EARLY LEARNERS
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T is for Towel t is for towel
Circle the things that go with a towel.
Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase letter T . Say the letter as you trace it. How many words or pictures can you find on this page that start with the sound the letter T makes in the word towel ?
How many
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tugboats
Learning Buddies: Trace and say the number. Read the questions. Touch and count to find the answers.
How many
?
toy turtles
Make an elephant trunk by rolling a sheet of newspaper and taping it into a long elephant trunk. Have your child hold the “trunk” on his/her nose, and pretend to be an elephant. Make one for yourself and join the fun! Elephant Trunks
Practice ordinal numbers with your child by pointing to a word in a headline. Point to the first letter and name it. Then say, “(Name of letter) is the first letter in the word (name of word).” Ask, “What is the first letter in (name of word)?” Who’s first?
Top, Bottom, Side Lay one newspaper page on the ground. Play Simon Says, giving directions such as, “Simon says, ‘Touch the top of the paper with your toes.’” If your child follows your direction without your having said “Simon Says,” he or she is out.
With your child, look through the newspaper to find pictures of things that begin with the same sound as the letter T in towel . Letter Identification
Point to the number 2 in the newspaper. Have your child say the number and, if it’s large enough, have your child trace the number. Math Play
Ask your child to find examples of pairs of things in the newspaper. For example: two eyes, two ears, two knees, and two elbows. Two-by-Two
With your child, find and circle six uppercase T s on one sheet of the newspaper. On the same page, find and circle six lowercase t s. Have your child connect the “dots” to make a silly picture. T-to-t Dot-to-Dot
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