Week 2: Free Letter A Activities

Welcome to Week 2 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

If you are new to the Letter of the Week curriculum, please start here, for information, the supply list, and the free 185-page downloadable workbook that accompanies the curriculum.

Week 2: Letter A Activities

Week 2 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum covers the letter A and the number zero. This week will focus on the short A sound (as in alligator and apple). The long A sound (as in acorn and ape) will be covered in Week 33.

In Week 2, your child will also learn about Johnny Appleseed, the life cycle of apple trees, shapes, and more.

Letter A Activities: Day 1

• Watch the Alphabet Song and sing along. The video will start at 2:21, when the song begins.
• Learn about the letter A on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter A, 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 A, and have him complete the worksheet on page 6 of the workbook.
• Explain to your child that the way we write a lowercase letter A looks different from how letter As usually look in books and on the computer. Show him the image below or examples in a book.
• Watch The Ants Go Marching. Encourage your child to sing along and march in place.
• 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 A Activities: Day 2

• Watch the Alphabet Song and sing along.
• Watch Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates “A” Island cartoon.
• Explain that the number zero means that there are none of something. Watch the Number Zero video. To demonstrate what zero means, ask your child silly questions like, “How many kangaroos are in our living room?” and “How many helicopters are in the refrigerator?”
• Show your child how to write a zero and have him/her trace the zeros on workbook page 7.
• Watch The Ants Go Marching and sing along while marching in place.
• 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 A Activities: Day 3

• Watch the Alphabet Song and sing along.
• Choose an apple poem to read to your child.
• On workbook page 8, help your child trace and write the letter A. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Watch Bookworm Bonny read Johnny Appleseed by Patricia Demuth.
• Watch The Ants Go Marching and sing along while marching in place.
• 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 A Activities: Day 4

• Watch the Alphabet Song and sing along.
• Watch Ms. Kelly read Zero is the Leaves on the Tree by Betsy Franco.
• Help your child complete page 9 of the workbook.
• Watch Miss Kristi read An Apple Tree’s Life Cycle by Mary R. Dunn.
• Watch The Ants Go Marching and sing along while marching in place.
• 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 A Activities: Day 5

• Watch the Alphabet Song and sing along.
• Ask your child to name the shapes they see while watching Shapes Roll by Karen Nagel.
• Have your child trace the shapes on workbook page 10. Read the words under each shape to him/her.
• Watch the Letter A Phonics Song by Little Fox.
• Watch The Ants Go Marching and sing along while marching in place.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

Additional Letter A Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter A or the number zero with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- apple stamping or torn paper ant hills
• Science- apple rotting experiment, build a soda bottle ant farm, or observe ants outdoors
• Field trip- apple orchard, aquarium, art museum, or animal shelter
• Recipe- ants on a log or astronaut pudding
• Snacks- apples, apple sauce, or animal crackers

Intro Week Review

If your child has completed all the Week 2 activities, and time allows, you may want to spend some time reviewing Week 1, which introduced the alphabet. However, if you do not get a chance to review Week 1, it is okay. Week 7 of the Letter of the Week preschool curriculum will review weeks 1 through 6.

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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.

• Johnny Appleseed by Patricia Demuth
• An Apple Tree’s Life Cycle by Mary R. Dunn
• Zero is the Leaves on the Tree by Betsy Franco
• Shapes That Roll by Karen Nagel

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 3, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand. If you don’t have dot markers yet, your child will need a set beginning in Week 3. The dot markers will be used in most weeks of the curriculum.