Since I did not set up a theme for this week, I am going to take today to provide you with a few things you can do over the summer as a fun way to practice letter recognition and sounds.
Letter of the Day- pick a letter each day to focus on.
- Have your child write the letters in chalk on the sidewalk.
- Search for the letter in the story you read that night.
- Make the letter out of rocks, sticks, or other natural objects.
- Alphabet snacks
- A- apple slices, ants on a log, avocado
- B- blueberries, blackberries, bananas, bread, beans
- C- carrots, cookies, cantaloupe, cucumbers, clementine
- D- donuts, dates, danish
- E- eggs, eggplant, English muffins, edamame
- F-fish (goldfish), fruit salad, fries
- G- grapes, graham crackers, gummies
- H- ham, hot dog, honeydew melons, hummus, honey
- I- iceberg lettuce, ice cream (I can’t think of a food that starts with short i, if you know of one, please share!)
- J- juice, jello, jelly
- K- kiwi, kabobs — kids love things on a stick!
- L- lemonade, lollipop, lettuce
- M- mushrooms, meatballs, melon, muffins
- N- nuts, nectarine
- O- oranges, olives, oatmeal
- P- pear, pineapple, popcorn, pickles, peach, papaya, plum, peas, peanut butter, popcorn, pretzel…. lots and lots of p thoughts
- Q- quiche, quinoa, quick bread
- R- raisin, raspberry, rice cake, raddish
- S- strawberry, shrimp, s’mores, salsa, sweet potato
- T- tomato, tortilla, tuna, tangerine, toast, turkey
- U- uncooked?, upside down? — U is hard!
- V- vegetables, vanilla wafers, vanilla
- W- watermelon, water, waffles, walnut, whipped cream
- X- good luck with this one!
- Y- yogurt
- Z- zucchini
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