The Mom I Want to Be

The letter K is a dependable letter.  It usually makes the “kuh” sound as in kite. 

However, K is silent at the beginning of a word or syllable if it is followed by the letter “n” (as in knight).  

1. Present a capitol and lower case K to your child.  See if she knows the name of the letter and the sound it makes.  Tell her that it makes the same sound that another letter we have learned about can make (C) and see if she can remember which letter that is.  Give examples of words that start with K, such as kangaroo, kite, kiss, and key.

2. Read Koko’s Kitten

3. Go on a scavenger hunt around the house to find items that start with K for the K bag this week.  You might find koala, kangaroo, king, keys, kitten, ketchup, kettle, etc

4. Create a K collage.  Have your child search through magazines for K words, and glue them to paper for her alphabet book.

5. Key Print K’s. Provide a cut out K – use a thinner paper, as we are going to be doing rubbings.  Prepare crayons by removing the paper and taping both ends with masking tape (this will discourage drawing with the crayon when we are trying to do rubbings).  Show your child how to lay a key down, cover it with the K, and then rub with the side of the crayon so that the key appears.

6. Provide a worksheet  with a line of K’s to trace across the top and a blank spot below, cutouts in the shape of a kite, small pieces of string, markers, white glue.  If desired, decorate the paper as a sky, colored blue, with clouds, sun, etc.  Decorate the kites, glue them to the paper, then glue on the strings.

 

7. Other activities: Talk about kangaroos, bounce around making the k-k-k sound with each leap; visit a kitten at the pet shop; make fruit kabobs; fly a kite

 

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