{"id":3341,"date":"2008-04-23T18:03:35","date_gmt":"2008-04-24T01:03:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=3341"},"modified":"2009-11-28T20:43:06","modified_gmt":"2009-11-29T03:43:06","slug":"learn-the-alphabet-arts-and-crafts-p","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=3341","title":{"rendered":"Learn the Alphabet Arts and Crafts – P"},"content":{"rendered":"

The letter P is a dependable letter.\u00c2\u00a0 It usually makes the “puh” sound as in p<\/span><\/span><\/strong>an.\u00c2\u00a0 This is especially the case when the letter P is not partnered with another consonant <\/span><\/p>\n

P is silent when followed by the consonant s, t, or n at the beginning of a word (as in p<\/span><\/span><\/strong>sychic). <\/span><\/p>\n

Also, when combined with the letter “h”, the grapheme ph is formed which sounds like “f”\u00c2\u00a0 (as in ph<\/span><\/span><\/strong>ysical) <\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

1. Present a capitol and lower case P to your child.\u00c2\u00a0 See if she knows the name of the letter and the sound it makes.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Give examples of P words, such as popsicle, paper and pencil. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Have her pretend to be popcorn \u00e2\u20ac\u201c saying p-p-p-POP.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>See if she can list other words that start with P.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

2. Read <\/span>Pete\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s a Pizza<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

3. Go on a scavenger hunt around the house to find items that start with P for the P bag this week.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>You might find potato, popcorn, puppet, pumpkin, pizza, pencil, plum, pinwheel, pig, pain, plant, etc<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

4. Create a P collage.\u00c2\u00a0 Have your child search through magazines for P words, and glue them to paper for his alphabet book.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

5. \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Painted P\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Provide a cut out P, taped to wax paper for easy cleanup.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Have your child paint the P with pink and purple paint.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>When dry, glue to a sheet of 8.5 x 11\u00e2\u20ac\u009d paper for their alphabet book.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

6. Provide a worksheet with a line of P\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s to trace across the top and a blank spot below, a 6\u00e2\u20ac\u009d circle of tan construction paper, 5 inch circle of red construction paper, 1 inch pieces of white yarn and glue.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Glue the red circle in the middle of the tan one, and then glue it to his sheet.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Have him top the pizza by gluing on cheese yarn.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

7. Other activities: \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>Have P snacks \u00e2\u20ac\u201c Popcorn, peas, pudding, peanuts and pizza; make potato prints; \u00c2\u00a0<\/span>taste potatoes cooked a variety of ways \u00e2\u20ac\u201c baked, fried, mashed, and chip.\u00c2\u00a0 <\/span>Order them from favorite to least favorite; Make puppets and put on a play; visit a puppy at a local pet store; <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Peaches
\nPears
\nPlums
\nPineapple
\nPudding cups
\nPretzels
\nPopcorn
\nPink or purple-colored snacks
\nPumpkin-flavored snacks
\nPeanut Butter and crackers or pretzel dippers or apple slices
\nPinwheel Sanwiches
\nPeppermint Crunch Mix Peppermint Crunch Mix<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
\nPumpkin Pie Dip<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/a> with graham crackers

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The letter P is a dependable letter.\u00c2\u00a0 It usually makes the “puh” sound as in pan.\u00c2\u00a0 This is especially the case when the letter P is not partnered with another consonant P is silent when followed by the consonant s, t, or n at the beginning of a word (as in psychic). Also, when combined […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[31,32,58,16,15,9,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3341","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-2-years","category-2-3-years","category-basics-shapes","category-kindergarten","category-preschool","category-project","category-toddler"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3341","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=3341"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3341\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3342,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3341\/revisions\/3342"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3341"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3341"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3341"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}