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| DECORATING
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Using the large B pattern, cut out large B shapes for your
children to decorate. |
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Some decorating suggestions:
| Paint with blue or black paint |
| Put butterfly stickers on their large B |
| Glue buttons on their B |
| Glue on dried beans |
| Have children stick real or pretend Band-Aids on their
B letters. |
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| PLAYDOUGH B’s
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Give you children some blue play dough and show them how
to roll dough ropes and then turn them into B’s |
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Have children roll out their play dough like pie dough and
use a B cookie cutter to make cutouts in their pie dough. (Be
sure to recite the Patty Cake, Patty Cake, Bakers Man poem) |
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| “B” BUTTERFLIES
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Cut out large butterfly shapes for your children from light
colored construction paper. |
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Give your children “B” stamps and let them stamp colorful
B shapes all over their butterfly using a rainbow inkpad. |
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| B BUGS |
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Using the small or medium B patterns, cut B shapes out for
your children from lightweight cardboard. |
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Give your children some chenille’s and let they make legs
and antennae on their B shapes, turning them into B bugs. |
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Give them marking pens to use for eyes or give them moving
eyes to glue on. |
| B PUPPETS |
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Using the medium B pattern, cut out B shapes
for your children from heavy paper. |
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First have your children make a face on their B shapes; using
marking pens, or sewing items, such as; buttons, rickrack, lace,
and yarn. |
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Next, help your children glue or tape a large craft stick
to the back of their B shape. |
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Write each child’s name on the handle of their puppet. |
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Have your children use their B puppets when they are singing
the B songs or when going on a B hunt. |
| B HUNT |
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Have your children look around your room for
objects that start with the B sound “ba”. |
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When they find one, they can mark the object by laying their
puppet next to the object. |
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When everyone has found an object. Have children sit down,
while you going around and look for puppets. Have the child
come up to get his/her puppet while you show the object they
found to everyone and say it’s name slowly so everyone can hear
the B sound at the beginning. |
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If a child choose an incorrect object. Say the word anyway
and have your children listen for the B sound but hear a different
sound instead. |
| BACKWARD DAY |
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Plan a backward day. Have your children come
to school with their clothes turned backwards. |
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Have backward walking contest. |
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Do your daily routines backwards. |
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Help your children to notice that the word “backwards” starts
with the letter B. |
| BABY DAY |
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Plan a Baby Day at your school. |
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Invite parents with babies to come with their babies. |
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The following day, let your children pretend to be babies. |
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Bring in some baby bottles for your children to use for snack
time. |
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Let your children crawl around. |
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Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of being a baby. |
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Have your children help you think of B words that you use
with a baby. |
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Example: Baby bottle, baby bonnet, baby
blanket, baby booties, etc. |
| B BLOCKS |
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Have your children make giant B’s using blocks. |
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Set out alphabet blocks and let your children take turns
finding the B blocks. |
| B BIRTHDAY PARTY |
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Plan a special ‘birthday party” for the letter
B. |
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Decorate with things that start with the letter B or with
B cutouts, such as balloons. |
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Place B cutouts on your party straws. |
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Serve cupcakes with B’s printed on top, with blue icing. |
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Let your children help plan the party. |
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Take pictures and later have your children look at the pictures
and see how many B things they can find. |
| MOVING LIKE B’s |
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At movement time, practice moving like butterflies,
bubbles, bugs and bumble bees. |
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Ride bikes, or walk on balance beams. |
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Bounce balls, play a bowling game. |
| BROWN BEAR |
| Have your children act out the following adapted rhyme. |
Brown Bear, Brown Bear turn around.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear touch the ground.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear reach up high.
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, touch the sky. |
| SNACK TIME WITH B |
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Make butter and biscuits with your children for
snack. |
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Serve berry tarts, or milkshakes. |
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Let children dip broccoli trees or green beans into a bean
dip. |
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Serve Bean soup with bread. |
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Make banana treats. |
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Eat bear graham crackers |
| B RHYMES |
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There are lots of nursery rhymes that have B
words in them. |
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Some of my favorites are:
Two Little Black Birds
Baa, Baa Black Sheep
Bakers Man |
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| B DOT-TO-DOT |
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Make a large B dot-to-dot picture. |
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Make copies for your children on a copy machine. |
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Give your children a large black or red crayon, and have
them connect the dots. |
| ALPHABET BOOKS |
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Use the large B pattern printout as a cover for
a B Book. |
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Let your children fill their books with pictures of B objects. |
| B STORIES |
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Look for children books that have
B words or characters in them, such as: |
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Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? by Bill Martin, Jr. |
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Wheels on the Bus, by Maryann Kovalski |
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Little Bear, by Else Holmelund Minark
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