3.18.2011

Letter Tt

"T" topics...train, turtle, time, teapot

{Circle Time}
Calendar...Talk about the month and days of the week and put sticker on the day we are discussing.

Reading...days of the week book...Seven Spunky Monkeys by Jackie French Koller
...theme books...My "t" Book by Jane Belk Moncure
Freight Train by Donald Crews
Inside Freight Train by Donald Crews
William and the Night Train by Mij Kelly and Alison Jay
Emma's Turtle by Eve Bunting
The Clock Struck One by Trudy Harris

Songs/Rhymes...The T says..., I'm a Little Teapot

{Letter Craft}
T is for Turtle...{this one is my design}

{Activities}
Coloring...Letter Tt

Letter Identification...
find the letter worksheet
...do a dot letter printables
...build a T with craft sticks

Spelling...We worked on spelling TOP this week. I wrote the word and drew a picture on our dry erase board. Each day I had Little Bit spell and sound out the word.
...tray with magnetic letters and cards with words {TOP, TEN, TAN}. Little Bit placed the corresponding letters over the letters on the cards...while sounding out each letter.

Transportation...dot to dot train. This is a great exercise for getting letters in the correct order and drawing lines!
...T is for truck letter tracing worksheet.
...train coloring page
...played with trains....used them to transport her dolls and ponies!


Turtles...shape count worksheet...Little Bit identified the shapes and then counted how many of each there were.
...turtle coloring page

Activity shelf...sorting shells by big and little; pom pom transfer w/tweezers into a strawberry ice cube tray, color shade matching; pom pom transfer to suction mat; clock puzzle; tower building with green and yellow foam cubes; green sensory box {filled with green things....shape buttons, jewels, pom poms, bottle caps, foam animals, green dish}; rice bin with rake and race car; shape matching using our shaped buttons and dollar store banners that I cut apart.


Computer time...Starfall {we worked in the ABC section with the letter T}
...Little Bit also loves to get in some computer time when we go the library. They have computers set up in the children's area with games, stories, etc. She loves working on Jump Start PreK!

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