Y is for Yee-haw!

Wear Cowboy hats today!

Song: Ten Little Cowgirls

Letter Y Activities
-Y handwriting page
-Form Y with your body
-introduce sound Y makes (yo-yo, yogurt, yes, year, yay, yarn, yeehaw, yellow)
-Y Echo Expressions (do these things and the girls echo it)- yodel, yawn, yeehaw, yell, [b]Y[u] cheer, "yummy", yuck, yipee!, yay, yes, yahoo!

Yee-haw Cowgirl Activities
-Wear cowgirl hats, gallop & Lasso the letter Y and numbers (numbers/letters drawn with chalk on sidealk, then "throw" yarn circle)
-Read Cowgirl story Hip Hip Hurray for Annie McRae by Brad Wilcox  . Talk about choosing to be happy. (Attitude)
-TEXAS or WESTERN words- go over words/pictures
-Cowboy letter matchup

Bandana Lunch (lunchables inside bandanas) & Yogurt smoothies

X Marks the Spot

Circle Time

• Music: Sing songs while playing the xylophone
• Story: Look for the letter X
• Circle the X's worksheet 
• Practice writing X's on the waterdoodle

Activites

• Letter X body tracing with sidewalk chalk
• Make our own newspaper "EXTRA! EXTRA" read all about it
• Forecast
• What news from home?
• Comics
• Upcoming events
• Crossword puzzle/Tic-tac-toe
• Pictures
• Follow the treasure map (X marks the spot) Practice following a map and counting steps
• Alphabet Review: Put together alphabet train puzzle and practice the sounds the letter make

Lunch:

A picnic will be the treasure that they find at the end of the treasure hunt.

http://www.teachpreschool.org/2012/06/a-year-long-study-of-the-alphabet/

W is for Water

Letter W Activities-"Whisper, Whisper, Wh, wh. wh" to practice sound.
-W Sound Practice- pull out w objects from bag. (watch, water, window, watermelon, weather, whale, walrus, wood)
-Letter W (whale) Handwriting Practice Page

Water Activities
-Show globe or picture of earth- point out oceans of water!
-What do you do with water? (might say/suggest swim, bathe, drink, sprinklers, make food, fish swim, beach, fountains, clean clothes, brush teeth, plants need to grow)
-Water Exploration: Sink or Float Activity (in tub of water, drop things in to see if they sink or float,
very simplified versions of these 1st grade lesson plans 1, 2)
-Paint with Water (craft brush, water, construction paper or on sidewalk)
-Watermelon Counting w/ chocolate chips
-Ocean in a bottle
-Free Water Play- measuring cups, funnels, bowls
-Whales- watch part of video of Sea World Shamu Show

Lunch: Waffles

V is for Vanilla Icecream

Paper Bag Vests Take a paper bag, and cut a straight line in the middle of the front from the top to the bottom. The bottom of the bag will be the top of the vest. Cut out the neck and holes for your childs arms. Let your child decorate, and wear.


Pretend to be a Veterinarian Provide your children with stuffed dogs, play stethoscopes, and bandages for the children to play with.


Create a video Have the children create a video, they can sing their favorite songs or act out their favorite books. Then invite the parents to come in to view the video.

Vacuum Have the children pretend to vacuum the floor. You can add a toy vacuum or a old dustbuster or bissel to the dramatic play area. 

Lunch:
Sandwiches
Veggie Tray Serve a variety of different veggies with your favorite dip, or a variety of different dips. 
Make Vanilla Ice Cream Ingredients for two servings:
1/2 c milk (white or chocolate)
1 T. sugar
1/4 t vanilla
Place all ingredients into a pint-sized Freezer baggie and seal. In a gallon size Freezer baggie fill 1/2 way with ice and add 6 T. of rock salt on top of ice Place pint size baggie inside gallon size baggie and seal tight! Have the children shake the bags. It will become a solid in about 4 minutes.

Volcano Fun Place a small paper cup in a pie tin. Use playdough or clay around the cup to form a volcano. Place a tablespoon of baking soda in the cup, then let the children take turns adding a tablespoon of vinegar to the volcano. 

Practice Writing Letter V http://shared.confessionsofahomeschooler.com/phonics/K4A_ZHandwriting.pdf

Valentines in July Make Valentines to give to family and friends

U is for Umbrella

1. Circle TimeQ&A, Calendar & Counting, Alphabet with new letter
Song: It's Raining, It's Pouring

2. U Activities
-Use fingers to trace dry erase letter U's already written on board
-U handwriting page
-Words: up, umbrella, under, underwear, upside down, uncle

3. Umbrella Activities
-Umbrella Craft
-"Don't Get Wet!" Girls use umbrellas while spray rain with hose
-Read book Umbrella by Jan Brett under umbrellas
-Cutting practice page

-Umbrella Snack /or part of lunch


4. Other U Activities
- Eat lunch UNDER the table
-Listen to The Little Mermaid story, an Under the Sea tale

T is for Transportation

Circle time

• Watch Sesame Street "I'm the letter T" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X4J_7jfck7Y
•  Sing "transportation" songs (Wheels on the bus, Choo choo choo, Row row row your boat)
• Act out transportation (airplane, train, etc) using "This is the story 'bout Kate/Katie" song
• Practice writing T's  http://twistynoodle.com/t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-t-13-worksheet/

Activities

• Decorate paper boats http://www.laits.utexas.edu/hebrew/personal/toolbox/acm/boat/boat.html
• Make shape Trains: Talk about different shapes, number of sides, angles, etc
• "Car" wash - Use ride-on toys as cars, drive on the sidewalk through the sprinklers, wash with sponges and buckets

Lunch

• Toasted cheese Triangles

S is for Shapes

Circle Time

1. Letter S Activities
-Make S with playdough
-Trace S with finger, handwriting S worksheet
- Letter Recognition: "I Spy" (Go searching for letter S)

2. Shapes Activities
-Do Shape puzzles
-Teach Shapes (circle, oval, square, rectangle, star, triangle, hexagon, diamond/rhombus)
-Shape Sort - put like shapes in same piles (example pic with construction paper)
-Pattern Block pictures
-Shapes computer games on pbs.org

3. Other S Activities
-Sandwiches in shapes for lunch
-Sing songs
-run in the Sprinkler