D is for Dog and Door

Another cute idea from my teacher friends.

What you don't see is, inside the "door" of the D is a picture of the child with his pet dog (this could be a homework assignment that the parents can either print out and send to you, or email to your school email addy). For those children without a dog, they can either cut out a picture of a dog from a catalog or magazine. Or you can snap a photo of them with a stuffed dog toy. (Email the pic to your school email addy, then print out.)

Weekly Graphing Idea - Letter D

1. If you could be a dinosaur, which one would you be? Why?

2. Would dinosaurs make good pets? Why/why not?

3. How many dinosaurs walk on 2 legs? 4 legs?

4. How many dinosaurs fly?

1. What's your favorite dance?
2. Where do you like to dance?

3. Do you like to dance alone, or with a partner?

1. If you could have a doughnut, which one would you pick? Why?

2. What do you think the red doughnuts taste like?

3. Which doughnut do you NOT want? Why?

Letter D Activities

For the letter D, we did the following activities:

* made our Dd anchor chart by finding pictures in catalogs

* recognized everyone who had the letter Dd in their names

* jumped the D on the floor every time we entered the room

* turned the lower case d into a dinosaur

* took pictures of a Duck, Dolphin, and Dog, and worked on our ABC patterns

* learned to do a Dot-to-Dot worksheet (it was our first "connect the dots" paper for everyone!)

* learned to play a new game with Dominoes (go here to see how to play MORE OR LESS?)

* Science Experiment: How many Drops of water will fit on a Dime?

* turned the upper case D into a Duck, complete with feathers

* and on Fun Fun Friday, we got to snack on Donuts!

D is for Dominoes - Let's Play MORE OR LESS!

I'm always looking for different ways to teach our essential elements. I especially like it if I can find a unique way to make it a game. This one hit me out of the blue, partly because we're currently studying the letter D.

MORE OR LESS with Dominoes

This works best with up to 4 children. I selected those who need help with their math skills, including one-to-one correspondence.

* Place the dominoes upside-down and shuffle. Start with yourself as the Leader.
* Leader turns over one domino. Everyone counts the number of dots.
* One at a time, each child turns over a domino, and counts the dots. The object of the game is to have the SAME or MORE than the Leader. If a student has LESS, he's out until the end of the game. The rest of the students who met or had more than the Leader put their dominoes back into the pile, and the Leader shuffles to draw again.
* The last person left to meet or have more than the Leader, wins, and she becomes the new Leader. Begin the next game.