The letter

[markay10606]

Hi! As you can see I'm a newbie to THESE boards! I liked the old ones better....oh well, I'll try to adjust! Just looking for some new ideas to introduce the letter "r". Any help would be appreciated!

[Diane]

Mrs. Alphabet:
http://www.mrsalphabet.com/home.html

Here are some other idea's... hope they help!

•Color the letter R and then glue on rice

•with an outline of a rainbow we will color in the different colors

•painting with the color Red

• make robots using various collage materials

•make raindrop people

•other ideas - color rice in different colors, put rice in ziploc bags, add a
few drops of food coloring and shake, use to make pictures on tagboard or
constuction paper

•R is for rectangle....make rectangle collages include big and little
rectangles, thin and fat rectangles.

• R is for rain... cut out an umbrella shapes and let the children sponge
paint raindrop shapes with various colors of blue Sing "It's Raining It's
Pouring"

• R is for rabbit....make rabbit ear head bands and give the children cotton
ball tails and pretend to be rabbits for a day Look at the See How They
Grow--Rabbits Book

• R is for rocks....gather rocks and put in a plastic tub, let children
classify rocks into sizes (big, medium and small) on to a big piece of paper,
a medium piece of paper or a small piece of paper with the corresponding words
written on each size paper

• R is for red....have a red day and everyone wear red Read the book Red is
Best

• R is for records....if you're lucky enough to be able to get a hold of an
old children's record player and records, let children operate independently
in a listening corner

• R is for run...have relay races