Week 20: Free Letter P Activities

Welcome to Week 20 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 20: Letter P Activities

Week 20 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum focuses on the letter P and the number fifteen. In Week 20, your child will also learn about pumpkins, patterns, and more.

Letter P Activities: Day 1

• Sing the alphabet song with your child.
• Learn about the letter P on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter P, 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 P, and have him complete the worksheet on page 96 of the workbook.
• Watch Pop Goes the Weasel. 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 P Activities: Day 2

• Watch Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates “P” Island cartoon.
• Read How Does the Pumpkin Grow By Allyn Fisher. You’ll find this ebook listed near the top of the Pre-K Story Collection. It’s available in PDF and EPub formats.
• Show your child how to write the number 15. On workbook page 97, have him/her trace the 15s and use a dot marker to mark fifteen 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 fifteen with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch Pop Goes the Weasel 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 P Activities: Day 3

• Watch Pop Goes the Weasel and sing along.
• Read Peter Piper to your child or click the ear to listen to the tongue twister.
• On workbook page 98, help your child trace and write the letter P. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Read The Story of the Three Little Pigs with drawings by L. Leslie Brooke to your child. Alternatively, if you prefer a version of the story where the wolf doesn’t come to a violent end, Starfall offers a modern retelling of The Three Little Pigs. You will find this PDF ebook listed under “2nd and 3rd Grade Books.”
• 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 P Activities: Day 4

• Watch Pop Goes the Weasel and sing along.
• Read The Pancake beginning on page 27 in The Child’s Treasury, edited by May Hill.
• On workbook page 99, help your child trace and write 15s and place fifteen stickers on the worksheet.
• Practice counting to fifteen with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch Work It out Wombats! Pattern Song to learn about patterns.
• 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 P Activities: Day 5

• Listen to Pop Goes the Weasel and sing along.
• Watch Follow the Pattern to learn about patterns.
• On workbook page 100, read the instructions in each section to your child and help him/her make the patterns.
• Watch the Letter P Song by ABCmouse.
• Watch Biscuit Feeds the Pets by Alyssa Satin Capucilli.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

Additional Letter P Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter P or the number fifteen with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- pointillism painting, paper pumpkin mosaic, paint splat penguin, or decorate a postcard
• Science- sprout sweet potatoes
• STEM- Make a paper chain with alternating colors to practice patterns.
• Field trip- planetarium, park, playground, petting zoo, pet store, pumpkin patch (if seasonally appropriate), or mail a postcard at the post office
• Recipe- Make pancakes using a favorite recipe or a mix.
• Snacks- pears, peaches, plums, popcorn, or pretzels

Review Activities

If your child has finished all the Week 20 activities, and time allows, you may want to choose some Week 19 activities to repeat or complete any you weren’t able to get to last week. Week 19 reviewed letters K through O.

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Build a Home Library

If you would like to buy the book from this week’s video read aloud, you can use this link to find it on Amazon: Biscuit Feeds the Pets by Alyssa Satin Capucilli

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 21, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand.