The Mom I Want to Be

The letter R is an extremely reliable letter.  It only makes the rrrr sound as in rat.  This makes it an easy letter to teach.

 

1. Present a capital and lower case R to your child.  See if she knows the name of the letter and the sound it makes.  Give examples of R words, such as red, ribbon and rainbow.  See if your child can think of any other words that start with R.

 

2. Read River

 

3. Go on a scavenger hunt around the house to find items that start with R for the R bag this week.  You might find a rabbit, rice, rattle, ring, ruler, rope, ribbon, rock, radio, etc

 

4. Create an R collage.  Have your child search through magazines for R words, and glue them to paper for his alphabet book.

 

5.  Ribbon R’s.  Provide an R cut out from red construction paper, and a number of different ribbons, cut into small lengths.  Using brushes and lightly watered glue, have your child attach the ribbons to the R, covering it as completely as possible.  When dry, glue to an 8 ½ x 11” piece of paper for their alphabet book.

 

6. Provide a worksheet with a line of Rs to trace across the top and a rainbow template below (print from book or freehand it), and watercolor paints (or crayons or markers).  Talk about the spectrum of colors (ROY G. BIV) Let your child paint the rainbow.

 

7. Other activities:  Have red beans and rice for dinner, play music and dance with ribbon streamers, make a list of things that are red, paint rocks, bake rainbow cookies; make a ribbon rainbow

Rectangular-shaped snacks
Red-colored snacks
Raisins
Rainbow Popcorn
Rice Krispie Treats
Rainbow made from cut up fruit