Week 16: Free Letter M Activities

Welcome to Week 16 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 16: Letter M Activities

Week 16 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum focuses on the letter M and the number twelve. In Week 16, your child will also learn about moose, mixing colors to create new colors, and more.

Letter M Activities: Day 1

• Sing the alphabet song with your child.
• Learn about the letter M on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter M, wait for the animation to play, or complete the activity to get the green arrow to appear. Then, he/she will click the green arrow to go to the next screen.
• Show your child how to write an upper and lowercase M, and have him complete the worksheet on page 76 of the workbook.
• Read Miss Muffet on page 48 of The Real Mother Goose.
• Watch the Muffin Man. Encourage your child to sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional activities near the end of this page.

Letter M Activities: Day 2

• Watch Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates “M” Island cartoon.
• Show your child how to write the number 12. On workbook page 77, have him/her trace the 12s and use a dot marker to mark twelve boxes in the ten frames. You may want to place something under the worksheet to protect your table, because the dot markers tend to soak through paper.
• Practice counting to twelve with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch the Muffin Man. Encourage your child to sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional activities near the end of this page.

Letter M Activities: Day 3

• Watch the Muffin Man. Encourage your child to sing along.
• Watch Aunt Claire read If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff.
• On workbook page 78, help your child trace and write the letter M. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Watch Moose: Animals for Kids to learn more about the animal.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional activities near the end of this page.

Letter M Activities:  Day 4

• Read A Mitten for Little Mouse retold by Allyn Fisher to your child. You will find this ebook near the end of the list in the Pre-K Story Collection. It is available in PDF and ePub formats. As you read the book, each time another animal joins the mouse in the mitten, ask your child how many animals are now in the mitten.
• On workbook page 79, help your child trace and write 12s and place twelve stickers on the worksheet.
• Practice counting to twelve with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch the Muffin Man. Encourage your child to sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional activities near the end of this page.

Letter M Activities: Day 5

• Watch the Letter M Song by ABCmouse.
• Watch Mixing Colors: Everyday Learning to learn about mixing primary colors into secondary colors.
• Help your child complete workbook page 80. Read the color words to him/her and help him color the circles the correct colors with crayons, fill the circles with dot markers, or, if time allows, use paint and mix colors to create the new colors.
• Watch If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff. This book was written by the same author as the read aloud on Day 3.
• Watch the Muffin Man. Encourage your child to sing along.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

Additional Letter M Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter M or the number twelve with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- mix paint to make new colors, mouse counting game craft, or symmetrical mitten art
• Science- muffin tin magnet exploration, mixture experiment, or make milk plastic
• STEM- build with mini marshmallows and toothpicks
• Field trip- museum, movie theater, musical performance, Mexican restaurant, farmers market, or a monument
• Recipe- muffins or macaroni and cheese
• Snacks- mango, mandarin, melon, macadamia nuts, or mozzarella sticks

Letter L Review

If your child has completed all the Week 16 activities, and time allows, you may want to spend some time reviewing Week 15, which covered the letter L. However, if you do not get a chance to review Week 15, it is okay. Week 19 of the Letter of the Week preschool curriculum will review weeks 14 through 18.

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Build a Home Library

If you would like to buy any of the books from this week’s video read alouds, you can use these links to find them on Amazon.

• If You Give a Moose a Muffin by Laura Joffe Numeroff
• If You Give a Mouse a Cookie by Laura Joffe Numeroff

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 17, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand.