Letter N

Opening Activity: 

Puzzles and Mr. Potato Heads.  But I hid all the noses and waited to see if the kids figured it out.  They then had to use clues to find the noses (they were hiding by a letter “N”)  READ The Nose Book 

Circle Time:

Welcome Song (Here We Are Together), Calendar, Weather

Today’s letter is N, it makes the “na” sound

N is for …. N is for Nose, “Let's find some other N's on these books to see what else the letter N is for”.  We then looked at a bunch of books and put on pink highlighting tape or transparent contact paper on the Ns.  This is a great time to talk about words that start with the letter N or if the N is inside of the word. 

Lesson:

N handwriting page at table  

  

N is for Nuts…READ The Very Busy Squirrel.   Then send the kids on a number/nut scavenger hunt-to find the pictures of nuts around the house.  I hid 18 nuts and had each kid find three.  They then returned and my squirrel puppet (my husbands brown sock) ate the nuts in numeric order.  The kids had fun putting the numbers in order so the silly squirrel could eat them.  They wanted to play this again and again.  I had them take turns hiding and finding.

Snack:

SNACK TIME--nuts, oranges, crackers and string cheese…make the cheese three pieces and then form into N's before eating.  While they are eating start making the nests and have the kids shape the nests so they can set.  Talk about nests.

Quiet time…look at books.

Free Play:

N is for Numbers…read Chicka Chicka 123 

Stations:  Nut counting in muffin tins & Number toss game--NINE nuts.  I set up enough of these so each kid could work independently and then they would switch.

N is for NEST and NATURE...

READ  The Best Nest 

Finish nests at the table by counting (nine) and then adding the eggs.  Most of the kids chose to eat some of the eggs.  I had them put at least 3 in the nests to take home.

Wrap up, coats on

Closing Circle Time:

Stories on the stairs:  Naughty Monkeys, Night books, Fancy Nancy

EXTRA IDEAS (if needed)

Make necklaces with fruit loops.
N opposites:  Night and Day, Noisy and Quiet, Near and Far