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Place yellow and green paint on paper plates for your children |
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Cut a limes and lemons in half. Squeeze out their juice and
save for aide drinks. |
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Give your children large pieces of white paper
and the fruit halves. |
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Show them how to dip the lemons in yellow paint
and the limes in the green paint, then make fruit prints on
their papers. |
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| LEAF PRINTS
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Have your children collect one or two different
types of leaves. |
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Set out some paint. Fall colors look great. |
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Give each child three pieces of white paper. |
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Show your children how to set their leaves
on one piece of paper, then paint over the tops of them. |
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Then have them pick up the leaves carefully
and place them up-side-down on another paper. |
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Then have them place the third paper on
top of the leaves and press across the paper causing the
paint on the leaves to press onto the bottom paper. |
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Finally, have them remove the top paper
and the leaves. |
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They should be left with leave prints on
their bottom paper. |
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can also do leaf rubbings with leaves, crayons and paper. |
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| DECORATING
"L's" |
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Using light cardboard and the L pattern, make a large L cut
out for each of your children. |
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Give them one of the following to decorate
their L with:
Small leaves
Circle stickers to turn into lollipops by drawing on stems.
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COUNTING
LADYBUG SPOTS
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Make 5 bug shapes (a large
oval with a small circle shape attached for a head). |
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With a black marking pen, make
1-5 black dots on the back of each ladybug. |
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Next, make 5 leaves and write
numerals on the leaves 1 thru 5. |
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Set out the leaves and the ladybugs. |
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Have your children take turns
matching up the number of spots on the ladybugs
with the corresponding numbered leaves. |
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Children should set the correct
ladybug on top of the corresponding leaf.
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PLAY
LIBRARY
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Set up an area with books and let your children
play library. |
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Let your children take turns being the librarian. |
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Provide some blank cards and some pens. |
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Show your children how to write the letter "L"
on the card to put in the book when someone wants
to check out a book from the library. |
L STORIES
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Look for stories about lambs, lions, ladybugs,
leopards at the library. |
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Look for stories that start with the word
"Little" or other L words.
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PRE-WRITING
ACTIVITIES FOR L
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Give your children some licorice
sticks and have them make L shapes. |
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Make L's out of toothpicks. |
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Make playdough L's. |
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Write L's in a salt box. |
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Make L shapes from a shoe lace. |
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L ANIMALS
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Go to the library and help your children find books
on Lions, Lizards, Leopards, Ladybugs or Lambs. |
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Have your children make a book about their favorite
L animal. |
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Have them find out where the animal lives, what his
house is like, what he eats, etc. |
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Have them draw pictures of their animals in their books. |
LITTER |
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When studying the letter L, is a good
time to discuss litter and how it effects our environment. |
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You could discuss litter on roads
and sidewalks or |
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Discuss litter in lakes and the ocean. |
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L SNACK IDEAS
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| Lentil soup |
Licorice |
Leeks |
| Linguini |
Lollipops |
Lemons |
| Lasagna |
Lettuce |
Limes |
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LET'S SING
FOR "L"
Tune: "The Farmer In The Dell"
Let's line up for L, today.
Let's line up for L, today.
First comes lamb, then ladybug.
Let's line up for L, today.
The lion comes in third,
Then lizard and lobster.
Hi, ho, the derry-oh,
Let's line up for L, today.
Have your children line up and have them each pretend to be an L animal.
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THE LEPRECHAUNS ARE LEAPING
Tune: "When Johnny Comes Marching Home Again"
The leprechauns are leaping all around, hooray, hooray!
They are happy because it is, St. Patrick's Day.
Some leap high, some leap low.
They all wear green wherever they go.
Oh, we're oh so glad the Leprechauns could come today.
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TIME
FOR LUNCH
Tune: "Frere Jacques"
Time for lunch.
Time for lunch.
What will it be?
What will it be?
Lasagna and lettuce.
Licorice and lemonade.
Lunch for me.
Oh goodie!
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DOWN BY THE LIBRARY
Down by the Library,
Early in the morning.
See the little lenders,
Standing in a row.
When the doors are open,
In they all go.
Looking for books
About things they want to know.
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LAZY
MAN
Once there was a lazy man
Who liked to lay all day,
By the lake and look at lilies
And ladybugs at play.
One day he saw a lizard
And leaped up off the ground.
He landed on a log
And then he look down.
He saw a little man
Looking up at him.
He was a little Leprechaun
Who wore a great big grin.
Now the man digs
All day by the lake
Looking for buried gold
The Leprechaun didn't take.
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