Letter q.

1. Alphabet Book "q"
2. Upper case Book "q"
3. Rhyme Book "q"
4. Alphabet Song.
5. Since there are very few words that start with q we are going to work on rhyming today. Sing this song, tune is Twinkle Twinkle, Listen Listen to Dave's word, Then tell me the sound that you heard. DOG D is one sound o is two g is the last in Dog, its true D-o-g. were the sounds that I heard When I listened to Dave's word Listen listen to Dave's word Then tell me the sound that you heard QUIT qu is one sound i is two t is the last in QUIT it's true Qu-i-t were the sounds that I heard.
6. Make or use a purchased small booklet, about 2"by 4". It only needs a few pages. Print the rhyming words one at the bottom of each page. The child draws a picture to represent the word. Quit- I just got them to draw 2 hands out - like "I quit" Fit - They draw a face, colour it red. Pit - hole in the ground Hit - Hit a baseball - just draw a ball and bat Bit - Draw some teeth Lit - Draw a campfire Sit - Stick person sitting on a chair

Letter p.

We are now getting ready to teach the letter "P". 1. FFP. Alphabet Song. 2. Rhyme Book Song - letter p. 3. Upper Case Book - letter p. 4. Look at the picture for p. (lower case book) with a magnifying glass. Find all the "p" words. 5. Using the Rhyme Book as a ref. Put a letter p on the floor. Say the sound. Then put letter o in front of the p. Say each sound and blend them together to say op. Now put the p. in front of op and say pop. Change the first letter so it will say cop, mop, hop, top and lop. 6. Game- Put a lot of objects down that start with p. Cover with a cloth. Take one away and get the child to guess what you took away. 6. If you have a hot air popper. Put a clean sheet on the floor. Pop some popcorn without a pail under it. Let the popcorn fly all over the place and say p.p.p. Then have a snack of popcorn. 7.Practice making the letter P. Have your child draw something that starts with a p. 8.Make a memory game with the rhyming words and play it. It is fine if you help your child read the words. They are still getting used to seeing them. 9.Use magnetic letters and make the rhyming words on the fridge or magnetic door. 10.Read 2 or 3 stories with a p. in the title or main part of the story. 11. Put some pictures of things that start with a p on top of the table. (around the edge) Play some music. Each time you stop the music the child picks up a picture and says the word. You could use interchange some n word pictures so they could say if it starts with an n. or a p. 12.Work on alphabet puzzles.

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.

Learn to read while playing the game of "Twister".

What a fun way to learn to read! Twister with words on each circle. Read the word before you put your hand or foot in place.

This little gadget is just the coolest. Lets kids hold lots of cards in their small hands.

Slammer car game

Children have a tendency to push us and keep us on our toes. One of the girls wanted to play the "mailbox game". The only way that I have used that game before was to give the kids a picture and they put it in the correct letter sound. These girls are way past that so I had to get creative. I made up some "letters" to mail out of cardstock, then I wrote a "slammer car" for and address on the houses. I said the word orally and they put the "letter" into the correct spelling.

Graduation Day

Wow!It couldn't have been better. The weather was perfect, the kids did great and I think the parents loved it.
As it turned out, the graduation day was the same day as the last game of the Stanley cup Playoffs, in some ways that was good as our program was very short and I think everyone was glad to be on their way home.
It was a good thing that we didn't have to fit into my living room, as there were about 20 people in all.
We started with the readers theatre and I think everyone enjoyed it, the children had no problem reading their lines.
Next on the program I gave each one certificate. Two of the children skipped about 10 lessons and they actually didn't complete the program, so I just gave them a paper saying "good job, etc etc.".
After the short program each child got an ice cream cone and the whole thing was over in 30 minutes.
I was very pleased with the entire ceremony.