The Mom I Want to Be

There are words that end with the “v” sound (example:  dove and love), but there aren’t really any that end in the letter v.

             

The letter V is an extremely reliable letter.  It only makes the vvvv sound as in van.  This makes it an easy letter to teach.

 

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

 

2. Read The Velveteen Rabbit or Growing Vegetable Soup

 

3. Go on a scavenger hunt around the house to find items that start with V for the V bag this week.  You might find a van, velvet, vase, vanilla, Velcro, vitamins, violin, vest, visor, vegetables, 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 a V collage.  Have your child search through magazines for V words, and glue them to paper for his alphabet book.

 

5.  Vine-y V’s.  Provide a cut out V taped to waxed paper for easier handling and cleanup, green construction paper and markers.  Show your child pictures of vines.  Show them how to draw a curly vine on the V, and then encourage them to cut out leaf shapes and glue those to the vine. When dry, glue to 8½ x 11” paper and place in alphabet book.  Alternatively you can pre cut leaf shapes, or sponge paint the leaves on, if your child cannot handle scissors well yet.

 

6. Provide a worksheet with a line of V’s to trace across the top and a blank spot below, a van pattern, markers, stickers and glue.  Glue van to paper, and encourage your child to decorate with stickers and markers.

 

7. Other activities:  Have vegetables and dip; talk about Velcro and how it works; make vanilla pudding; talk about Voting; Paint vases; make vegetable prints; listen to violin music; make a science fair volcano; talk about vultures;