The Mom I Want to Be

The letter B is a dependable letter.  It usually makes the “buh” sound as in bat.

However, it is sometimes silent (as in doubt or lamb).  The rule for remembering this is that when b comes BEFORE T or AFTER M in the same syllable, it is silent.  This is too advanced for kindergarten students just learning to associate the sounds with the letters.  Therefore, until the children have mastered the “typical” letter b sound, try to stay away from using words such as doubt or lamb when teaching the letter b.

 

1. Present a capitol and lower case B to your child.  See if he knows the name of the letter or the sound that it makes. Give examples of words, such as ball, balloon, bubbles, etc.  Try blowing pretend bubbles whie making the B-B-B-B-B sound.  Encourage your child to come up with other words that start with B.

2. Read Drawing Lessons from a Bear

3. Create a B Bag with items around the house such as bear, balls, balloon, block, banana, bread, book, bubbles, buttons, beans, etc

4. Create a B Collage, search through magazines for words that start with the letter “B” and glue them down.

5. Provide a large cutout “B”, taped to a sheet of waxed paper for easier cleanup.  Select 2 or 3 paint colors and place a small amount on a shallow paper plate.  Quarter sized dollops that are close together will allow them to mix while being applied.  Provide an inflated balloon to your child and encourage him to bounce the balloon in a color, and then onto the “B” shape to make balloon prints.  Once the balloon print dries, glue it to a sheet of paper for thier alphabet book.

6. Provide a worksheet with B’s for tracing across the top and a blank space below.  Cut out balloon shapes from construction paper and give that and some small pieces of string to your child.  They can glue the balloon shapes and string to the page to make balloons.  If you like, they can prepare the background before gluing, coloring the sky, adding clouds, etc.

7. Other Activities: Sing “Bingo”, play with balls, blow bubbles, use straws to blow paint on paper, bake banana bread

Bananas
Blueberries or other berries
Butterscotch pudding
Apple Butterflies Apple Butterflies
Bumble Bee’s Bumble Bee’s
Pretzel Butterflies Pretzel Butterflies
Brownies
Bears (Teddy Grahams)
Fruit Critters with Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip Fruit Critters with Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip (call them bugs and dip)
Banana Caterpillars