The letter S is a great lesson to teach in the winter. Students are all excited about snow, and will be excited to make paper snowflakes and snowmen. You can also make snow ice cream, if you actually have snow on the ground. This takes very little advanced preparation, and is a tasty way to involve the children in snack time.
Homemade Alphabet Book
Provide your students with black paper to make their s page for the alphabet book. Then, with white crayons and colored pencils, the children can make a snowy S page. They can draw snowmen, snowflakes, and snow angels.
Snacks that Teach the Letter S
There are many snacks that you can serve for the letter S. You can make sugar cookies; serve squash, and anything else you have in the cupboard because snack starts with s! For a fun treat, have the children make s’mores. You need chocolate bars, graham crackers and a bag of large marshmallows. Once each child puts their s’more together, place it on a paper towel and microwave it long enough to make the marshmallow warm.
Activities that Teach the Letter S
There are many activities that you can have students do to learn about the letter S. First, you can teach them how to draw the letter with a sand plate. Fill a small amount of sand in a paper plate and have the children draw the letter s while saying its sound. This provides great multi-sensory practice for your students.
You can have students cut circles out of white construction paper and create a snowy landscape. You can also have students fold a piece of square paper in half several times, and cut small shapes out of the edges to create a unique snowflake. Have the children help you decorate the classroom with snowflakes by making several, and taping them to the window or on the walls. You can also hang them from the door frame and you can tape several snowflakes together and string them across the room.
You can also have the children play the silent game, to practice their s’s. As a twist on the silent game, you can have them play a speaking game where the only words you can say must begin with S. This will require students to think about all the vocabulary words they know that begin with s and is a great summation activity.
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