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Letters A and E

Finding pictures of animals with names beginning with A and E; Reading an animal rhyme and watching an A and E animal in action

Month 1 · Activity 5 ·   Letters  

Instructions

  • Ask a child to think of an animal that begins with a short sound of A - antelope, ant, alligator, anteater, etc.
  • Find a picture of an animal beginning with A and put into a 3 ring binder behind the letter A. Click here to find pictures of animal names beginning with A.
  • Go and learn about aardvarks here - hear a rhyme and watch a video 
  • Ask a child to think of an animal that begins with a short sound of E - elephant, elf (baby newt) elk, etc.
  • Find a picture of an animal beginning with E and put into 3 ring binder behind the letter E. Click here to find pictures of animal names beginning with E. 
  • Go and learn about an eyelash pit viper here- hear a rhyme and watch an amazing video showing how the pit viper strikes

Simplify

Beforehand have pictures of animals that begin with A and E for a child to use.  Say the name of an "A" animal and see if the child can select from a group of animals. Say the name of an "E" animal and see if the child can select from a group of animals.

If cutting out the pictures is too hard - just let the child tear it out.

Extend

Encourage the child to use scissors to cut out the animal pictures or have them draw their own animal pictures. 

Click here to find a capital letter A outline to use with stickers or dot markers

 

QUESTIONS FOR CHILD

What did you notice about an aardvark? Click here

What is something you are really good at doing?

Materials

Activity Resources

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