Week 23: Free Letter S Activities

Welcome to Week 23 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 23: Letter S Activities

Week 23 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum focuses on the letter S and the number eighteen. In Week 23, your child will also learn about the four seasons, how snowflakes form, science experiments, and more.

Letter S Activities: Day 1

• Sing the alphabet song with your child.
• Learn about the letter S on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter S, 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 S, and have him complete the worksheet on page 111 of the workbook.
• Watch Twinkle Twinkle Little Star. 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 S Activities: Day 2

• Watch Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates “S” Island cartoon.
• Show your child how to write the number 18. On workbook page 112, have him/her trace the 18s and use a dot marker to mark eighteen 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 eighteen with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Read The Silkworm and the Spider on page 67 of The Fables of Aesop.
• Watch Twinkle Twinkle Little Star 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 S Activities: Day 3

• Watch Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and sing along.
• Read The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson on page 53 of A Child’s Garden of Verses.
• On workbook page 113, help your child trace and write the letter S. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Read Stone Soup to your child. You will find the book listed under “2nd and 3rd Grade Books.” It’s a PDF download.
• 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 S Activities: Day 4

• Watch Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and sing along.
• Read Little Mouse’s Snowflake Question by Allen Fisher to your child to learn how snowflakes form. You will find this book about three-fourths of the way down the list in the Pre-K Story Collection. It’s available in PDF and ePub formats.
• On workbook page 114, help your child trace and write 18s and place eighteen stickers on the worksheet.
• Practice counting to eighteen with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch Lilia’s mom read What Makes the Seasons? By Megan Montague Cash.
• 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 S Activities: Day 5

• Watch the Letter S Song by ABCmouse.
• Watch Miss Compton read The Growing Story by Ruth Krauss and Helen Oxenbury. This story follows a boy and his puppy as they grow through the seasons.
• Help your child complete the connect-the-dots activity on workbook page 115.
• Watch Let’s Be Scientists! to see some simple science experiments.
• Watch Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

Additional Letter S Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter S or the number eighteen with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- four seasons tree painting, fork painted sun, or salt painting.
• Science- learn about the five senses or sun and shadows experiment (Skip the recording part with preschoolers.)
• STEM- build straw structures or string beads to practice making patterns
• Field trip- science museum, state park, supermarket, story time at a library, subway station, or a statue
• Recipe- Stone Soup recipe from the last page of day 3’s book or another soup recipe of your choice (You could even invite friends over to make Stone Soup together, each bringing one ingredient.)
• Snacks- strawberries, string cheese, or saltine crackers

Letter R Review

If your child has completed all the Week 23 activities, and time allows, you may want to spend some time reviewing Week 22, which covered the letter R. However, if you don’t have a chance to review Week 22, it is okay. Week 25 of the Letter of the Week preschool curriculum will review weeks 20 through 24.

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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.

• What Makes the Seasons? By Megan Montague Cash
• The Growing Story by Ruth Krauss and Helen Oxenbury

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 24, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand.