Letter of the Week: F

I was recently inspired to do for Noah what I do for my kindergartners all year long - do a letter of the week study but during our summer break. We already read, read, read and incorporate learning of all kinds including letters and numbers into our everyday routine, but I love the idea of going all-out with a particular letter each week with Noah and doing everything I can think of to focus on it. I was perusing another blog and found a girl named Brittney Poe that was doing this with her munchkin. Her blog is amazing, and it inspired me to not just incorporate a letter of the week into our everyday routine but to go hog-wild with it. I did get lots of great ideas from her, such as the food trays focused on a specific letter, so I am certainly giving her the credit for that.

Noah and I immediately began our first letter of the week during the first week of our summer break. I chose the letter F, and here are just a few of the things we did that week . . .

F is for Flower, Frog, Foot & Four.

I had Noah sort through capital F and E to find only the Fs.

F is for Flamingo, Find and Flag.

Noah LOVED using the little F flag to find the letter F in his flamingo book

F is for Fizz.

Noah picked out some Pop Rocks to share with friends. Pop Rocks pop and Fizz in your mouth!

F is for Fun with Friends.

Noah had great fun playing with Maddie and Wyatt at "Chick-fil-play!"

F is for Fina, Fritos, Fig Newtons & Florida orange juice.

Noah and I stopped at the Fina station one day for a special snack. I let Noah buy the things he found that began with F.

F is for Fish.

Grandmommy took Noah to buy his first fish. This is Michael.

F is for Fun Food!

Noah LOVED getting this special meal. We talked about why each thing on his plate was special before he started eating. Now he asks for a "special" meal all the time!

Thanks again to Brittney for the inspiration.

F is for Float.

Noah experimented with all kinds of things in a bowl of water to see if they would sink or float. If they would float, he found the picture on his paper and drew an F on it. If it sank, he marked it with an X. He had great fun with it and kept playing for a LONG time after we were done.

F is for Five little speckled Frogs sitting on a speckled log!
I read Fantastic Frogs to Noah, and then we had fun singing this song. He got to act it out with his toy frogs and a real "log." He even found the correct number to represent the number of frogs sitting on the log with his little number flip book. We LOVE this song!

F is for Farm, Frame and Fridge.

Noah colored a magnetic farm frame for our fridge.

On library day, we checked out books with the letter F. Noah did a fantastic job of finding them on his own.

F is for Freeze.

Noah learned what happens to water when you put it into the freezer.

F is for Flowers.

F is for Fight!

Noah, Marco and I had a blast fighting each other with these blow-up hammers. They were a HUGE hit! Noah decided to take them with us when we visited Granddaddy. He rang the doorbell, and as soon as Granddaddy answered it, Noah chunked a hammer at him and started whacking him with his. Granddaddy quickly joined right in. Such fun!

F is for Fudge and Family.

Noah and I had fun making homemade peanut butter fudge and took some to Granddaddy one night while Grandmommy was out of town. Noah's favorite part was sneaking a taste (well, several) of the marshmallow cream.

F is for Footprints.

Noah and I took some sidewalk paint to the frontyard, and I painted Noah's feet so he could leave footprints all over the sidewalk. He ended up just painting all of the front steps and making a gigantic mess!

Like I said, these are a few of the things we did, and we've been having great fun. Noah has just run with it and loves to find the letter we are learning EVERYWHERE! He initiates finding it, making it with his food or toys, and he's getting so good at identifying the initial sound in words all by himself and then coming up with his own words for each letter. I love my smart boy!