EARLY LEARNERS
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W is for Waffle Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter W . Say the letter as you trace it. w is for waffle How many words or pictures can you find on this page that have the sound that the letter W makes in the word waffle ?
Circle the number that tells how many are in each box.
How many
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waters
Five crispy waffles Cooking in a pan, Flip them and toss them And catch them if you can!
3 4 5 6
4 5 6 7 6 7 8 9
Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.
How many
?
waffles
With your child, look through the newspaper to find pictures of things that start with the same sound as the letter W in waffle . Letter Identification
Point to the number 5 in the newspaper. Have your child say the number and trace the number 5 s that are large enough. Math Play
With your child, look at one page of the newspaper. Say, “The big W , called uppercase W , is looking for his little brother (sister) called lowercase w . Let’s see how many big W , little w matches we can find.” Big W, Little w
With your child, look at a photo or drawing in the newspaper. Ask your child to tell you what is happening in the picture. Then ask what things happened before the picture was taken. What happened after ? What happened?
Have your child find a picture he/she likes in the newspaper. Look at the picture for 15 seconds. Then cover it and ask your child to tell you what he/she remembers about the picture. Who, What, Where, When
Ask your child to point to a word in the newspaper. Read the word aloud to your child. Ask questions about the word you are reading together. For example, if the word is car, ask, “Do we have a car? What color is our car?” What ʼ s that word?
Come up with a word that will be the Wiggle Word . Choose a common word such as the , or it . Then, read some words from the newspaper. Tell your child to listen for the Wiggle Word and to jump up and wiggle when he/she hears it. Wiggle Word
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