Even though it is the middle of the year and the middle of the alphabet, I am going to start something new. My daughter is doing home schooling and would like a bit more help planning lessons so I have offered to write up a lesson plan for each letter of the alphabet. Next week we start letter "o". Alphabet Song Read the Story about letter O Use a magnifying glass(as a prop) and look for things in the picture that start with o. At this time we usually sing the Rhyme song but there is no Rhyme Song with the clowns. Read a Story Book that has a letter O in the Title. "Pippo" Craft. Cut out a large 0 from Construction Paper. At about 2 oclock on the picture put a red dot. The child puts the pencil down on the red dot and moves to the left completely around the circle. (If you start a letter 0 at the 2 oclock position, you are then set up to easily make it into an a. or g. ) Put other stickers in the centre of the large 0. Either things that start with an 0 or more 0 stickers. Bean Bag game. Make a large poster or turn a mat over and use the backside. Put number values on the side of the mat. Across from the numbers write the letters of the alphabet. You stand a few steps away and throw a bean bag at the mat (or poster). The child says the letter and the letter sound. On a white board keep score to see who wins. When working on the vowels I usually try to review all the vowels we have learned so far. Alphabet Find. Put Upper and lower case letters all over the floor. Ask your child to find "upper and lower case" 0. A. E. I. On a floor road mat, put out some plastic letters. On a piece of cardstock write words such as: sod, log, and nod. Get the child to find a plastic letter and put it on top of your printed cardstock. Read the word with the child. Put two hula hoops flat on the floor. In one put the letter A and in the other letter 0. Say words that start with A such as Airplane, apple, and words that start with 0 - such as orange etc. Get your child to jump into the correct hoop. Printing. Practice writing and 0. Table and dice game. Make a game board by drawing a star on the paper. About 18" wide. Make squares around the outside of the star. Use game pieces and a die to move your game piece around the board and say the sound and name of each letter that you land on . Read more Story Books that have an 0 in them.