Kid Scoop News—January 2026

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Y is for Yellow y is for yellow

In each row, circle the yellow fruit that should come next to continue the pattern.

Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter Y . Say the letter as you trace it. How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the Y sound like the word yellow ?

How many

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yaks

A tisket, a tasket, A green and yellow basket; I wrote a letter to my love and on the way I dropped it.

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Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.

yardsticks

Wad up a sheet of newspaper and cover it in masking tape to make a little ball. Toss the ball to your child saying a word that starts with the letter Y . Have your child toss the ball back when he/she thinks of another word that starts with Y . Y-Toss

With your child, look through the newspaper to find pictures of things that start with the same sound as the letter Y in the word yellow . Letter Identification

Point to the number 10 in the newspaper. Have your child say the number and, if it’s large enough, have your child trace the number. Math Play

My Yellow Look through the newspaper for pictures of things that are yellow. Cut out all of the yellow things and glue them onto a piece of paper. Make a book of colors by repeating this activity with other colors.

Look at pictures of food and objects in the newspaper. Have your child point to things he/she likes and say, “Yummy!” Point to things he/she does not like and say, “Yucky!” Reinforce that the words start with the letter Y . Yucky and Yummy

With your child, find the letters that spell the word yellow on one page of the newspaper. Circle each letter with a yellow crayon or marker. Connect the circled letters like a dot- to-dot picture and color it in with your yellow crayon or marker. Yellow Dot-to-Dot

On one sheet of newspaper, draw a big yellow sun. With your child, hunt for all the letter Y s inside your sun. Sunshine News

© Vicki Whiting January 2026

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