Letter g, day 2

Theme:Garden

Sound
g says /g/

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

Books
Tops and Bottoms, by Janet Stevens
The Carrot Seed, by Ruth Krauss

Sound/Movement
sing Apples and Bananas
sing Everything Grows, by Raffi


Craft
Grow green grass (this is perfect around Easter or spring)

You'll need:
wheat kernels
bowl
soil
ziploc bag
basket

Soak a heaping cup of wheat kernels in a bowl of water overnight. Line a basket (or a decorative bowl) with saran wrap and fill with soil. Soak the soil with water.


Spoon a thick layer of wheat onto the soil. Mist it with a little more water. Either place basket in a ziploc bag or wrap in plastic. Set in a warm place and leave the plastic on until most of the seeds have started to sprout grass. Remove plastic and mist daily if it looks too dry. Watch it grow!

Sensory Tub
Planting a garden-Put some potting soil in your sensory bin and add some small utensils such as a rake and shovel and some small pots. Add plastic plants, seeds (preferable larger seeds, such as beans or peas), popsicle sticks and whatever else you can think of. Have your child plant his/her own garden.




Dramatic Play
Add things like gardening apron, clogs, gardening hat, watering can, etc. to dramatic play area.

Handwriting
Practice writing the letter g.

Snack
grapes

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