The end of the alphabet is drawing closer...and X was my second to last playgroup lesson that I had to put together for the year. (I'm copping out early... well, at the end of the alphabet...because I'm a weenie.) Anyways, here are a few of the projects that the girls did for the letter X.
I decided that talking about words that started with X, like Xylophone, would just totally not make sense when they are trying to learn that the letter X makes the 'cks' sound! So, rather, we did words with X in them...I made them a matching game/puzzle of words that had an 'x' in them...the sheet under was black and white of the same pictures, and they just had to match them to do the puzzle...when Ivy gets better, maybe she can do it without the cheat-sheet underneath.
We talked about X-rays. I showed them a picture of Max's X-ray from when he broke his arm, and showed them which bones were showed on their arm. Then we made our own X-rays with white paint.
I printed out the block letters from confessions of a homeschooler and broke out some 'x' stamps, and the girls enjoyed filling the X with x's.
And, lastly...we did a magic X project. I put an X on a piece of cardstock with painter's tape...and then had the girls color around the edges.
When we peeled the tape off, they were left with the best X ever. They loved that.
We also read the book Fox in Socks...just the beginning....and they raised their hand every time they heard the X sound (which was like the whole book, cks and x's included)
oh, and our snack was raisins and bananas on their plate laid out in x formation...so clever, I know!
I just have Y and then I'm done!
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Those are lucky little girls, to have such a creative teacher. What fun....school with Autie!!!
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