Letter G: Planting a Flower Garden, Letter G Book, Letter G Handprint Art (Giraffe), Letter G Music Time (Day 1)

1) Planting a Flower Garden Alphabet Review from Mom Inspired Life:

• Foam Flower Stickers (leave the backs on)
• Green Craft Sticks
• Green Play Dough
• Flower Pots - I will use bowls (4 oz. in each bowl)

1. Write a letter on each of the flowers with a permanent marker.
2. Glue the flowers onto green craft sticks (glue gun is the fastest)
3. Place the play dough in each bowl. 
4. Let your kids explore. Ask them questions and review letters along the way.

2) Letter G Book from The Measured Mom: Print this book and read it with your child. Point out the Letter G and talk about the pictures.

(picture to come)

3) Letter G Handprint Art (Giraffe):

• Paint your child's hand yellow and help him/her stamp it onto a piece of white paper.
• Paint a neck and head onto the giraffe body.
• Once the paint dries, have your child use his fingerprint to paint spots on the giraffe.

4) Letter G Music Time:

• The Gingerbread Man:

Run! Run!

As fast as you can.

You can't catch me,

I'm the gingerbread man!

• I Know a Giraffe - Author Unknown:

I know a giraffe,

With a neck that's so high.

She stretches and stretches

Until it reaches the sky.

She lives on the plains

With the elephants, too.

You may also see her when you go to the zoo. 

(Tune: Old Smokey)

• Garden Song from DLTK: 

Grapes grow in Gloria's garden

She grows some green gourds, too.

For words that start with G

The people run to see! 

Oh, grapes grow in Gloria's garden

G G G G G G G 

(Tune: John, Jacob Jingleheimer Schmidt)

• Grandma's Glasses from The Measured Mom: Use actions while you sing this song.

Here are Grandma's glasses,

(make "O" shapes with your hands and place them over you eyes)

Here is Grandma's hat.

(place your hand on your head, pretending to hold a hat)

This is the way

She folds her hands

(fold your arms)

And lays them in her lap.

(place hands in your lap)