{"id":2011,"date":"2008-03-30T20:31:48","date_gmt":"2008-03-31T03:31:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=2011"},"modified":"2009-11-28T18:35:45","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T01:35:45","slug":"learn-the-alphabet-ars-and-crafts-f","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=2011","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Alphabet Ars and Crafts &#8211; F"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Letter F is a generally reliable letter.\u00c2\u00a0 It usually makes the &#8220;fuh&#8221; sound as in <span style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>f<\/strong><\/span><\/span>all.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>F sometimes makes the \/v\/ sound (as in o<span style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>f<\/strong><\/span><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;gh&#8221; diagraph represents the \/f\/ sound when it follows a vowel\u00c2\u00a0 (as in tou<span style=\"BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffff00\"><strong><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gh<\/span><\/strong><\/span>)<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">1. Present a capitol and lower case F to your child.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Ask if he knows what sound the letter makes.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Give examples of words that start with the F sound, such as fan, farm and finger.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Find fun ways to reinforce the F sound.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>For example, give him a fan and have him make the F-F-F sound as he waves it back and forth.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>She if he can name other words that start with F.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">2. Read <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Fish-Leo-Lionni\/dp\/0394804406\/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;s=books&amp;qid=1258685598&amp;sr=8-1\"><strong style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;\"><span style=\"mso-ansi-font-size: 11.0pt; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Fish is Fish<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">3. Create an F bag for the week with objects from around the house such as fruit, foil, fire truck, frog, flowers, fan, flashlight, fox, fork, fish, feather, etc.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">4. Create an F collage, searching through magazines for F words and then gluing them to a paper for his alphabet book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">5. Finger paint an F. Provide a large cutout F, taped to wax paper for easy cleanup.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Provide finger paints for coloring their F\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>When dry, glue to a sheet of paper for his alphabet book.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">6. Provide a worksheet with F\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to trace across the top and a blank spot below, cut outs of fruit and a bowl shape (freehand or copy from book).<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Have child color their basket, glue it to the page, and add fruit.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">7. Other activities: Taste different fruits.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Cover tag board with foil and paint it.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Talk about friends and families.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Examine feathers.<span style=\"mso-spacerun: yes;\">\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Paint with feathers.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNoSpacing\" style=\"margin: 0in 0in 0pt;\"><span style=\"font-family: Calibri; font-size: small;\">Fruit with Dip such as Creamy Marshmallow Dip (<br \/>\nGo Fish Snack <a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/75726\">Go Fish Snack<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0<br \/>\nFunky Frito Fruckies <a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/77797\">Funky Frito Fruckies<\/a><br \/>\nFruit Critters with Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip <a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/62564\">Fruit Critters with Peanut Butter Yogurt Dip<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/156929\">Fish in the River<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/218823\">Fishing Poles<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/263445\">Fruit Skewers for Children &#8211; Child Safe<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Letter F is a generally reliable letter.\u00c2\u00a0 It usually makes the &#8220;fuh&#8221; sound as in fall.\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 F sometimes makes the \/v\/ sound (as in of) The &#8220;gh&#8221; diagraph represents the \/f\/ sound when it follows a vowel\u00c2\u00a0 (as in tough) \u00c2\u00a0 1. Present a capitol and lower case F to your child.\u00c2\u00a0 Ask if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,33,58,8,16,15,12],"tags":[134,95,218,244,259],"class_list":["post-2011","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-2-years","category-2-3-years","category-arts-and-crafts","category-basics-shapes","category-idea","category-kindergarten","category-preschool","category-toddler","tag-alphabet","tag-art-project","tag-collage","tag-letter-f","tag-snack"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2011"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2015,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2011\/revisions\/2015"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2011"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2011"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2011"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}