Week 6: Free Letter E Activities

Welcome to Week 6 of Freedom Homeschooling’s Letter of the Week preschool curriculum!

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Week 6: Letter E Activities

Week 6 of our Letter of the Week preschool curriculum covers the letter E and the number four. This week will focus on the short E sound (as in elephant and egg). The long E sound (as in eagle and ear) will be covered in Week 33.

In Week 6, your child will also learn about elephants, eggs, and more.

Letter E Activities: Day 1

• Watch ABC Song Speeding Up and sing along.
• Learn about the letter E on Starfall. On each screen of this interactive activity, your child will need to click the letter E, 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 E, and have him complete the worksheet on page 26 of the workbook.
• Watch One Elephant Went Out to Play. 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 E Activities: Day 2

• Watch the Letter E Song by Bounce Patrol.
• Watch One Elephant Went Out to Play and sing along.
• Show your child how to write the number 4 and help him/her complete page 27 of the workbook.
• Practice counting to four with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch The Empty Pot by Demi.
• 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 E Activities: Day 3

• Watch ABC Song Speeding Up and sing along.
• Read A Tale of Two Little Engines as told by Marc Buchanan to your child. You will find the book listed under “2nd and 3rd Grade Books.” It’s a PDF download.
• On workbook page 28, help your child trace and write the letter E. Read the words under the pictures to him/her.
• Watch One Elephant Went Out to Play 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 E Activities: Day 4

• Watch One Elephant Went Out to Play and sing along.
• Watch Elephant Facts for Kids.
• On workbook page 29, help your child write and trace the number 4s. Have your child use a dot marker to mark four 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 four with your child using blocks, beads, or other household objects.
• Watch the Letter E Phonics Song by Little Fox.
• 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 E Activities: Day 5

• Watch Ms. Gonzalez read An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni.
• Watch What Comes From an Egg?
• On workbook page 30, have your child count the eggs and write the numbers.
• Watch One Elephant Went Out to Play and sing along.
• Optional: Choose an additional activity, a recipe to prepare together, or a snack from the list below.

Additional Letter E Activities

• Writing- Have your child practice writing the letter E or the number four with his/her finger in a tray of sand, rice, or dried beans.
• Arts and crafts- egg carton caterpillar or paper plate elephant
• Science- Humpty Dumpty Egg Drop Experiment
• STEM- egg carton building blocks
• Field trip- hatchery, environmental center, or an elevator ride in a tall building
• Recipe- energy balls or eggplant parmesan rounds
• Snacks- hard-boiled egg, egg roll, edamame, or arrange pretzel sticks into the shape of an uppercase E

Letter D Review

If your child has completed all the Week 6 activities, and time allows, you may want to spend some time reviewing Week 5, which covered the letter D. However, if you do not get a chance to review Week 5, 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.

• The Empty Pot by Demi
• An Extraordinary Egg by Leo Lionni

Supply Reminder

Remember to look ahead to Week 7, decide which activities you would like to do with your child, and make sure you have the necessary supplies on hand.