Week 1---The Letter Pp

The Letter Pp
Pp words
pickle         popcorn        playground          pig                    pink
paint          popcicle        pedestrian           pineapple          purple
puddle        pirate           pear                   peach                pencil
pocket        puzzle          paddle                page                  paper
panda         parrot          penny                 photograph        picture
piano          picnic           pizza                  pie                    pipe
pillar           pilot             pin                    pinecone            pistachio
placemat     planet          plate                  plastic               plow
plumber      polar bear    policeman           pony                 porcupine
post-office   potato         powder               pigeon               puppy
               
Books to Read
1. If You Give a Pig a Pancake by Laura Numeroff (pig, pancake, pictures, post card)
2. Brown Bear, Brown Bear by Bill Martin (colors)
3. Harold and the Purple Crayon by Crockett Johnson (purple)
4. Painting a Rainbow by Lois Ehlert (colors, plants)
5. The Three Little Pigs (pigs, counting)

Other books:
If You Give a Pig a Party
Olivia
Pete's a Pizza

Print Concepts to Work on While Reading

• Front of the book
• Back of the book
• Title

Songs to Sing
1. I Have Something in my Pocket
I have something in my pocket,
It belongs across my face,
And I keep it very close at hand,
In a most convenient place.
I bet you couldn't guess it,
If you guessed a long, long while,
So I'll take it out, and I'll put it on,
It's a GREAT BIG GIRL HAPPY SMILE!

2. This Little Piggy
3. Popcorn

Sung to: I'm A Little Tea Pot

I'm a little popcorn in a pot.
Heat me up and watch me pop.
When I get all fat and white, I'm done.
Popping corn is lots of FUN!

Chant:

Pop! Pop! Pop! Put the corn into the the pot.
Pop! Pop! Pop! Shake and shake it 'til it's hot.
Pop! Pop! Pop! Lift the lid and what have you got?
Pop! Pop! Pop! POPCORN!

4. Patty Cake
5. The Alphabet Song

Foods to Eat
1. pancakes
2. peanut butter
3. pineapple
4. pizza
5. popcorn (make popcorn and have a movie night)

Activities to Do
1. Practice drawing (or tracing) purple and pink circles--starting at the top and going to the left
2. Let your child use a camera and take pictures. Print them and make them into a photo album--- label each picture.
3. Draw a purple picture just like Harold--label each thing your child draws (or says they've drawn)
4. Look around the house for things that are circle shaped (as your child finds an item, make a list for them)
5. Send a post card to a family member or friend

Other Activities:
Counting Pennies
Planting


Letters to Learn
1. Paint/color/decorate the letter Pp
2. Find the Letter Pp
3. Trace the letter Pp in rice---shallow tupperware tray, baking pan, or the cardboard lid to a case of copy paper, filled with rice, will work.
4. Write the letter Pp---paper with pencil, crayon or a marker will work or use something reusable such as dry erase board and marker (old sock for wiping clean) or a magnadoodle.
5. Playdoh Pp---roll playdoh into snakes and design into uppercase and lowercase Pp

Crafts to Create
1. PINK collage
2. Potato Prints
3. Popcicle Stick Picture Frames
4. Color a picture using PINK and PURPLE crayons
5. PURPLE collage

 

   

Cooking in the Kitchen

1. Playdough
2. Pretzels
3. Pudding Paint---prepare a box of vanilla pudding as directed and add food coloring as desired
4. Purple Cow using milk or this Purple Cow using ice cream!
5. Pie

Color of the Week---PINK and PURPLE
Number of the Week---ONE
Shape of the Week---Circle
Counting to 10
Fine Motor Activity---Tearing Paper tear a piece or paper into little pieces
Gross Motor Activity---Jumping pick a number from a cup and jump that many times while counting (number recognition, counting and one-to-one correspondence)