet Recognition Game

Objectives:  Students will recognize letters of alphabet Materials:  ABC’s (I use large 3″ plastic letters) Activity: Students participate in alphabet race: Place alphabet letters on the floor at one end of the room. Line the students up by two’s and call out a letter. The students race to the pile and try to be the […]

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September 11th 9-11 Teaching Ideas and Activities

These ideas were originally shared at the A to Z Teacher Stuff Discussion Forums Posted by Upsadaisy… In the a.m. we are going to have an assembly, sing, and make a “circle of pride”. Each child will have a shoebox covered in white, with a single word of their choosing (signifying pride, patriotism, etc.) printed […]

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Alphabet Activities: Letter S

Letter S Spaghetti Party Learning about the letter S can be fun with a spaghetti party I copied a large letter S onto a red piece of paper (for the red spaghetti sauce, of course). At home, I over-cooked some spaghetti noodles until they were nice and sticky. I stored the noodles in a plastic […]

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Alphabet Activities

A collection of quick ideas to use for teaching about the alphabet. March Around the Alphabet  This is a lot of fun. The children gain added exposure to the letters while including the excitement of a stop-and-go game! Write each letter of the alphabet on large index cards. Be sure to put the capital letter […]

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10 Apples Up On Top Class Book Activity

Make class books as a follow-up activity to this great Dr. Seuss book. Materials: Ten Apples Up On Top! by Theo. LeSieg (Dr. Seuss) tagboard apple cutouts pictures of students Lesson Plan: To make the pages, I cut 11 x 17 tagboard in half (the long way). The girls’ book had 11 pages, since I […]

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100th Day of School Collections

100 items–children predict weights, weigh, and chart results. Materials: Bags of items of 100 something to weigh your items I prepare bags of 100 pennies, 100 popsicle sticks, 100 pasta noodles, 100 fruit loops and any other 100 items I can find. Lesson Plan: I read the book Benny’s Pennies   (There is probably a better […]

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The Wolf’s Chicken Stew 100 Pancakes 100th Day Activity

Celebrate 100 by reading The Wolf’s Chicken Stew, graphing, and making 100 pancakes! Materials: The Wolf’s Chicken Stew by Keiko Kaska griddle (more than one if you can borrow) pancake mix (you will need 1 whole box) turner Lesson Plan: We read the book The Wolf’s Chicken Stew. We make a chart by counting and […]

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