It has been a while since I've blogged. So I'm putting in a double post for the start of the year. I started out the month as I always do with our Early Literacy Series, Alphabet Soup. Last week's featured letter was "B".
I was getting a little nervous because I had requested one of the books I needed for the program from another branch weeks ago. It came in right on the wire, the morning of the program.
We started out with Baking Day at Grandma's by Anika Denise. It set an appropriate tone with it's wintery theme and repeating B words. It also has a great recipe for chocolate cake in the back that kids can bake with their parents. I used this as my take home activity for the back of my handout.
Then we jumped into an the action rhyme "Teddy Bear, Teddy Bear." This kept the bear theme going but also gave us a chance to get up and move around.
Next was Miss Brooks Loves Books (and I don't) by Barbara Bottner. Library and bibliophile themes galore. Reluctant reader finds a book to love. I was sold. I worried that it might be a bit too long. But when we started to talk about warts and snorting, the kids were sold too. I'm planning on putting the sequel, Miss Brooks' Story Nook in next month's letter "S" program.
Then it was time for our letter sound identification activity. This time, I introduced the "Mystery Bag." I filled a paper sack with objects. Some of them started with the featured letter. Some did not. I asked the kids to put their hand in the bag and pull out an object, then drop them into a basket. One basket was labeled with the letter "B", the other one was labeled "Non-Letter B".
They had a lot of fun closing their eyes and reaching in to feel around for the objects. Again, I think this may be a keeper of an activity. It was a lot easier to set up than the fish pond for "F" or the Sorting Hat for "H".
and the Amador Family. The craft was Letter "B" Bear Bag puppets.
There was also a Winter Storm Alert in our area, and the windchill was dipping us into sub-zero temperatures. So preschool attendance was pretty low. But I was grateful that we had limited attendance for this, as the kids could take their time with the many small pieces, and there were lots of laughs with parents.
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