11/1/2019 D Letter
692 Shares Today I’m sharing a sampling of our letter D activities for preschool. (This post contains affiliate links.) It took two years to put together a with my oldest two boys.
Now that our oldest son (age 6) is a fluent reader and our Four is reading simple sight word books, it’s time to do a focused alphabet exploration with our youngest boy, age 3. Each week I show you what Letter of the Week looks like for our just-turned-Three. Letter D Activities I like to start with my.
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He likes listening to these simple alphabet books and pointing out “big D” and “little d.” Another favorite is our. Each book has six rhymes or songs just right for toddlers and preschoolers. We love using the wonderful. For this activity I cut out the pictures, and he put glue on the back and named each one as he glued it onto the D.
As he worked we emphasized the beginning sounds. “/d/, /d/, duck!” or “/d/, /d/, dinosaur!” He worked on our free, but wasn’t interested in doing it all by himself. We took turns putting down dots. Since he’s getting kind of tired of these, we might try covering the circles with something different next week.
He used a to cover d’s on this printable, which is included in We kept it simple for crafts this week. He painted with and made a dinosaur craft using half a paper plate. I didn’t get a picture of the dinosaur (it’s so easy to miss the sunlight on these dreary winter days!), but you can see both ideas in our It was fun week for math, because we pulled out. He rolled a die and made that many dots on a paper plate. He rolled a die and made a tower with that many blocks. He was able to do this free (almost) all by himself. He’s still not ready to write letters, but I drew a letter D in pencil and helped him cover it with dice.
This way he’s still building the letter and working on his fine motor skills – without attempting something that I know would frustrate him. For sensory play I looked at Pinterest for a dough recipe. He caught a glimpse of from Growing a Jeweled Rose and wanted to try it. Since it had just a few ingredients, we gave it a shot. It kept him busy while I cleaned the kitchen! We’re reading books all week long!
The widget shows some of our favorites for letter D. See all 19 letter D books This is one of our favorite activities from. Roll a big soft block and see which letter (upper or lowercase) comes up.
Then build the ladders to see which letter reaches the top first! We like to do name activities as often as possible. This week I typed his name using a big font and cut it into pieces.
It was part of a I found at Play to Learn Preschool. This was tougher for him than I’d anticipated. I guess we need to do more puzzles! Each week we’re sure to do at least one activity that involves the whole alphabet. This week we read a number of times.
On each page he named the letters. It’s hard to believe that a month ago, when we started Letter of the Week, he knew just a handful of letters.
Now, in just our fourth week, he recognizes almost all of them! But as you can see, Letter of the Week is just a framework for lots of early learning activities. We’ll be continuing on even though he recognizes most of the alphabet.
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My little guy just turned 3. If you have an older child or one who’s simply ready for the next step, try some of these!. Do some. Try with poker chips. Clip the pictures on our.
Practice beginning sounds. Do a See the whole series! We recommend this letter of the week curriculum. These are handy, too! Looking for a high quality app for learning letter sounds?
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