Week 18: Free Letter O Activities

Welcome to Week 18 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 18: Letter O Activities

Week 18 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum covers the letter O and the number fourteen. This week will focus on the short O sound (as in octopus and ostrich). The long O sound (as in over and ocean) will be covered in Week 34.

In Week 18, your child will also learn about opposites, occupations, octopuses, and more. 

Letter O Activities: Day 1

• Sing the alphabet song with your child.
• Learn about the letter O on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter O, 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 O, and have him complete the worksheet on page 86 of the workbook.
• Watch Curious George’s Opposites by H.A. Rey. Ask your child if he can think of any more opposites.
• Watch On Top of Spaghetti. 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 O Activities: Day 2

• Watch the Oscar Otter Phonics Song.
• Watch Oscar Otter by Nathaniel Benchley.
• Show your child how to write the number 14. On workbook page 87, have him/her trace the 14s and use a dot marker to mark fourteen 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 fourteen with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch Alphabet Occupations Song by Jack Hartmann.
• Watch On Top of Spaghetti and 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 O Activities: Day 3

• Watch On Top of Spaghetti and sing along.
• Watch Teacher Molly read Tickly Octopus by Ruth Galloway.
• On workbook page 88, help your child trace and write the letter O. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Watch Dixy read I Am an Octopus by Trisha Speed Shaskan to learn about the life of a common octopusopus.
• 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 O Activities: Day 4

• Watch On Top of Spaghetti and sing along.
• Watch Opposites: The Little Book of Big Friends by Agnes Green
• On workbook page 89, help your child trace and write 14s and place fourteen stickers on the worksheet.
• Practice counting to fourteen with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch Outdoor Opposites: Barefoot Books Singalong. Ask your child if he/she can think of any more opposites.
• 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 O Activities: Day 5

• Watch the Letter O Phonics Song by Little Fox.
• Read The Ostrich by Mary E. Wilkins Freeman to your child.
• Watch Mrs. Dubbink read Undercover Ostrich by Joe Kulka.
• On workbook page 90, help your child match the uppercase and lowercase letters. The first one is already done.
• Watch On Top of Spaghetti and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

Additional Letter O Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter O or the number fourteen with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- octopus handprint painting, otter craft, or fork-painted ostrich
• Science- object sorting activity or set up an observation station
• STEM- Cheerio and pasta towers (Use any O-shaped cereal.)
• Field trip- see ostriches or otters at a zoo, octopi at an aquarium, or visit a family member’s office
• Recipe- omelets or spaghetti and meatballs (It’s fine to substitute ground beef for the “meatloaf mix” and dried herbs for fresh, but be sure to reduce the amount when using dried.)
• Snacks- O-shaped cereal (like Cheerios)

Letter N Review

If your child has completed all the Week 18 activities, and time allows, you may want to spend some time reviewing Week 17, which covered the letter N. However, if you do not get a chance to review Week 17, 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.

• Curious George’s Opposites by H.A. Rey
• Oscar Otter by Nathaniel Benchley
• Tickly Octopus by Ruth Galloway
•  I Am an Octopus by Trisha Speed Shaskan
• Opposites: The Little Book of Big Friends by Agnes Green
• Undercover Ostrich by Joe Kulka

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 19, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand.