The Letters O, Y and Z

The Letter O

O is for Octopus

Octopus Hand Prints

Octopus Counting Craftivity

Skill:  number recognition, one-to-one correspondence, counting, gluing

O is for Octopus and Octopus Patterns

Skills:  O recognition, counting, patterns

Here is the link for Octopus patterns and find the O's

o is for owl

Owl Matching

Skills:  matching, colors

Here is the link for Owl Matching

Owl Letter Match

Skills:  upper and lowercase letter recognition, matching

Here is the link for Owl Letter Match

                               

Owl Patterns

Skills:  patterns

Here is the link for Owl Patterns

O is for Owl

Skills:  tracing, pre-writing, letter writing

Here is the link for this Owl Tracer

The Letter Y

Y is for Yak

y is for yo-yo

Find the Y's

Skills:  y recognition, 

Here is the link for Finding Y's

                                      

The Letter Z

Z is for Zebra

z is for zipper

Z is for Zoo Animals

Skills:  counting, number recognition, what belongs, letter z recognition, finding differences, what comes next, shapes, tracing

Here is the link for these fun zoo animal activities

Zoo Animal Search

We searched for zoo animals in magazines.  Then the kiddos cut out the zoo animals and made their very own zoo animal collages.

Zz letter sort

Skills:  letter z, upper and lowercase Z recognition, sorting

Here is the link for the Letter Z sort

Cutting Zig-Zag Lines

Skills:  scissor skills

Here is the link for Zig Zag Cutting

Zig-Zag Racers!

Skills:  fine motor skills

I drew 2 zig-zag tracks outside with sidewalk chalk.  I wrote START and FINISH.  The kiddos "raced" each other by pushing small monster trucks on the zig-zag track!

Happy Valentines Day!

Happy Valentines Day

Projects

Love Hand and Foot Prints

Press  red painted hand onto a piece of colored construction paper

Press painted feet onto the paper to make a heart shape

Paint on the letter L and e to complete the word Love

Love Bug

Trace a large heart onto red construction paper

Trace a medium heart onto black construction heart

Trace small hearts onto black construction paper

Directions:  Cut all of the hearts out and assemble and glue the pieces onto a pink piece of paper to make the Love Bug!  Glue on two googly eyes.  Write Love Bug on the paper.

  

Heart Chain

Here are the directions for this very simple, fun, cute Heart Garland! 

Whooo Loves You?!?

Cut out the body shape for the owl along with eyes, a beak, two feet, a large heart and a flower or bow tie.

Glue all of the pieces onto a larger piece of construction paper.

Paint both hands with red or pink or purple paint and press onto the owl.

Love Bug

You can use craft foam or construction paper

Cut our a large heart for the body, a small heart for the top feathers, two small hearts for the wings and tail feather, two smaller hearts for the feet and a smaller heart for the beak.  Construct your bird and glue on a googly eye and draw the legs with black marker

Heart Snail

Cut out three hearts - 1 large, 1 medium, 1 small

Cut out a snail body shape from green construction paper

Directions:  

Glue the snail to a piece of construction paper

Glue the large heart to the back of the snail, then the medium heart in the center of the large heart and finally the small heart in the center of the medium heart

Draw an eye, mouth, and two heart antenna on the snail

Learning Activities

Heart Name

Skills:  name recognition, name writing, gluing

Write child's name on a piece of paper

Cut out small hearts (you will need quite a few) of varying colors

Cut out larger hearts - for the name to be written on.

Directions:  Glue small hearts over the letters of your name

Glue one larger heart underneath each letter of your name.  

Write each letter of your name on the larger hearts.

Heart Letter/Word Match

Skills:  matching, letter identification, cvc words, sounds, making words, gluing

Cut out medium sized hearts

Cut each heart in half

For Beginners:  Write uppercase letter on 1 side and lowercase letter on the other side of the heart

For Advanced:  CVC words. Write beginning consonant sound on 1 side and ending vowel consonant sounds on the other sides of the heart.

Directions: Beginners: Match the letters on the hearts and glue them to a piece of paper

Advanced:  Make words with your hearts and glue the heart words to the paper

Counting Hearts

Skills:  counting, number recognition, one-to-one correspondence

Cut out 3 large hearts (more if you would like).

Glue the hearts to a piece of colored construction paper

Cut out smaller hearts from colored paper.

Directions:  Say the number, glue the matching amount of hearts onto the large heart.

Heart Counting 1-3

Skills:  Math - counting, number recognition 1-3

I created a word document that focused on counting hearts.  I only focused on the numbers 1, 2, 3. 

Heart Letter Matching

Skills:  Letters, upper and lowercase recognition, writing letters, matching

I created a word document that focused on matching upper and lowercase letters.  I  typed each letter in the middle of a heart to go with our Valentines Day theme.  I also focused on the letter Oo. I emphasized the writing of the letter Oo.

Valentine Heart Count

Skills:  Math - Counting, number recognition

I created a word document with 4 hearts numbered 1-4

Directions:  Say the number on the heart and place the matching number of Candy Hearts on the heart . 

Writing Letters

Skills:  Letter writing, letter recognition

I created a document with hearts stacked in two rows.

I laminated the sheet

Directions:  With a dry-erase marker practice making matching Upper and Lowercase letters

Paper Bag Owl!

The theme this week is the color brown.

Project: Paper Bag Owl- Directions: I painted Ty's hands with brown paint and pressed his hands onto white paper. When the prints were dry, I cut the handprints out. Next, I trimmed a panel from a brown lunch bag and Ty glued it to a yellow piece of construction paper. Then, Ty attached yellow, sticky, foam hearts for eyes. He added black pupils on each eye with black marker. Then he glued orange, foam triangles for a beak and feet. Finally, he glued his painted handprints as wings for the owl. Materials Needed: yellow construction paper, brown paint, paint brush, white paper, scissors, brown lunch bag, yellow foam, orange foam, black marker, glue stick ***Source: The Mailbox Magazine October/November 2009***