Welcome songs: "Here We Are Together" and the Days of the Week (sing days of the week to the tune of "Oh Susannah"
Color of the day show-and-tell or pick items out of a bag that are the color of the day. Children can also show off their color of the day outfits if they dressed in the color of the day. As you add more colors, you can review each week by having each child pick a certain color of block out of a box of building blocks or similar items for each color you review.
Have each child find their red crayon and hold it up, then pass out the color of the day worksheet. For our lesson we did the What Do Animals Eat worksheet at http://www.tlsbooks.com/preschoolthinkingskills.htm . While the worksheet doesn't go with the color of the day specifically, it does have a rabbit, which does go with the letter of the day. The kids had a great time matching the animals to the food they eat. You could find a worksheet that goes specifically with red, I just thought this was a fun worksheet.
Letter of the day: Rr. Sing ABC's with children while pointing to each letter on a poster, or let the children point to each letter as they sing. Discuss the "r" sound. One important thing to note when teaching letter sounds is to not add "uh" at the end of letter sounds. Don't teach "r" as "ruh". We don't read "ruh"abbit for rabbit nor "ruh"ed for red. It's simply rabbit and red. Adding the "uh" will confuse children when they begin reading. Teaching proper letter pronunciation is key. Here's a website link that explains this as well http://www.succeedtoread.com/improve.html . Remember, the goal of teaching letter sounds is to prepare your child to read! Introduce words that start with Rr: rabbit, red, run, raccoon, rainbow, rock. Books: "The Runaway Bunny" by Margret Wise Brown and "The Big Red Barn" by Margret Wise Brown.
Song: "Old McDonald Had a Farm" to go with "The Big Red Barn." You can either point at animals in the book and make the sounds for the song, or hold up animals. I used a magnetic farm scene and let the children place animals on the scene as we sang the animal sounds.
Letter Practice: Print the letter Rr worksheet from http://www.dltk-teach.com/alphabuddies/trace.htm . Place it in a sheet protector and let children practice with crayons or dry erase markers.
Snack: I would have served red licorice, but I forgot to pick some up. Red apples or watermelon would also have been great. We ate rainbow colored popsicles (okay, a bit of a stretch, but it's what I had on hand). They were delicious and the kids were happy. Improvising is great.
Activity: Paint rocks red, add black spots and googly eyes to create a lady bug rock pet! This was so much fun. The kids loved it. They ended up preferring black smears over spots, but hey, that's why it's their creation.
Have a happy Red Rr lesson! By the way, if anyone wants to post some of their own ideas in comments, other favorite books, craft suggestions, etc., please go for it! The more free ideas we can gather, the more fun we can have (just make sure you don't infringe on any copy write laws please!).
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