Letter W Virtual Workshop

It's finally raining here!! Come with us as we go outside and wiggle in the mud as we practice the sound of W.  Wonderful!!!

In my virtual workshops I teach letters, sounds, and reading skills for Pre-K learners as well as children who struggle with speech and reading. The instruction provides multi-sensory and phonemic rhymes, songs, and hands-on activities with reading and writing suggestions for a total learning!

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Teaching Letter W While Learning About the Weather AND the Water Cycle

Enjoy learning about the Weather AND the Water Cycle while teaching letter W.  April showers bring May flowers...prefect timing for combining simple topics about the world around us.  This type of learning helps a preschooler's mind grow.  I loved using the W Day activity, (found in the Amazing Action Alphabet Activity Book) and I added a few other WONDERRUL ideas found on the web.   Teach the Water Cycle on a BASIC level.  I think this clever water cycle mobile is one to use!  If you're looking for a rainy day activity maybe you could add letters or numbers to this puddle jumping idea.  Whatever you choose, getting a little wet and wiggly with W the Worm is terrific!

Learning the Water Cycle in Preschool

I talk about the water cycle at a BASIC level.

Gather a few items around the house and get ready to learn!

Use multiple senses while decorating W the worm with chocolate pudding.  

Have your preschooler make some green grass for the worm's habitat.  

We made rain with blue paint, and cotton balls make great clouds! 

Try adding MATH to W day.  Count how many raindrops you see.  Now, count how many clouds.  Don't forget to count the worm!  Include your findings on the bottom or your artwork.

It is EASY to add to the basic activities found in the Amazing Action Alphabet books.  What ways do you enhance teaching letter W?

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Diary Of A Worm

I wanted to mention a favorite book for W day...

This is such a cute book that I know you'll love!

This is the diary...of a worm.  Surprisingly, a worm not that different from you or me!  He lives with his parents, plays with his friends, and even goes to school.  But unlike you or me, he never has to take a bath.  Diary of a Worm  is written by the best-selling author or Click, Clack, Moo and Giggle, Giggle, Quack...Doreen Cronin.

Grab this book and add it to your W Day lesson plan!

How Many Worms Are In Your Apple?

Today we wanted to practice our math while keeping in the theme of WORMS.  All you need is:

-dice

-two different colors of yarn

-a basic paper apple

First, cut up several pieces of yarn from each color to make it look like worms.

Then, roll the dice and have the child put the rolled amount of "worms" on their apple, but only using one of the yarn colors.

Next, roll again to see how many MORE worms entered the apple using the second color of yarn.

Lastly, add up the worms and see how many worms are munching on your apple!

FACT FOR THE DAY:

In Japan, the longest know species of worm is known as the Seibold earthworm, which reaches typical lengths of around 9.8 - 11 inches.  Some as long as 16 inches have been reported.  Ewwww!  Now that's a lot of worm!

{more about this here}

Not much gives me the heebie jeebies, but a really long earthworms does!  Maybe I should just stick to my simple "how many worms are in the apple" math problem for today.