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Look What I Can Do Preschool Curriculum
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Table of Contents
Introduction .......................................................................................................................................... vii
Suggested Readers .............................................................................................................................. viii
Lesson One: M ....................................................................................................................................... 1
Activity: Milk Magic ......................................................................................................................... 4
Activity: Masquerade Parade ............................................................................................................. 7
Activity: Make Some Music .............................................................................................................. 8
Lesson Two: P ....................................................................................................................................... 9
Activity: Experiment with Paint ...................................................................................................... 15
Activity: Letter P Dinner Party ........................................................................................................ 16
Activity: Pin the Polka Dot on the Pig ............................................................................................. 17
Lesson Three: O ................................................................................................................................... 20
Activity: Cereal Creations ............................................................................................................... 28
Activity: The Orange (Almost) Octopus ......................................................................................... 29
Activity: Oh, OhOil and Water Dont Mix .................................................................................. 30
Lesson Four: Character ........................................................................................................................ 31
Activity: Manners Matter................................................................................................................. 34
Activity: The Rules We Live By ..................................................................................................... 35
Lesson Five: F ...................................................................................................................................... 40
Activity: Finger Food Fun ............................................................................................................... 46
Activity: Flower Power .................................................................................................................... 47
Activity: Big Foot Little Foot .......................................................................................................... 48
Lesson Six: L ....................................................................................................................................... 53
Activity: Lets Go L Hunting........................................................................................................... 58
Activity: Look at You Go! ............................................................................................................... 59
Activity: Into the Lions Mouth You Go ......................................................................................... 60
Lesson Seven: S ................................................................................................................................... 61
Activity: Cut Out That Snake! ......................................................................................................... 65
Activity: Salad Bar........................................................................................................................... 67
Activity: Soap Explosion ................................................................................................................. 68
Activity: Seed Art ............................................................................................................................ 69
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Lesson Eight: Opposites ...................................................................................................................... 71
Activity: Counting Games ............................................................................................................... 81
Lesson Nine: Friendship ...................................................................................................................... 85
Activity: Be a Friend ........................................................................................................................ 89
Lesson Ten: A ...................................................................................................................................... 90
Activity: Apron ................................................................................................................................ 96
Activity: My Autograph Book ......................................................................................................... 97
Activity: Flying High ..................................................................................................................... 104
Lesson Eleven: D ............................................................................................................................... 105
Activity: Lets Dance ..................................................................................................................... 112
Activity: Digging for Treasure....................................................................................................... 112
Activity: Donut Mania ................................................................................................................... 112
Lesson Twelve: H .............................................................................................................................. 113
Activity: Sign Language ................................................................................................................ 119
Activity: Helping Hands ................................................................................................................ 120
Activity: Horsing Around .............................................................................................................. 121
Lesson Thirteen: Pre-Reading............................................................................................................ 122
Lesson Fourteen: Character ............................................................................................................... 139
Activity: Sticks and Stones ............................................................................................................ 148
Activity: Am I Telling the Truth? .................................................................................................. 150
Lesson Fifteen: Numbers 1-5, Opposites ........................................................................................... 151
Lesson Sixteen: B .............................................................................................................................. 164
Activity: Lets Make Butter ........................................................................................................... 172
Activity: Break the Balloon ........................................................................................................... 173
Lesson Seventeen: J ........................................................................................................................... 174
Activity: Juicy Juice ....................................................................................................................... 180
Activity: Lets Go J-Hunting ......................................................................................................... 181
Activity: Jog and Jump .................................................................................................................. 181
Activity: Joking Around ................................................................................................................ 181
Lesson Eighteen: R ............................................................................................................................ 182
Activity: Lets Make Rain ............................................................................................................. 187
Activity: R is for Reading .............................................................................................................. 188
Activity: Rainbows are Everywhere .............................................................................................. 190
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Activity: The Race is On ............................................................................................................... 190
Lesson Twenty: E .............................................................................................................................. 203
Activity: Energy is Action ............................................................................................................. 208
Activity: Eggs-Actly ...................................................................................................................... 211
Lesson Twenty-one: G ....................................................................................................................... 212
Activity: Eeww Gak! ..................................................................................................................... 217
Activity: Play Games! .................................................................................................................... 217
Lesson Twenty-two: T ....................................................................................................................... 218
Activity: T is for Tasty................................................................................................................... 223
Activity: Taco Mania ..................................................................................................................... 224
Lesson Twenty-three: Address and Phone Number .......................................................................... 225
Activity: Call Me ........................................................................................................................... 228
Activity: This is Where I Live ....................................................................................................... 229
Lesson Twenty-four: C ...................................................................................................................... 231
Activity: Candy Messages ............................................................................................................. 236
Activity: Clean It Till It Shines! .................................................................................................... 236
Activity: Clowning Around ........................................................................................................... 237
Lesson Twenty-five: I ........................................................................................................................ 238
Activity: Igloo Craft....................................................................................................................... 244
Activity: Ice Cream Mania! ........................................................................................................... 246
Activity: Ice Bowling..................................................................................................................... 246
Activity: Invisible Ink .................................................................................................................... 247
Lesson Twenty-six: N ........................................................................................................................ 248
Activity: Be Kind to Your Neighbors ............................................................................................ 255
Activity: Night Time Magic .......................................................................................................... 256
Activity: Noodle Mania ................................................................................................................. 258
Lesson Twenty-seven: Numbers 1-10 ............................................................................................... 260
Lesson Twenty-eight: Days of the Week ........................................................................................... 281
Activity: Chore Chart Activity ...................................................................................................... 291
Lesson Twenty-nine: K ...................................................................................................................... 293
Activity: King for a Day ................................................................................................................ 300
Activity: Kick Ball ......................................................................................................................... 300
Activity: Kite Flying ...................................................................................................................... 300
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Lesson Thirty: W ............................................................................................................................... 301
Activity: Digging for Worms ......................................................................................................... 307
Lesson Thirty-one: Q, U, V ............................................................................................................... 308
Activity: Letter Quilt...................................................................................................................... 316
Activity: Listen to the Violin ......................................................................................................... 316
Lesson Thirty-two: X, Y, Z................................................................................................................ 317
Activity: Water Xylophone ............................................................................................................ 326
Lesson Thirty-three: Shapes .............................................................................................................. 328
Lesson Thirty-four: Review Alphabet ............................................................................................... 337
Student Name ............................................................................................................................. 339
Date ............................................................................................................................................ 339
Student Name ............................................................................................................................. 340
Date ............................................................................................................................................ 340
Activity: Alphabet Soup ................................................................................................................ 346
Activity: Name Mosaic .................................................................................................................. 346
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Introduction
Dear Parents,
Welcome to Look What I Can Do! a preschool curriculum designed to introduce your
preschooler to the world of learning. The thirty-four carefully planned lessons will enable
you to teach your four and five year-old:
Letter recognition
Letters sounds (phonics)
Writing upper and lower case letters
Reading simple words using phonics
Writing their name
Counting 1 to 10
Shapes
Opposites
Days or the week
Positive character traits
Each lesson follows a similar format, yet is flexibly designed with optional activities to
capture the interest and attention of your preschooler not matter what their learning style.
Look What I Can Do! is a curriculum that follows childrens natural physical, mental and
emotion development so they will enjoy learning rather than becoming frustrated and
discouraged.
Look What I Can Do! is an introduction to education. The worksheets, rhymes, activities
and stories will introduce education to your preschooler and prepare them for kindergarten
and beyond by sending the message that learning is fun and exciting.
Look What I Can Do! focuses on preparing a preschooler to read in the not-so-distant future by
teaching them to recognize each letter by sight and sound(s).
Sohave fun, do each lesson at your childs pace and be ready to praise them when they
say, Look What I Can Do!
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Suggested Readers
Throughout the text, various picture books are suggested because they
reinforce the lesson being taught.
Just Go To Bed
Pinky Promise
I Was So Mad
Cookies Week
Cookies Week
Today is Monday
Other helpful resources include the two ABC books listed below. It is
suggested that you regularly read these to your preschooler as you complete
the curriculum. These ABC books are both fun and educational!
Note: As with any book, pre-read to ensure that the book meets your family
values.
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Lesson One: M
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize student with the letter M.
Activities:
Instructions:
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MMMMM
MMMMM
m m m m m
m m m m m
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Student Name Date
Oh, do you know the muffin man, the muffin man, the muffin man?
Oh, do you know the muffin man who lives on Murray Lane?
Oh, do you know the mailman who will bring your mail today?
MMMMM
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m m m m m
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QUESTIONS:
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Activity: Milk Magic
Supplies needed: pie plate or round, shallow cake pan; whole milk; food
coloring (2 or 3 colors); dish soap.
Instructions:
1. Pour enough milk in the pan to cover the bottom of the pan (about
inch deep).
2. Help your student drip two or three drops of each color of food
coloring into the milk.
3. Place one drop of dish soap in the CENTER of the milk.
4. Watch the colors scatter and run to the edge of the pan.
5. Explain to your preschooler that the soap works like Magic to pull the
fat from the Milk to the center of the pan.
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Color the picture and add the missing letter to tell what it is.
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M is for
Circle the pictures that begin with the letter M.
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Activity: Masquerade Parade
Instructions:
1. Cut holes in 2 or 3 plates for your childs eyes, nose and mouth.
2. Let your student decorate their masks using any or all of the art
supplies listed.
3. Tape a craft stick to the INSIDE bottom of each mask OR poke holes
on both sides (at the ears) and knot an 8-10 inch piece of string in
each hole for tying around your students head.
4. Let your child put on a Masquerade parade after dinner.
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Activity: Make Some Music
Supplies needed: Large craft sticks; rubber bands; strip of paper cut the
same length and width of the craft sticks; toothpick cut in half; one-liter
bottle; rice or beans (raw); yarn; jingle bells.
Instructions:
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Lesson Two: P
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize student with the letter P.
Activities:
Instructions:
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P P P P P
P P P P P
p p p p p
p p p p p
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Student Name Date
Peter Piper
P P P P P
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p p p p p
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Questions:
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The Letter P
Write the letter P beside each picture that starts with the letter P.
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Life Cycle of a Penguin
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Color the Penguin
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Activity: Experiment with Paint
Supplies needed: Paper or poster board; Paint shirt; Paint brushes; Water;
Finger paints (purchased or homemade); Watercolors; Colored sidewalk
chalk; Plastic bags; Hammer; Small paper cups for holding finger paints
and chalk paints.
Instructions:
*To make chalk paint: Place a piece of colored chalk in a small plastic bag.
Seal-making sure you have removed all the air from the bag. Gently crush
the chalk using a hammer. Mix the chalk dust with a small amount of water
to a semi-thick consistency.
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Activity: Letter P Dinner Party
Help your preschooler prepare dinner for the family using only foods that
begin with the letter P.
Suggestions:
Pancakes
Peas
Potatoes
Pot pie
Pickles
Popcorn
Pasta
Pizza
Peanut Butter
Pumpkin
Pastries
Peppermint
Punch
Pop Tarts
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Activity: Pin the Polka Dot on the Pig
Instead of pinning the tail on the donkey, let your preschooler try to pin
the polka dot on the pigs tail (or nose). NOTE: Let them cut out the dots
which are located on the back of this page.
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Lesson Three: O
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize student with the letter O.
Activities:
1. Learn the sounds of letter O. Teach the long O sound, the short O
(awe) sound, the short O (uh) sound and the short O (ou) sound.
2. Trace upper and lower case O o. and learn the O rhyme.
3. Write upper and lower case O o and do discussion questions.
4. Select pictures of objects that begin with the letter O.
5. An O is very useful worksheet
6. Cereal creations (optional)
7. The orange octopus (optional)
8. Oil and water dont mix (optional)
Instructions:
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O O O O O
O O O O O
o o o o o
o o o o o
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Student Name Date
All About O
O O O O O
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o o o o o
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Questions:
1. The word Open starts with O. What are some things you have to
open to use?
2. Name four things you will find in the ocean?
3. Find three things in your house that begin with the letter O.
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O is for..
Put an X on every picture that begins with the letter O.
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O is Very Useful
Use crayons or markers to turn each O into something special.
Draw a flower.
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Draw an octopus.
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Draw a sun.
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Draw a face.
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Activity: Cereal Creations
Supplies needed: Yarn; Construction paper; Glue; Pencil; Scissors; A
variety of o-shaped cereals (Fruit Loops, Cherriosseveral varieties, Apple
Jacks, Cracklin Oat Bran, Honey Crisp)
Instructions:
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Activity: The Orange (Almost) Octopus
Supplies needed: Oranges; Plastic straws; Paring knife; Scissors
Instructions:
1. Let your preschooler roll two oranges back and forth on the
countertop to help release the juice inside (rolling pin style).
2. Use the scissors to cut four drinking straws in half.
3. Using the paring knife, cut four xs in each orange; spacing the cuts
somewhat evenly.
4. Have your preschooler insert the straws (4 pieces per orange) into
the orange.
5. Let them enjoy their juicy sea creature by sucking the juice from the
straws.
While your preschooler is enjoying their juicy drink, talk about things in the
kitchen that a) begin with the letter O b) are shaped like the letter O.
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Activity: Oh, OhOil and Water Dont Mix
Supplies: Clear 2 liter bottle with the top cut off-making the opening as big
around as the bottle itself; 5 paper cups; 1 cup measuring cup; 1 c. EACH
honey, Dawn dish soap, water, cooking oil, rubbing alcohol; food coloring
(2 different colors)
Instructions:
1. Help your preschooler measure one cup of each liquid into a paper
cup.
2. Let your preschooler put 2 or 3 drops of food coloring into the water
and rubbing alcohol and stir carefully.
3. With the help of your preschooler, pour the honey into the bottom of
the 2 liter bottle. When it settles, let your preschooler help you pour
the other liquids into the bottle ONE AT A TIME and IN THE
FOLLOWING ORDER ONLY:
a. Dish soap
b. Water
c. Cooking oil
d. Rubbing alcohol
NOTE: When pouring each of the liquids, it is IMPORTANT that you pour
slowly and carefully into the MIDDLE of the bottle. Do NOT let the liquids
touch the side of the bottle.
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Lesson Four: Character
Lesson Objective: To teach and practice the character traits of obedience
and proper manners.
Activities:
1. Story time-manners
2. Discussion about manners
3. Manners practice:
a. At the table (please, thank you, pass the, sitting properly,
using their utensils properly, waiting their turn to speak, being
excused, polite chewing, examples of good and bad choices for
dinner table discussion)
b. On the phone (how to answer properly, what to say if you
cannot come to the phone, how to call you to the phone, phone
voice)
c. With family and friends (please, thank you, sharing, not hitting,
tattling, respecting privacy, inside voices)
d. In public (inside voices, no grabbing or touching things that
dont belong to you, sharing, kindness)
4. Manners activities
5. Story time-obedience
6. What does it mean to obey
7. Setting boundaries and rules
8. Obedience activities
Instructions:
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3. Give your preschooler the opportunity to use proper manners in each
situation listed above.
4. Choose one or more of the following activities to encourage good
manners:
a. Play Mother, May I (just in case you dont know how-
http://www.group-games.com/action-games/mother-may-
i.html
b. Place a jar of pennies and an 8 oz. cup for both you and your
child on the kitchen counter. Every time either of you says
please, thank you, excuse me, may I, or Im sorry, you get to
put a penny in your cup. NOTE: Everyone in the family can
participate.
c. Take your preschooler to the parkequipped with rubber
gloves and a trash bag. Pick up trash (good manners includes
keeping the places we like to go neat and clean). After picking
up trash, let them play.
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e. Read Berenstain Bears Learn About Strangers and discuss the
lessons about strangers on the last page.
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Activity: Manners Matter
1. Set the table with a plate or saucer, cup, napkin, fork or spoon and
light snack. As you share a snack, teach your preschooler:
a. T not chew with their mouth open
b. To say Please pass
c. To not reach across the table
d. To sit properly
e. To use their fork or spoon properly
f. To not speak with food in their mouth
g. To ask to be excused
2. Use your cell phone or a toy phone to practice basic telephone
etiquette.
3. Take a trip to the grocery store. Help your preschooler hold the door
for someone, thank the clerk who checked you out and offer to
return a shopping cart to the rack for an elderly person or a young
mother with a baby.
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Activity: The Rules We Live By
Children want and need to know why. Why do they have a bedtime? Why
do they have to clean their room? Why do they have to ask permission to
play outside? Why? Why? Why?
Use the following page to write down the rules and expectations in your
home, but first ask your preschooler, What are the rules you have to obey
in our house? (You may be surprised at what your preschooler believes
the rules are.)
As you write each rule, ask them how they feel about it. This is a great
opportunity for open ended discussion.
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Family Rules
1. ___________________________
2. ___________________________
3. ___________________________
4. ___________________________
5. ___________________________
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6. ___________________________
7. ___________________________
8. ___________________________
9. ___________________________
10. ___________________________
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When I Dont Obey
Obeying the rules:
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When I Dont Obey
1. When I dont pick up my toys I will
have to ______________________.
Activities:
Instructions:
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F F F F F
F F F F F
f f f f f
f f f f f
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Student Name Date
F F F F F
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f f f f f
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Questions:
1. Name three parts of your body that begin with the letter F.
2. How many animals can you think of that start with the letter F?
3. What word begins with the letter F that can keep us warm?
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The Letter F
Draw a line from each picture that begins with the letter F to the F at the
top of the page.
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Color the flowers.
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FIND THE FROG
Find 4 frogs and put a circle around each one.
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Activity: Finger Food Fun
Supplies needed: celery; peanut butter; raisins; crackers; cheese; bananas;
chocolate chips; chopped nuts; granola; shredded cheese; 2 flour tortillas;
butter; grapes; strawberries; blueberries; knife; wooden skewers
NOTE: Feel free to pick and choose which finger foods to make.
Instructions:
1. Explain to your preschooler that finger foods are foods we eat with
our fingers.
2. Make the following finger foods together and enjoy:
a. Ants on a log (celery sticks with peanut butter and topped with
raisins)
b. Banana boats (cut the center out of the banana lengthwise, fill
the opening with chocolate chips, chopped nuts (optional) and
granola, microwave for 15 to 20 seconds and serve warm
c. Cheese and crackers
d. Smiley face (cut eyes and a smiley face in one tortilla, butter
one side of the other tortilla, place the tortilla buttered side
down in a skillet on medium heat, top with shredded cheese
and place the smiley face tortilla on top, cook till cheese is
melted and showing through to make a smiley face, serve
warm)
e. Load fresh fruits onto skewers and enjoy.
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Activity: Flower Power
Supplies needed: small flower pot(s); potting soil; flower seeds (zinnia,
marigold, sunflower or petunias work best); tissue paper; florist wire;
perfume
Instructions:
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Activity: Big Foot Little Foot
Supplies needed: your preschoolers foot, your familys feet; paper; pencil
Instructions:
PLACE #1:__________________________________________________
PLACE #2:__________________________________________________
PLACE #3:__________________________________________________
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MY FOOT
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___________________________s FOOT
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___________________________s FOOT
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___________________________s FOOT
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Lesson Six: L
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize student with the letter L.
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Teach your student to make and recognize the sound of the letter F.
2. Using the template provided, have your preschooler trace upper and
lower case L l and learn the L rhyme.
3. Using the paper provided, have your preschooler write upper and
lower case L l.
4. Do the letter L worksheet.
5. Letter L search (similar to a word search puzzle).
6. Choose at least one optional activity for your preschooler to do to
emphasize the letter L and for creative fun.
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L L L L L
L L L L L
l l l l l
l l l l l
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Student Name Date
L L L L L
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l l l l l
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Questions:
1. What turns on and off in your house that begins with the letter L?
2. What is sour, yellow and grows on a tree?
3. What is the opposite of telling the truth?
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Write an upper case L and a lower case l under each picture that begins
with an L.
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Find the Letter L
Circle every letter L l you can find below.
X e s A D G g j m P L
K L l I o V c x C L z y
J d D I i L s w q l m N
B n b X Z Q A e E U L F
L j E r l y N B p b L i V
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Activity: Lets Go L Hunting
NOTE: All supplies are optional.
Using the space below, ask your preschooler to draw one thing he/she
found that begins with the letter L l.
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Activity: Look at You Go!
Supplies needed: your preschooler
Instructions:
1. Talk about how important our legs are and all the things they allow
us to do.
2. Make a game out of letting your preschooler use his/her legs to:
a. Run up and down the yard, driveway, or sidewalk.
b. Do jumping jacks.
c. March in place.
d. Run in place.
e. Lay on the floor and do the bicycle exercise.
f. Hop across the room.
g. Skip around the room.
h. Kick a ball.
i. Lay on the floor with their legs in the air and balance a pillow
on their feet.
j. Do the duck walk.
NOTE: Make each activity more fun by playing music, timing them,
counting how many repetitions they do in 30 seconds, or by doing the
activities with them.
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Activity: Into the Lions Mouth You Go
Supplies needed: medium-sized box (the size of a microwave, for
example); knife or scissors; butcher paper; tape; markers; 3 or 4 bean
bags*
Instructions:
1. With the help of your preschooler, cover the box with butcher paper.
2. Draw a Lions face and open mouth on the front of the boxlarge
enough to cover the entire surface of the box.
3. Cut a large hole in the box where the lions mouth should be.
4. Mark a spot on the floor with tape for your preschooler to stand on to
try to toss the bean bags into the lions mouth.
*You can make the bean bags with dried beans securely tied with small
muslin bags or by putting dried beans in ziplock sandwich bags.
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Lesson Seven: S
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize student with the letter S.
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Teach your preschooler the sound S makes and practice making the
sound.
2. Using the template provided, have your preschooler trace the upper
and lower case S s and learn the S rhyme.
3. Using the paper provided, have your preschooler write upper and
lower case S s.
4. Circle the pictures that begin with the letter S s.
5. Color and cut out the s-shaped snake
6. Choose at least one optional activity for your preschooler to
emphasize the letter S and to enjoy some creative fun.
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S S S S S
S S S S S
s s s s s
s s s s s
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Student Name Date
When Sam and Sally saw the snake they turned around to run.
S S S S S
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s s s s s
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Questions:
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S is for
Circle each picture that begins with the letter S s.
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Activity: Cut Out That Snake!
Supplies needed: crayons; scissors
Instructions:
1. After your preschooler colors the snake, have him/her cut it out
following the lines. TIP: Help your preschooler start in the middle.
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Alphabet Soup
Write the letter S next to each dot in the bowl of soup.
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Activity: Salad Bar
Supplies needed: salad; salad bar items (carrots, cheese, croutons, eggs,
peas, tomatoes, etc.)
Instructions:
1. Help your preschooler tear salad greens and prepare salad bar items
for your familys dinner.
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Activity: Soap Explosion
Supplies needed: IVORY soap; knife; glass bowl; microwave
Instructions:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDmFiiZKYzU
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Activity: Seed Art
Supplies needed: a variety of seeds (beans, popcorn, flower seeds); glue;
poster board; scissors
Instructions:
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Lesson Eight: Opposites
Lesson Objective: Counting to 5 and opposites.
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Practice counting to five with your preschooler. You can use your
fingers and other objects.
2. Use the worksheets provided to teach your preschooler to count a
group of objects correctly.
3. Using the template provided, have your preschooler trace the
numbers 1 through 5.
4. Using the paper provided, have your preschooler write the numbers 1
through 5 and learn the number rhyme.
5. Color the number coloring pages
6. Play the counting games according to the instructions given.
7. Explain what opposites are to your preschooler. Give examples to
help them grasp the concept.
8. Do the opposites work sheets.
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How Many Do You See?
Write the number of objects in the space provided.
_________
_________
_________
__________
_________
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Draw a line to match the picture(s) to the number in the group.
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Student Name Date
111111
222222
333333
444444
555555
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Student Name Date
111111
222222
333333
444444
555555
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Color the flower below. Write how many you see on the line provided.
__________
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Color the lady bugs below. Write how many you see on the line provided.
_____________
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Color the fish below. Write how many you see on the line provided.
_____________
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Color the beach balls. Write how many you see on the line provided.
______________
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Color the turtles below. Write how many you see on the line provided.
___________
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Activity: Counting Games
Supplies needed: blocks; spoons; socks; DVD cases; books; action figures
Instructions:
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WetDryDayNight
What is the opposite of
Tall?
Day?
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Wet?
Cold?
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What is the Opposite Of
Ask your preschooler the opposite of
1. Off
2. Big
3. Stop
4. Wet
5. Tall
6. Night
7. Cold
8. Awake
9. Sick
Ask your preschooler to find something in your house that is the opposite
of
1. Little
2. Dry
3. Young
4. Girl
5. Fat
6. Hot
7. Up
8. Black
9. Soft
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Lesson Nine: Friendship
Activites:
Instructions:
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Who Are Your Friends?
Use the space below to draw your best friends.
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What Are Friends For?
Friends help one another and are kind to one another. What would you do
if:
Your friend cant go to the park because she broke her arm?
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Someone is being unkind to your friend.
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Activity: Be a Friend
Choose at least one of the following activities to do with your friend(s).
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Lesson Ten: A
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize your student with the letter A.
Activities:
Instructions:
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A A A A A
A A A A A
a a a a a
a a a a a
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Student Name Date
A A A A A
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a a a a a
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Questions:
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How many of the following words begin with A? Write that number in the
box below.
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Apple Facts
Did you know
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Connect the dots. What did you make?
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Activity: Apron
Supplies needed: one bandana handkerchief; 2 yd. ribbon; needle; thread;
apple slices; caramel; peanut butter; cheddar cheese
Instructions:
1. Lay bandana flat on table and fold the top two corners to the center
as shown below.
2. Cut two pieces of ribbon 12 inches long. Sew one piece to each of
the top corners.
3. Cut the remaining ribbon in half. Sew one end of each piece to the
waist of the apron. NOTE: You will need to measure where the
waist is on your preschooler.
4. Wearing the apron, let your preschooler spread peanut butter or
caramel on apple slices.
5. Wearing the apron, let your preschooler microwave pieces of cheddar
cheese on apple slices for 10 seconds.
6. Enjoy your snack!
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Activity: My Autograph Book
Supplies needed: hole punch; yarn; markers; 7 pieces of construction
paper; pen
Instructions:
Note: You may want to copy or print out the autograph pages on single
sided paper.
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My Autograph
Book
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My Name
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My Friends
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My Family
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My Pet
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My Neighbors
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Activity: Flying High
Supplies needed: paper, instructions from the following websites:
http://www.10paperairplanes.com/
http://www.paperairplanes.co.uk/
Instructions:
Take your preschooler to the airport to watch planes come in and out.
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Lesson Eleven: D
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize your student with the letter D.
Activities:
Instructions:
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D D D D D
D D D D D
d d d d d
d d d d d
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Student Name Date
D D D D D
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d d d d d
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Questions:
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What begins with D
Put an X on every picture that begins with D.
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Give the Dog a Bone
Color all the bones with the letter D brown.
109
Color the D using the following code:
R
Y
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Draw a picture of you and your dad.
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Activity: Lets Dance
Supplies needed: music; you; your preschooler
Instructions:
1. Teach your preschooler some basic dance steps and have a lot of
fun!
Instructions:
1. Fill a box with items that begin with the letter D and either packing
peanuts, sand or cotton.
2. Let your preschooler dig for buried treasure.
Instructions:
1. Let your preschooler decorate donuts for you and your family to
enjoy.
2. Talk about things that begin with the letter D while you work.
3. Enjoy the donuts.
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Lesson Twelve: H
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize your student with the letter H.
Activities:
Instructions:
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H H H H H
H H H H H
h h h h h
h h h h h
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Student Name Date
Now Henry feeds his hungry a bale of hay three times a day.
H H H H H
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h h h h h
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Questions:
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HHHHhhhh
Draw a line from each picture that begins with H to the H in the middle of
the page.
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Find the H
Put a circle around every H h you find below.
B w r Y H i
O e G s D j
H p h a X z
F x m N h l
U o A h H s
S d q Q x c
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Animal Parade
Put a circle around every animal that starts with the letter H.
118
Activity: Sign Language
Supplies needed: the sign language chart below
119
Activity: Helping Hands
Supplies needed: you and your preschooler
Instructions:
1. Rake leaves
2. Pull weeds
3. Plant flowers
4. Go grocery shopping
5. Walk someones dog
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Activity: Horsing Around
Supplies needed: old broom handle or dowel rod (3 ft. long); mans sock;
pillow stuffing; 1 sheet black felt; glue; scissors; brown duct tape; 2 ft.
length of cotton rope
Instructions:
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Lesson Thirteen: Pre-Reading
Lesson Objective: To give your student practice reading three letter words.
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Using the paper provided, have your preschooler write upper and
lower case letters.
2. Do the letter sound worksheets according to instructions.
3. Answer the riddles to finish writing the word.
4. Read the words on the page.
5. Color the coloring sheet according to the instructions.
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Oo
Student Name Date
O O O O O
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o o o o o
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Aa
Student Name Date
A A A A A
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a a a a a
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Mm
Student Name Date
M M M M M
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m m m m m
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Pp
Student Name Date
P P P P P
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p p p p p
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Ll
Student Name Date
L L L L L
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l l l l l
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Hh
Student Name Date
H H H H H
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h h h h h
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Ss
Student Name Date
S S S S S
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s s s s s
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Dd
Student Name Date
D D D D D
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d d d d d
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Ff
Student Name Date
F F F F F
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f f f f f
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Which Letter Am I?
Write the letter sound each picture begins with.
_________
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What Am I
Answer each riddle. Write the letter each answer begins with on the line
provided.
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5. When I want to say something I bark.
What am I? ________
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11. I am the opposite of happy. What am
I? _________
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Look What I Can Do!
Try to read the words below by putting the letter sounds together.
1. Lap
2. Mad
3. Pop
4. Sad
5. Dad
6. Mom
7. Mop
8. Doll
9. Hop
10. Ham
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Color the page following the code.
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Color the flower following the code.
P = Pink
F O
O P
L H
L
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Lesson Fourteen: Character
Lesson Objective: Teach your student how to handle anger properly and
the importance of always telling the truth.
Activities:
Instructions:
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9. Read stories about telling the truth. Suggestions: Berenstain Bears
Tell The Truth; Pinky Promise; Ricky Sticky Fingers; Liar, Liar
Pants on Fire
10. Play the truth game according to the instructions provided.
11. Play Hide n Seek.
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My Angry Face
Draw a picture of your angry face. Use this page if you are a girl. Use the
next page if you are a boy.
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Thats Not Nice
Put an X on each picture showing the WRONG way to be angry.
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Whats the Magic Word?
Your preschooler needs to know how to express anger appropriately. An
angry word is one way to do that. An angry word is a word your
preschooler (even your family) can use only when they are angry. Using an
angry word is a way to vent without hurting anyone elsephysically or
emotionally. Read the following list of suggested angry words to your
preschooler. Let them choose the one they want to use.
1. KERFUZZLE
2. MUGWUMP
3. ARGLE-BARGLE
4. SNARKLE
5. WHACK-A-DOODLE
6. CHOCLATE
7. KAFOOTIE
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Dont Be a Bully
What is a bully? A bully makes people do things they dont want to by
saying or doing mean things to them.
On the following page, make a list of good and bad words with your
preschooler. For preschoolers bad words may be words such as liar, shut
up, or meanie. Good words are words such as May I and Thank you.
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Good Words
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
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Bad Words
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
_________________
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Activity: Sticks and Stones
Teach your preschooler the following rhyme. NOTE: This is not the
traditional form of this rhyme.
Instructions:
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Are You Telling the Truth?
Help your preschooler learn to tell the truth in each of the following
situations. NOTE: Using props and role playing makes this activity more fun
and more meaningful. Also, not all preschoolers progress at the same rate.
You must determine if the following activity is appropriate for your
preschooler.
Make (and keep) the promise that you will never be angry at them for
telling the truth, but that you will be angry if they lie.
1. Your preschooler answers the phone. It is for you, but you cannot or
do not want to talk.
a. Tell your preschooler to say you cannot come to the phone.
b. Do NOT tell your preschooler to lie by saying you are not home,
in the shower, etc.
2. Your preschooler did not clean their room or put their toys away, but
when you ask them if they did
a. Dont accuse your preschooler of not doing their chores.
b. Ask in such a way that they cannot yes or no. Instead, say,
Im going to check to see if your room is clean so youd better
finish up now.
3. You know your preschooler is not telling the truth about something.
a. Tell them you know they are not telling the truth and discipline
them for lyingNOT for what they did (or didnt) do.
b. Withhold privileges without warning. When they ask why,
simply say they will get the privileges back when you hear the
truth from them.
4. Your preschooler says he/she is telling the truth. You are not sure,
but
a. Give them the benefit of the doubt until or unless you have
proof you should do otherwise.
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Activity: Am I Telling the Truth?
Supplies needed: a variety of small items; blindfold
Instructions:
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Lesson Fifteen: Numbers 1-5, Opposites
Lesson Objective: Review numbers 1 through 5 and opposites.
Activities:
Instructions:
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One, Two, Buckle My Shoe
Put a circle around all the number 1s and an X on all the number 2s. Color
the picture.
1
2
2 2
1
2
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Three, Four, Five, Bees in a Hive
Color every bee with the number 3, 4, or 5.
3 2 5
4 1
4 2 5
1 3
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Writing Numbers
Trace the numbers below.
111111
222222
333333
444444
555555
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You Can Write Your Numbers!
Student Name Date
12345
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12345
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12345
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How Many
Count the number of items in each row and write the number to show how
many there are.
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_________
_________
_________
_________
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Calvin the Counting Caterpillar
Cut out the circles at the bottom of the page. Place the numbers in order
and glue them onto Calvin the Counting Caterpillar.
4
1
3 2
5
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Opposites
What is the opposite of
1. Low
2. Fat
3. Cold
4. Day
5. Big
6. Dark
7. Tall
8. In
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9. Open
10. Down
11. Nice
12. Full
13. Good
14. Off
15. Soft
16. Easy
17. Happy
18. Girl
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Show Me the Opposite
On the following page, draw the opposite of the picture below.
TALL MAN
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Show Me the Opposite
On the following page, draw the opposite of the picture below.
Little Girl
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Lesson Sixteen: B
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize your student with the letter B.
Activities:
Instructions:
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B B B B B
B B B B B
b b b b b
b b b b b
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Student Name Date
B B B B B
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b b b b b
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Questions:
1. What can you ride that has two wheels and pedals?
2. What day do you turn another year older?
3. What do cowboys wear on their feet?
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Bb
Write an upper and lower case B b under each picture that begins with B.
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B is for Bug
Read the bug facts and color the bugs on each page.
BEETLE
1. There are many different kinds of beetles. Some are so little you
have to have a microscope to see them. Others are bigger than your
hand.
2. Beetles can live anywhere in the world.
3. Adult beetles chew their food.
4. Some beetles glow in the dark.
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BEDBUG
1. Bedbugs eat only blood.
2. Bedbugs can go many days without eating.
3. Bedbugs dont have to live in a bed.
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BUMBLEBEE
1. Boy bumblebees dont have stingers.
2. A bumblebee will not die after it stings someone like a honeybee
does.
3. Bumblebees hibernate underground.
4. Bumblebees make only enough honey to feed their babies.
5. Bumblebees like purple and blue flowers best.
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B-Land Bedtime Story
Read the story and have your preschooler fill in the blanks with words that
begin with B.
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Activity: Lets Make Butter
Supplies needed: small glass jar with lid; whole cream; bread;
thermometer Note: Be careful with toddlers and glass jars.
Instructions:
NOTE: You may have to help shake if your preschooler gets tired.
Beads Galore
Supplies needed: a variety of beads; string (heavy-weight jewelry thread or
cotton twine works best for little hands); scissors
Instructions:
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Activity: Break the Balloon
Supplies needed: 3 to 5 balloons; paper; pen
Instructions:
1. Write simple instructions on slips of paper and place one slip inside
each balloon.
2. Blow up the balloons and tie them shut.
3. Have your preschooler break the balloons one at a time and do the
activity written on the slip of paper.
Suggested activities:
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Lesson Seventeen: J
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize your student with the letter J.
Activities:
Instructions:
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J J J J J
J J J J J
j j j j j
j j j j j
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Student Name Date
He stopped to eat some jellybeans and watch the jellyfish swim away.
J J J J J
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j j j j j
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Questions:
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Draw a line from every picture that begins with a J to the J in the middle of
the page.
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Color the jungle.
178
JUNGLE FACTS
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Activity: Juicy Juice
Supplies needed: oranges; lemons; knife; water; sugar; juicer (preferably
the do-it-yourself type pictured below); bowl; drinking glasses; pitcher;
long-handled spoon
Instructions:
1. Have your preschooler roll the oranges and lemons back and forth a
few times to loosen the flesh inside the fruit.
2. Place the juicer over a cup or bowlmaking sure it sets firmly and
that the slits are inside the cup or bowl.
3. Cut each piece of fruit in half.
4. Have your preschooler place the cut end of the fruit (one at a time)
on the juicer and twist back and forth until no more juice come out.
5. Pour the orange juice into a cup(s) and enjoy.
6. Repeat the process with the lemons.
7. Pour the juice into a pitcher, add water and sugar to taste, stir and
enjoy.
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Activity: Lets Go J-Hunting
Instructions:
Instructions:
http://www.constantchatter.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-41957.html
http://giraffian.com/
Instructions:
1. Spend time with your preschooler telling and laughing at silly jokes.
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Lesson Eighteen: R
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize your student with the letter R.
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Teach your preschooler the sound of the letter R and have them
practice making the sound.
2. Using the template provided, have your preschooler trace upper and
lower case R r and learn the R thyme.
3. Using the paper provided, have your preschooler write upper and
lower case R r.
4. Do the R worksheet.
5. Do the hidden R worksheet.
6. Do the Lets Make Rain science activity.
7. Choose at least one optional activity for your preschooler to
emphasize the letter R for some creative fun.
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R R R R R
R R R R R
r r r r r
r r r r r
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Student Name Date
R R R R R
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r r r r r
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Questions:
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R Words
Circle the pictures that begin with R.
185
Find Me
Circle all the upper and lower case rs hidden in the picture. Hint: there are
8.
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Activity: Lets Make Rain
Supplies needed: water; pint-sized clear glass jar; plate; ice cubes
Instructions:
The ice cold plate causes the warm air inside the jar to condense and form
water droplets. This is the same thing that happens in the atmosphere.
Warm, moist air rises and meets colder air high in the atmosphere. The
water vapor condenses and forms rain that falls to the ground.
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Activity: R is for Reading
Supplies needed: Books
Instructions:
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Activity: Rainbows are Everywhere
Supplies needed: white t-shirt; fabric markers; cardboard
Instructions:
Instructions:
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Lesson Nineteen
Lesson Objective: Teach your student to recognize and count the numbers
6 through 10 and to recognize and draw simple shapes.
Activities:
Instructions:
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Trace the numbers below.
666666
777777
888888
999999
10 10 10 10
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You Can Write Your Numbers!
Student Name Date
6 7 8 9 10
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6 7 8 9 10
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6 7 8 9 10
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How Many
How many things are on each line? Write the number.
_________
_________
________
_________
________
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Number Match
Draw a line from every group of pictures to the matching number.
10
195
What Shape am I?
Name the shapes.
196
Trace and Color
Trace and color each shape below.
197
Shape Up
Name and draw each shape that you see.
198
Name and draw each shape that you see.
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Have Fun with Shapes!
Make a Christmas tree out of this triangle.
200
Make an Easter egg out of this oval
201
Make a Valentine Card out of this heart.
202
Lesson Twenty: E
Lesson Objective: Introduce and familiarize your student with the letter E.
Activities:
Instructions:
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E E E E E
E E E E E
e e e e e
e e e e e
READ: Green Eggs and Ham
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Student Name Date
E E E E E
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e e e e e
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Questions:
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E is for
Put an X on the pictures that begin with the letter E.
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Find Letter E
Put a circle around upper case and lower case Es.
E g z K O m
J e A e X B
N c E p Q s
S t T y U L
V E q a e M
N s t j W w
R r E D I e
Z l U d E Q
P e p h v n
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Activity: Energy is Action
Supplies needed: candle; matches; small inflated balloon; stopwatch;
bathtub toy; bathtub; your preschooler
Instructions:
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a. Have your preschooler sit quietly in a chair. Using a stopwatch,
check their heart rate.
b. Have your preschooler walk through your entire house for 2-3
minutes and check their heart rate again.
c. Have your preschooler run in place as fast as they can for 20-
30 seconds and check their heart rate again.
d. See what happened. The faster we move, the more energy it
takes to pump the blood through our body.
209
Its in the Envelope
Color the picture below and sign your name. Cut out the picture and mail it
to your grandma or other special family member in an ENVELOPE.
210
Activity: Eggs-Actly
Supplies needed: eggs; additional ingredients for the recipe you select.
Instructions:
1. Cookies
2. Deviled eggs
3. Scrambled eggs
Instructions:
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Lesson Twenty-one: G
Lesson Objective: Teach your student the sounds of the letter G.
Activities:
Instructions:
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G G G G G
G G G G G
g g g g g
g g g g g
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Student Name Date
G G G G G
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g g g g g
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Questions:
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GGGggg
Write a G under every picture that begins with G.
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President George Washington
Read the facts about George Washington and color the American flag.
216
Activity: Eeww Gak!
Supplies needed: glue; borax; water; food coloring; bowl; spoon
Instructions:
Suggestions:
1. Candy Land
2. Red Light Green Light
3. Go Fish
4. Tag
5. Mother May I
6. Dont Spill the Beans
7. Hi Ho Cherry O
8. Connect Four
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Lesson Twenty-two: T
Lesson Objective: Teach your student the sound of the letter T.
Activities:
1. Teach and familiarize your preschooler with the sound of the letter T
2. Trace upper and lower case T t and learn the T rhyme
3. Write upper and lower case T t
4. Letter T worksheet
5. Turtle time worksheet
6. T is for taste activity
7. Tie it up (optional)
8. Taco mania (optional)
9. Tape it up (optional)
Instructions:
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T T T T T
T T T T T
t t t t t
t t t t t
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Student Name Date
T T T T T
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t t t t t
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Questions:
220
The Letter T
Put a circle around every picture that begins with the letter T.
221
Turtle Time
Color the turtle using the following code:
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Activity: T is for Tasty
Supplies needed: blindfold; various foods and spices to taste
Instructions:
Tie it up
Supplies needed: shoe with shoe laces
Instructions:
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Activity: Taco Mania
Supplies needed: ingredients for fixing tacos
Instructions:
1. Have your preschooler help you fix tacos for your familys dinner.
Tape it up
Supplies needed: designer/colorful duct tape; craft paper picture frame OR
2 inch wide strip of poster board big enough to fit over your preschoolers
wrist when formed into a bracelet OR spiral notebook; scissors
Instructions:
1. Have your preschooler decorate one or more of the above items with
designer/colorful duct tape.
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Lesson Twenty-three: Address and Phone
Number
Lesson Objective: Teach your student his/her home address and phone
number.
Activities:
Instructions:
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Trace the numbers below.
666666
777777
888888
999999
10 10 10 10
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Student Name Date
6 7 8 9 10
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6 7 8 9 10
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6 7 8 9 10
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Activity: Call Me
Supplies needed: phone (real or pretend)
Instructions:
1. Use role playing to help your preschooler learn to make and receive
phone calls properly. You can use a play or non-working phone, OR
make an actual phone call or two to grandparents or Daddy. Make
sure you cover the physical aspects as well as phone etiquette.
911
Instructions:
228
Activity: This is Where I Live
Instructions:
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Lesson Twenty-four: C
Lesson Objective: Teach and familiarize your student with the letter C.
Activities:
Instructions:
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C C C C C
C C C C C
c c c c c
c c c c c
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Student Name Date
C C C C C
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c c c c c
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Questions:
1. What animal is big and tall and has humps on its back?
2. What do we use to take pictures with?
3. What shape is round?
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C is for
Put an X on the pictures that begin with a C.
234
Which One Begins with C
Put a C next to the picture in each row that begins with a C.
_________ _________
__________ __________
___________ __________
235
Activity: Candy Messages
Supplies needed: Candy bars/candy; printable labels from:
http://www.thedatingdivas.com/you-me/show-him-the-love/clever-candy-
sayings-for-almost-every-occasion/ OR make your own.
Instructions:
1. Look at the website and purchase the candy needed to send the
messages your preschooler wants to send.
2. Make the candy messages and deliver them.
Instructions:
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7. Have your preschooler drop the last set of pennies into the lemon
juice mixture and leave them for a few minutes.
8. Have your preschooler remove the pennies from the lemon juice and
wipe dry.
9. See how pretty and shiny the pennies are nowthanks to the acid in
the catsup, cola and lemon juice. The acid eats the tarnish from the
pennies.
Instructions:
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Lesson Twenty-five: I
Lesson Objective: Teach and familiarize your student with the letter I.
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Teach your preschooler to say and recognize the sounds of the letter
I; long I as in ice cream and island and short I as in Indian and ink.
2. Using the template provided, have your preschooler trace the upper
and lower case Ii.
3. Using the paper provided, have your preschooler write upper and
lower case I i.
4. Do the Letter I worksheet.
5. Do the Find the letter I worksheet (similar to a word search).
6. Do the Inuit facts worksheet and craft as instructed.
7. Choose at least one of the optional activities for your preschooler to
emphasize the letter I for some creative fun.
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I I I I I
I I I I I
i i i i i
i i i i i
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Student Name Date
I scream!
You scream!
I I I I I
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i i i i i
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Questions:
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The Letter I
Put a circle around the words that begin with the letter I.
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Find the I
Draw a circle around every upper and lower case I you find.
G w q A I h b C M
L S i Z N b x I D
Y A a I d F f P d
I e E i v N i T M
J t D S s X f E W
L i P o u I p Q x
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Inuit Facts
Read the facts about the Inuit people and select one of the crafts to do
with your preschooler.
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Activity: Igloo Craft
Supplies needed: sugar cubes or marshmallows, icing, plastic knives, paper
or Styrofoam plate, and a paper cup.
1. Explain that some of the Inuit people, as well as other people of the
arctic, lived in Igloos; however, the igloos were mostly used as
temporary housing for hunting.
2. Cut the top off the paper cup to shorten the cup.
3. Place the cup upside down on the plate. This will be the structure for
your igloo.
4. Have your preschooler use icing as mortar to attach the sugar cubes
or marshmallows onto the paper cup.
5. Save a few marshmallows or sugar cubes to make an entry for your
igloo.
Using a Map!
Using the world map on the following page, show your students the seven
continents of the world and the five oceans.
Europe
Australia
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Southern Ocean
Antartica
Activity: Ice Cream Mania!
Supplies needed: ice cream; bowls; spoons; ice cream toppings (nuts,
sprinkles, chocolate sauce, cherries, cookie crumbs, etc.)
Instructions:
1. Let your preschooler fix both of you the ultimate ice cream sundae.
2. Enjoy!
Instructions:
(If the ice is too cold for your preschooler, a pair of gloves will help.)
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Activity: Invisible Ink
Supplies needed: paper; cotton swabs; real lemon juice; cup; heat source
(lamp or blow dryer works best)
Note: Some grocery stores carry frozen fresh lemon juice in the freezer
area.
Instructions:
1. Squeeze fresh lemon juice or pour cup real lemon juice into a cup.
2. Have your preschooler write their name and some letters on the
paper using the juice and cotton swabs.
3. Let the juice dry.
4. When the juice is dry, have your preschooler apply heat to the
writing and watch the message magically appear.
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Lesson Twenty-six: N
Lesson Objective: Teach and familiarize your student with the letter N.
Activities:
Instructions:
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N N N N N
N N N N N
n n n n n
n n n n n
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Student Name Date
N N N N N
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Questions:
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The Letter N
Draw a line from the N in the center of the page to every picture that
begins with an N.
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Color Me
Color the pictures that begin with the letter N.
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Activity: Be Kind to Your Neighbors
Supplies; ingredients to bake cookies; small zip bags; construction paper;
pencil
Instructions:
1. With the help of your preschooler, bake cookies and bag them up to
take to the neighbors.
2. Have your preschooler write FROM and their name on a piece of
paper for each bag of cookies you will be giving away.
3. Bag the cookies and take them to your neighbors.
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What Do Nurses Do
Instructions:
Instructions:
1. Use the chart on the following page to help your preschooler find
basic constellations. NOTE: Let your student lead. Finding the big
and/or little dipper is enough if that is all your child wants to do.
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Activity: Noodle Mania
Supplies needed: dried noodles (pasta) in a variety of shapes and sizes;
template (below); poster board; glue;
Instructions:
1. Cut out and trace the template below onto a small poster.
2. Provide your preschooler with glue and pasta shapes to make a
mosaic of your house. NOTE: You can dye the pasta with food colors
prior to this activity if you wish. Just be sure they are dry before
using them.
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Lesson Twenty-seven: Numbers 1-10
Lesson Objective: Review numbers 1 through 10.
Activities:
Instructions:
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Trace the numbers below.
111111
222222
333333
444444
555555
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Trace the numbers below.
666666
777777
888888
999999
10 10 10 10
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Trace the numbers below.
111111
222222
333333
444444
555555
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Trace the numbers below.
666666
777777
888888
999999
10 10 10 10
You Can Write Your Numbers!
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Student Name Date
12345
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12345
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12345
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Student Name Date
6 7 8 9 10
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Student Name Date
12345
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12345
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12345
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Student Name Date
6 7 8 9 10
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Number Match
Draw a line from the number to the correct group of pictures.
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How Many
Count how many pictures there are and write the number on line below.
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Lesson Twenty-eight: Days of the Week
Lesson Objective: Teach your preschooler the days of the week
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Help your preschooler memorize the days of the week by learning the
day of the week rhyme.
2. Read books that teach the days of the week. Suggestions: The Very
Hungry Caterpillar, Cookies Week, Today is Monday, Seven
Blind Mice.
3. Do day of the week drawings. Note: Print page copies for student to
create a book. Hole punch and tie with ribbons.
4. Start a weekday chore chart
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Day of the Week Rhyme
Sing to the tune of Ten Little Indians
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My
Days of the Week
Book
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What Did I Do On Sunday?
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What Did I Do On Monday?
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What Did I Do On Tuesday?
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What Did I Do On Wednesday?
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What Did I Do On Thursday?
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What Did I Do On Friday?
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What Did I Do On Saturday?
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Activity: Chore Chart Activity
Supplies needed: Chore chart template on the next page; markers and/or
stickers
Instructions:
1. Complete the Chore Chart Template on the following page. List about
5 items that your preschooler can complete every day, one for each
square.
2. To help your student memorize the five daily chores, associate each
chore with a finger on their right or left hand.
3. Have your preschooler begin marking off the chores they do each
day of the week.
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My Chores Mon Tues Wed Thurs Fri Sat Sun
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Lesson Twenty-nine: K
Lesson Objective: Teach and familiarize your student with the letter K.
Activities:
Instructions:
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K K K K K
K K K K K
k k k k k
k k k k k
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Student Name Date
Go...gogo
K K K K K
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k k k k k
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Questions:
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What Begins With K
Put an X on every picture that beings with a K.
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Katy Kangaroo
Draw a line from every K to Katy Kangaroos pouch.
K e J L K P q
A M n x k C
D T t
W S f K B b o
T R V i U k Z
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Keys to Learning
Let your preschooler choose one or more of the keys to review what they
have learned over the past several weeks.
Opposites
Counting to 10
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Letters P, A, G and L
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Activity: King for a Day
Supplies needed: crown (purchased or handmade); sash (optional)
Instructions:
1. Allow your male preschooler be king for the day at your houseno
chores, chooses what to eat, chooses activities, given a special treat.
Instructions:
1. Spend time kicking a ball back and forth with your preschooler. Each
time you kick the ball you say a letter. Each time your preschooler
kickes the ball, he/she must say a word that begins with the letter
you said.
Instructions:
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Lesson Thirty: W
Lesson Objective: Teach and familiarize your student with the letter W.
Activities:
Instructions:
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WWWWW
WWWWW
w w w w w
w w w w w
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Student Name Date
WWWWW
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w w w w w
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Questions:
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W is for
Put a W under each picture that begins with a W.
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Color the W using the following code:
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Whale Watching
Color the whale and learn some interesting facts about whales.
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Activity: Digging for Worms
Supplies needed: gummy worms; vanilla ice cream; crum; chocolate cookie
crumbs; spoon; 8 inch square pan
Instructions:
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Lesson Thirty-one: Q, U, V
Lesson Objective: Teach and familiarize your student with the sounds of Q,
U and V.
Activities:
Instructions:
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QQQQQ
QQQQQ
q q q q q
q q q q q
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U U U U U
U U U U U
u u u u u
u u u u u
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V V V V V
V V V V V
v v v v v
v v v v v
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Student Name Date
Q Q Q Q Q
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q q q q q
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Student Name Date
U U U U U
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u u u u u
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Questions:
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Student Name Date
V V V V V
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v v v v v
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Q U and V
Write a Q, U or V under each picture that begins with a Q, U or V.
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Activity: Letter Quilt
Supplies needed: 2 yards of solid-colored fleece fabric; scissors; fabric
markers; yardstick
Instructions:
1. Lay the fleece out flat on the floor and make 3 to 4 inch deep cuts
every 3 inches on all sides of the fleece.
2. Help your preschooler knot each strip.
3. Use the yardstick and a black fabric marker to mark off squares on
the fleece.
4. Let your preschooler use the fabric markers to make a picture quilt
by drawing on each square.
Instructions:
1. Log into your Pandora account and type in a search for violin music.
2. Listen with your preschooler.
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Lesson Thirty-two: X, Y, Z
Lesson Objective: Teach and familiarizeyour student with the letters X, Y
and Z.
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Teach your preschooler to recognize and use the sounds of the leters
X, Y and Z.
2. Using the templates provided, have your preschooler trace upper and
lower case X x, Y y, and Z z.
3. Using the paper provided, have your preschooler write upper and
lower case X x, Y y, and Z z.
4. Do X, Y, and Z worksheet.
5. Color the zoo coloring sheet.
6. Make a water glass xylophone.
7. Answer the All about You questions.
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X X X X X
X X X X X
x x x x x
x x x x x
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Y Y Y Y Y
Y Y Y Y Y
y y y y y
y y y y y
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Z Z Z Z Z
Z Z Z Z Z
z z z z z
z z z z z
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Student Name Date
X X X X X
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Student Name Date
Y Y Y Y Y
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Student Name Date
Z Z Z Z Z
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XYZ
Find one picture on this page that begins with an X, one that starts with a
Y and one that starts with a Z.
_________ __________
__________ _________
___________ _________
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Color the zoo.
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Activity: Water Xylophone
Supplies needed: 4 or 5 glass drinking glasses (all the same size); water;
spoon
Instructions:
Note: Be careful to show your student how to lightly tap the glass without
breaking it.
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All About Y-O-U
Have your preschooler answer the following questions:
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Lesson Thirty-three: Shapes
Lesson Objective: review shapes and opposites
Activities:
1. Go shape hunting.
2. Trace the shapes.
3. Draw the shapes.
4. Opposites worksheets
Instructions:
1. Take your child through each room in your house; asking them to tell
you what shape things are.
2. Using the templates provided, have your preschooler trace the
shapes.
3. Follow the instructions to draw different shapes.
4. Have your preschooler answer each question and complete the
opposite worksheet.
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Trace the Shapes
Trace each shape.
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Draw the Shapes
Draw each of the shapes below.
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What is the Opposite of
Ask your preschooler to answer each of the following questions
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Draw the Opposite
In the space below, draw the opposite of the following.
Little bug
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Draw the Opposite
In the space below, draw the opposite of the following.
Cold ice
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Draw the Opposite
In the space below, draw the opposite of the following.
Happy boy
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Draw the Opposite
In the space below, draw the opposite of the following.
Skinny giraffe
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Lesson Thirty-four: Review Alphabet
Lesson Objective: review entire alphabet and read simple words.
Activities:
Instructions:
1. Using the templates provided, have your preschooler trace upper and
lower case letters of the alphabet.
2. Using the paper provided, have your preschooler write upper and
lower case letters of the alphabet.
3. Do the letter worksheets.
4. Have your preschooler read the words on the page.
5. Do the complete the word worksheet.
6. Make alphabet soup.
7. Make a name mosaic.
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Trace the letters.
Aa Bb Cc Dd
Ee Ff Gg Hh
Ii Jj Kk Ll
Mm Nn Oo Pp
Qq Rr Ss Tt
Uu Vv Ww Xx
Yy Zz
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Upper Case
Student Name Date
ABCDEFG
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HIJKLMN
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OPQRSTU
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VWXYZ
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Student Name Date
abcdefg
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hijklmn
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opqrstu
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vwxyz
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Which Letter Do I
Start with?
Write the correct letter next to each picture to tell what each one starts
with.
_________ __________
__________ ___________
__________ _________
__________ ___________
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___________ ___________
___________ ___________
___________ _________
___________ ___________
__________ ___________
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__________ ___________
_________ __________
_________ __________
___________ __________
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Look What I Can Do!
Have your preschooler read each of the following words by blending the
sounds of the letters together. Note: Encourage them to use the different
vowel sounds until they find the right one.
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Finish the Word
Look at the picture and finish the word.
____OPCORN
____ANDLE
_____EE
_____ION
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Activity: Alphabet Soup
Supplies needed: chicken broth; alphabet pasta shapes; salt to taste;
chopped carrots; chopped celery; cooked and diced chicken breasts;
cup chopped onions (optional); seasonings of your choice.
Instructions:
Instructions:
1. Let your preschooler cut several letters from magazine ads that spell
their first and last name.
2. Have your preschooler glue the letters on the poster board in mosaic
fashion.
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