Letter g, day 1

Theme: Goats (kind of an extention of farm week but moving from letter "f" to letter "g")

Sound
g says /g/

Sample Words
green, garden, grow, grass, grapes, gift, goat

Books
Gregory the Terrible Eater, by Mitchell Sharmat
G is For Goat, by Patricia Polacco
The Goat in the Rug, by Charles L. Blood (This is a great book used in some school curriculums. I could not find it at my local library but found it for a penny on amazon.com. It would make a great real-world connection for your child.)

Sound/Movement
Goats
Nanny goat, billy goat.
What do you say?
"Maa, maa", silly goats,
Run away!
~ Author Unknown

Craft
Make a goat out of a G from Totally Tots.

You'll need:
White and brown foam sheet/construction paper
Scissors
Pencil
Googly eye
Crayon
Glue



Sensory Tub
-green grass (easter grass) with plastic eggs


-if you have access to some sod, this would be fun to roll out in a shallow tub and have your child cut the grass
-Get a sample of sheep or goat wool and put it in the bin for your child to explore. You could also put in a comb and talk about how it's prepared for weaving.

Dramatic Play
-weave something out of wool

Handwriting
Practice writing the letter g.

Snack
grapes