Week 4: Free Letter C Activities

Welcome to Week 4 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 4: Letter C Activities

Week 4 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum focuses on the letter C and the number two. In Week 4, your child will also learn about community helpers, the caterpillar to butterfly life cycle, and more.

Letter C Activities: Day 1

• Watch ABC Song Speeding Up and sing along. In this video, the ABC song gets faster each time. If your child has trouble keeping up and becomes frustrated, it’s okay to stop the video.
• Learn about the letter C on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter C, 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 C, and have him complete the worksheet on page 16 of the workbook.
• Watch Pat-a-Cake and teach your child the hand motions.
• 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 C Activities: Day 2

• Watch ABC Song Speeding Up and sing along.
• Watch Captain Seasalt and the ABC Pirates “C” Island cartoon.
• Show your child how to write the number 2 and help him/her complete page 17 of the workbook.
• Practice counting to two with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch Kristopher read Here Come the Helpers, a story about community helpers, by Leslie Kimmelman.
• Practice Pat-a-Cake a few times.
• 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 C Activities: Day 3

• Watch ABC Song Speeding Up and sing along.
• On workbook page 18, help your child trace and write the letter C. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Watch Caterpillar to Butterfly Life Cycle.
• Read The Ant and the Chrysalis as told by Myrna Estes to your child. You will find the book listed under “2nd and 3rd Grade Books.” It’s a PDF download.
• Practice Pat-a-Cake a few times.
• 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 C Activities:  Day 4

• Watch ABC Song Speeding Up and sing along.
• Read The Bunny’s Carrot Soup by Jennifer Greene to your child. This story begins on page 40 of The Little Red Hen and Other Folk Tales. This book is a PDF file. We’ll read the other stories in this book in other weeks.
• On workbook page 19, help your child write and trace the number 2s. Have your child use a dot marker to mark two boxes 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.
• Practice counting to two with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Practice Pat-a-Cake a few times.
• 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 C Activities: Day 5

• Watch ABC Song Speeding Up and sing along.
• Watch Mike Berenstain read C is for Clown by Jan and Stan Berenstain.
• Watch A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni. This story about a chameleon provides a review of colors.
• On workbook page 20, read the words under each picture to your child and have him/her color the pictures.
• Practice Pat-a-Cake a few times.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

Additional Letter C Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter C or the number two with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- caterpillar balloon painting, color a picture with crayons, or make a collage
• Science- shaving cream rain clouds or a could in a jar
• STEM- stack cups to build towers or pyramids
• Field trip- cattle farm, creamery, car wash, craft store, or construction site (from a safe distance)
• Recipe- Bake cookies, a cake, or cornbread using a favorite recipe or a mix.
• Snacks- cantaloupe, clementines, cucumber slices, carrot sticks, cheese cubes, or crackers

Letter B Review

If your child has completed all the Week 4 activities, and time allows, you may want to spend some time reviewing Week 3, which covered the letter B. However, if you do not get a chance to review Week 3, 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.

• C is for Clown by Jan and Stan Berenstain
• A Color of His Own by Leo Lionni
• Here Come the Helpers by Leslie Kimmelman

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 5, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand.