The Mom I Want to Be

The Letter T is a very unreliable letter that often makes sounds other than the base /t/ sound:

     /t/ as in turnip

     soft /th/ as in thing or hard /th/ as in the

 

1. Present a capital and lower case T to your child.  See if she knows the name of the letter and the sound it makes.  Give examples of T words, such as today, teeth, and ten. 

 

2. Read Tikki Tikki Tembo

 

3. Go on a scavenger hunt around the house to find items that start with T for the T bag this week.  You might find a train, telephone, toaster, toothbrush, truck, triangle, table, tiger, turtle, etc.  Pull out an object each day and ask if your child knows anything about it.  Create a list of the items, displayed where it can be seen.

 

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

 

5.  Toothpick T’s.  Provide a T cut out from construction paper, a box of toothpicks, and a small cup of glue.  Show your child how to dip the toothpick in the glue, and then place it on the T to decorate.  When dry, glue to an 8½ x 11” piece of paper for their alphabet book.

 

6. Provide a worksheet with a line of T’s to trace across the top and a blank spot below, googly eyes, glue,  turtle pieces (use teal paper!), markers, and extra bits of colorful paper.  Encourage your child to decorate the turtle shell, and then show him how to glue the head, legs, tail and shell to the page. 

 

7. Other activities:  play tic tac toe; make triangle collages; talk about trees; make a tent to play in; take apart a broken telephone to see the insides; count to ten; taste different herbal teas and rate them in order of preference; have a teddy bear picnic

 
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