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Official Kids Mag www.kidscoop.com Vicki Whiting June/July 2020
With your child, look
through the newspaper to
find pictures of things
that begin with the same
sound as the letter
T in towel.
Point to the number
2 in the newspaper.
Have your child say the
number and, if it's large
enough, have your child
trace the number.
Ask your child to find
examples of pairs of
things in the newspaper.
For example: two eyes,
two ears, two knees and
two elbows.
With your child, find and
circle six uppercase Ts on
one sheet of the
newspaper. On the same
page, find and circle
six lowercase ts.
Have your child connect
the "dots" to make a
silly picture.
Make an elephant trunk
by rolling a sheet of
newspaper and taping it
into a long elephant
trunk. Have your child
hold the "trunk" on
his/her nose and pretend
to be an elephant. Make
one for yourself and
join the fun!
Elephant Trunks
T-to-t Dot-to-Dot Two-by-Two Math Play Letter Identification
Lay one newspaper page
on the ground. Play
Simon Says giving
directions such as, "Simon
says, 'Touch the top of the
paper with your toes.'"
If your child follows your
direction without your
having said "Simon Says"
he or she is out.
Top, Bottom, Side
Practice ordinal numbers
with your child by
pointing to a word in a
headline. Point to the first
letter and name it. Then
say, "(Name of letter) is
the first letter in the word
(name of word)." Ask,
"What is the first letter in
(name of word)?"
Who's first?
T is for Towel
Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your
child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase
letter T. Say the letter as you trace it.
How many ?
Learning Buddies:
Trace and say the
number. Read the
questions. Touch and
count to find the answers.
t is for towel
How many words or pictures can
you find on this page that start with
the sound the letter T makes in the
word towel?
How many ?
Circle the things that go with a towel.
tugboats
toy turtles
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