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| CUTTING C’s |
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of cutting activities that you can do when talking about the
letter C. |
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Give your children large paper C’s and have them cut them
into 3-4 pieces, then glue them back on a piece of paper |
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Give children 1” strips of colorful construction paper and
have them cut corners off the strips, then glue the corners
on a large print out of the letter C. |
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Cut play dough |
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| COLORING C’s
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Tape 2 or 3 crayons together and have your children draw
rainbow C’s on a piece of paper. |
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Have children write C’s on a piece of paper with a white
or yellow crayon. Then have them paint over their C’s with a
blue wash. |
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Cut out large construction paper C’s for your children using
the large C pattern. Have them color designs on their letter. |
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| PLAY DOUGH
C’s |
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Give your children some play dough and show them how to roll
snakes and then turn them into the letter C. |
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Have children make a play dough birthday cake and then give
them some small candles to place on the top. |
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| RUBBINGS |
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Let your children do rubbings of cracks on trees or sidewalks. |
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Using the medium C pattern cut out some cardboard C’s. Have
your children take turns laying a piece of paper over the C’s
and making rubbings with paperless crayons. |
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Do coin rubbings. |
| COLORING WITH CHALK |
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Have your children make C’s on the sidewalk with
colored chalk. |
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Let your children color with chalk on a chalkboard. |
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Color with chalk on paper that has been dampened with water. |
| DECORATING THE LETTER C |
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Cut out large C shapes for your children from
heavy paper and choose one of the suggestions below to decorate
them. |
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Let them spread glue on the shape and then sprinkle on corn
meal. |
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Let your children glue on corn kernels on their C’s. |
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Glue on small candles. |
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Stick on cat stickers. |
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Glue on Cheerios. |
| MAKING CHAINS |
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Give your children 1” x 6” strips of paper. |
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Have them write “C’s” on them, then make them into chains. |
| C CROWNS |
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Give children flat paper crowns. |
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Have them draw C’s on their crown with glitter glue. |
| COUNTING COINS |
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Set out a pile of coins. |
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Have your children take turns counting or sorting the coins. |
| CARD GAMES |
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Set out some card games for your children to
play. |
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Stress that the word “cards” starts with the letter C.. |
| TOSSING GAME |
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Set out some cups or some caps. |
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Have your children take turns tossing coins
(or cards) into the containers. |
| DRESS-UP AREA |
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Stock up your dress-up area with
lots of costumes. |
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Bring in things for your children to dress up like clowns. |
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Bring in C hats for your children; cowboy, clown, construction,
conductor. |
| CLOTHESPIN GAMES |
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Have children clip clothespins around the edge
of a non-sharp can. |
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Have children clip paper cups together with clothespins. |
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Have children drop clothespins into a can. |
| CARS ON THE CARPET |
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Let your children play with cars on the carpet. |
| COUNTING |
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Give your children cups of C objects to count. |
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Examples; Cherrios, coins, crayons, cars,
candles, clothespins, cotton balls. |
| MATCHING GAMES |
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Set out a large box of color crayons and have
your children search for color matches. |
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Make alphabet cards, put in 3-4 C cards and then mix them
up. Have children search for C’s. |
| C MOVEMENTS |
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Animal Movements - Have your children move like their favorite animal that starts with the letter C. |
COOKING |
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There are a lot of foods you can cook with preschoolers
that start with the letter C. |
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Make cornbread, cookies, or cupcakes. |
| C SNACKS |
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Serve celery sticks with cheese spread. |
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Serve crackers with cheese. |
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Serve corn on the cob. |
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Serve cucumbers on Cheese crackers. |
| MUSIC TIME |
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Clap to music |
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Conduct music with a baton, keep the rhythm. |
| I LOVE “C” |
Sung
to: “Skip to My Lou” |
I love C, how about you?
I love C, yes I do.
I love C words, here’s a few.
Cow and cup and cookie, too.
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Jean
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(Make
up other verses, with different C words at the end.) |
THE CARROT SEED, Ruth Krauss.
CORDUROY, Don Freeman.
MILLIONS OF CATS, Wanda Ga’g.
CHICK CHICKA BOOM BOOM, Bill Martin
THE CAT AND THE CANARY, Michael Forman
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