Week 35: Free Long U and Review Activities

Welcome to Week 35, the final week of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 35: Long U and Review Activities

Week 35 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum focuses on the long vowel U (as in unicycle and ukulele) and a review of the vowels and alphabet. Please note that the short vowel sound of U was previously covered in Week 26.

Long U and Review Activities: Day 1

Today’s activities focus on the long vowel U.

• Say to your child: “Today is Monday (or substitute the correct day). What was yesterday? What will tomorrow be?”
• Watch These Are the Long Vowel Sounds by Jack Hartmann.
• On workbook page 176, have your child write his/her name on the top line and trace and write the letter U. Read the words under the pictures to him.
• Watch Unicorns in Uniforms by Russell Punter.
• Watch The Lion and the Unicorn. Encourage your child to sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional long vowel U activities near the end of this page (below Day 5).

Long U and Review Activities: Day 2

Today’s activities focus on the long vowel U.

• Say to your child: “Today is Tuesday (or substitute the correct day). What was yesterday? What will tomorrow be?”
• Watch These Are the Long Vowel Sounds by Jack Hartmann.
• Watch A Unicorn on a Unicycle by Lynda Graham Barber.
• On workbook page 177, have your child count the wheels on each mode of transportation and trace the numbers. Then, help him count the total number of wheels on the page and trace the number 20.
• Watch The Lion and the Unicorn and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional long vowel U activities near the end of this page (below Day 5).

Long U and Review Activities: Day 3

Today is a review day.

• Say to your child: “Today is Wednesday (or substitute the correct day). What was yesterday? What will tomorrow be?”
• Watch These Are the Short Vowel Sounds by Jack Hartmann.
• Have your child write his/her name at the top of workbook page 178. Then, on the left side of the page, help him match the short vowels to the picture that begins with its sound. E is already done. (Do not do the right side of the page yet.)
• Watch These Are the Long Vowel Sounds by Jack Hartmann.
• On the right side of workbook page 178, help your child match the long vowels to the picture that begins with its sound.
• Watch Can U Save the Day? by Shannon Stocker.
• Watch The Lion and the Unicorn and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional review activities near the end of this page (below the long U activities).

Long U and Review Activities: Day 4

Today is a review day.

• Say to your child: “Today is Thursday (or substitute the correct day). What was yesterday? What will tomorrow be?”
• Watch The Alphabet Song by Jack Hartmann.
• Workbook page 179 reviews letters from earlier in the curriculum. Have your child trace the letters and help him/her match the letters to the picture beginning with the letter’s sound. The first one is already done.
• Watch Mel read Alpha Oops! The Day Z Went First by Alethea Kontis.
• Count aloud from zero to twenty with your child.
• Watch The Lion and the Unicorn and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional review activities near the end of this page (below the long U activities).

Long U and Review Activities: Day 5

Today is a review day.

• Say to your child: “Today is Friday (or substitute the correct day). What was yesterday? What will tomorrow be?”
• Watch the Alphabet Phonics Song by Hopscotch.
• On workbook page 180, have your child trace the uppercase alphabet. If this is too much writing at once, you could have him do the first two lines now and the last two lines after watching Z is for Moose.
• Watch Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham.
• Watch The Lion and the Unicorn and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list of additional review activities near the end of this page (below the long U activities).

Additional Long Vowel U Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter U with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- unicorn handprint art or utensil painting
• Science/STEM- universe in a jar
• Field trip- university campus or United States history museum
• Recipe- unicorn horn pretzels or unicorn horn ice cream cones
• Snacks- Bugles chips (Call them unicorn horns.)

Additional Review Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing letters or numbers with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- shape art, caterpillar pattern art, or color mixing
• Science/STEM- make play dough or Oobleck
• Field trip- library, bookstore, museum, or science center
• Recipe- alphabet soup or alphabet pancakes
• Snacks- alphabet cookies

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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.

• Unicorns in Uniforms by Russell Punter
• A Unicorn on a Unicycle by Lynda Graham Barber
• Can U Save the Day? by Shannon Stocker
• Alpha Oops! The Day Z Went First by Alethea Kontis
• Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham

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Time for Kindergarten!

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• Our Free All-in-One Curriculum page lists complete curriculums that include every subject. While there are many to select from, Easy Peasy All-in-One Homeschool is a popular choice for Christian families, and Under the Home is an excellent option for those who prefer neutral curriculum.
• If you would like to choose each subject individually, rather than use a complete program, select a subject from the menu on our homepage. Each subject’s page lists numerous options (both secular and Christian) for every grade.
• For Christian curriculum, you may also find our Free Kindergarten Christian Homeschool Curriculum guide helpful. We have similar guides for 1st through 8th grades, too.
• The Reading Lesson: Teach Your Child to Read in 20 Easy Lessons is an effective and inexpensive book for teaching kindergarten reading and phonics. For more on this book, as well as other resources for reading instruction, see How I Taught My Child to Read: Simply and Affordably.