It’s learning letter G week! Yay for goats, gummy bears, gardens, and glasses. We loved reading the Three Billy Goats Gruff, conducting a gummy bear experiment (and eating the leftovers), and making crafts.
Monday — G is for Goat
- Writing Practice: write Uppercase G. I used this free worksheet from A to Z Teacher Stuff. Download the free PDF for your child to practice writing uppercase letter G.
- Book: we read Paul Galdone’s Three Billy Goats Gruff. At age 3, my son fell in love with this book! We read it over-and-over again, and he really enjoyed acting out the story — I’d be the Billy Goats and he would be the troll and he loved to roar that he’d eat me up!
Paul Galdone retells the classic story by Hans Christian Anderson, in a more modern fashion. It’s Galdone’s illustrations that really make this version awesome! His pictures are bright, action packed, and sure to capture the imagination of your preschooler.
- Craft: Paper Plate Goat — years ago, at a library event, the Sylvan Learning Center was doing a goat-themed storytime and their craft was a paper plate goat. This craft has been stuck in the back of mind since then, so when my son and I were working on letter G, we made one together. Check out my goat craft tutorial.
- Song: We sang Old MacDonald had a Farm and we made sure to include goats on our farm!
- Letter Recognition Worksheet: This goat loves letter g! Circle all 6 g letters in this scene.
Tuesday –G is for Gummy Bear
- STEM: Gummy Bear Science Experiment — try this fun experiment at home to see if gummy bear candy grows in plain water, salt water, or not at all.
- Gummy Bear Math: count how many of each color gummy bear you have!
- Air Writing: Ask your child to hold up a hand and trace letter shapes with their finger in the air. I was skeptical of this at first, but my son really got into it and I found him air writing his letters all on his own.
Wednesday — G is for Garden
- Writing Practice: write lower case letter g. We used this free, downloadable worksheet from A to z Teacher Stuff: lowercase g
- Book: We read Lola Plants a Garden by Anna McQuinn. I love the Lola stories! They are perfect for preschoolers because they are not too wordy, super cute stories, and great illustrations. In this Lola book, Lola and her mommy read garden poems, which inspires them to plant their own garden! They go to the store and get everything they need. Lola demonstrates what is involved with planting seeds and helping them grow.
- Watch: We watched Super Simple’s Milo’s Monster School Vlog and learned about gardening (7 minutes long).
- Craft: Plant Life Cycle Order— Print off this free template. Then color, cut, and glue these plant life cycle pictures in order onto a piece of construction paper.
- Song: Sing along with The Kidboomers to Five Little Flowers (tune of Itsy Bitsy Spider). YouTube link: https://youtu.be/eFWXPmUg_IQ
Thursday —
- Salt Tray Writing –cover the bottom of a shallow tray or pie tin with table salt. Your child can take one finger to trace letter shapes in the salt. Practice both uppercase and lowercase letter G g.
- Worksheet: Download this free PDF– Color all of the boxes with letter G g.
- Letter G Weaving— Cut out an uppercase letter G from thick paper (cardstock). Using a hole punch, punch one hole at the start of the g; then 2 holes (about 2 inches apart) at the top; 2 holes (about 2 inches apart) at the bottom; and finally 2 holes (about 2 inches apart) at the end.
I recommend cutting a 3ft piece of yarn. Depending on how big of a piece of paper you used for your G, you may have leftover yarn. Just cut it off and keep it for another craft.
Wrap one end of the yarn in a piece of tape so that it looks like a shoelace. This will make it easier for your child to weave the yarn through the holes. On my son’s G, the end of the yarn is tied around the first hole and edge of the G. Let your child weave the yarn through the G and then snip off the excess yarn and tape the end to the backside of the G.
Friday — G is for Glasses
- Writing Practice: write both uppercase and lowercase G. Here’s a great writing practice worksheet from K5Learning.com: https://www.k5learning.com/worksheets/kindergarten/tracing-letters-g.pdf
- Book: Pete the Cat and the Magic Glasses by James Dean.
Preschoolers’ favorite cat, Pete, has some magic sunglasses. Pete wakes up feeling grumpy, but his friend, Grumpy Toad, has just the fix! He lets Pete wear his magic sunglasses. Now Pete is feeling great! Pete shares the glasses with his other friends, who could all use a dose of awesomeness in their days. Uh-oh, the glasses broke! Is everyone’s day going to be ruined? No way. Pete learns that feeling positive comes from inside us, not a pair of glasses.
- Craft: Oversize Photo Prop Glasses — print off this free oversize glasses template and create your own photo prop! Supplies needed are cardstock paper, crayons, scissors, tape, and a craft dowel rod (Amazon Affiliate link). If you don’t have a dowel rod, use a wooden food skewer and cut off the pointed end.
Just print the template, color, cut out, and then tape a dowel rod to the back (at the edge) so that your kiddo can hold the giant glasses for silly pictures.
- Song: These are My Glasses by the Laurie Berkner Band. We LOVE the Laurie Berkner Band and we sing their songs together all of the time 🙂 Check out this song on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9dvl1oa5AVc
Check your local library for these picture books that we read for learning letter G week! I also included links to purchase them on Amazon. To help cover the costs of this site, I joined Amazon’s Affiliate program. If you buy a book through one of my links, then I get a small percentage of the sale (at no additional cost to you). Thank you for your support! Happy Reading 🙂