Week 3: Free Letter B Activities

Welcome to Week 3 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 3: Letter B Activities

Week 3 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum focuses on the letter B and the number one. In Week 3, your child will also learn about bears and more.

Letter B 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 B on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter B, 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 B, and have him complete the worksheet on page 11 of the workbook.
• Watch Here is the Beehive. 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 B Activities: Day 2

• Watch Here is the Beehive and sing along.
• Watch Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates “B” Island cartoon.
• Show your child how to write the number 1 and help him/her complete page 12 of the workbook.
• Read The Story of the Three Bears by Leslie Brooke to your child.
• 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 B Activities: Day 3

• Watch the Alphabet Song and sing along.
• Watch Momma Clay read Berenstains’ B Book by Stan and Jan Berenstain.
• On workbook page 13, help your child trace and write the letter B. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Watch Here is the Beehive 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 B Activities: Day 4

• Watch Here is the Beehive and sing along.
• Read Little Boy Blue on page 6 of The Real Mother Goose.
• Watch Brown Bear Fun Facts to learn about bears.
• On workbook page 14, help your child write and trace the number 1s. Have your child use a dot marker to mark one box of the ten frame. You may want to place something under the worksheet to protect your table, because the dot markers tend to soak through paper.
• 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 B Activities: Day 5

• Watch the Alphabet Song and sing along.
• Watch Miss Pam read Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. and Eric Carle.
• On workbook page 15, read the words under each picture to your child and have him/her color the pictures.
• Watch Here is the Beehive and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

Additional Letter B Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter B or the number one with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- bubble painting, butterfly symmetry painting, or a bear craft
• Science- make butter in a jar or blow up a balloon with a bottle
• STEM- build a bridge using Mega Bloks, Legos, or household items or build a blanket fort
• Field trip- botanical garden, bird sanctuary, bakery, bank, bookstore, or visit a beekeeper
• Recipe- bread in a bag or banana bread
• Snacks- bananas, blueberries, bread with butter

Short Vowel A Review

If your child has completed all the Week 3 activities, and time allows, you may want to spend some time reviewing Week 2, which covered the short vowel A. However, if you do not get a chance to review Week 2, 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.

• Berenstains’ B Book by Stan and Jan Berenstain
• Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? by Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 4, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand.