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With your child, look
through the newspaper to
find pictures of things
that begin with the same
sound as the letter
D in dolphin.
Point to the number
9 in the newspaper.
Have your child say the
number and, if it's large
enough, have your child
trace the number.
With your child find and
circle an uppercase letter
D. Then, on the same
page, find and circle a
lowercase letter d.
Connect the two
with a line.
Look at pictures of
animals in the newspaper.
Ask your child if the
animals live on land or
water. Count how many
of each. Which kind of
animal are there more
pictures of?
On one newspaper page,
find and circle the letters
that spell the word
dolphin. Connect the
circles, or dots, in order
from d to n, to spell
the word dolphin.
Say each letter as you
come to it. (Explain that
ph makes the f sound.)
Dolphin Dot-to-Dot
Water or Land? Uppercase and
Lowercase
Math Play Letter Identification
Let your child find a
picture of something
he or she likes in the
newspaper. Look at the
picture for about 30
seconds. Then cover
the picture and see how
many details your child
can remember about
the picture.
:KDW·s hiding?
Look at something on a
page in the newspaper and
say, "I spy with my little
eye something (give one
little clue)." Let your child
ask questions to try and
discover what you spy.
Take turns "spying" and
guessing.
I Spy
How many ?
D is for Dolphin
Learning Buddies: Read the two phrases aloud. Have your
child read with you. Trace the uppercase and lowercase
letter D. 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.
d is for dolphin
How many words or pictures can
you find on this page that start
with the D sound like the word
dolphin?
drills
How many ?
dogs
Connect the dots to see what is swimming with the dolphins.
ducks
Baby dolphin in the deep blue sea,
Swim so wild and swim so free.
Heaven above and sea below,
And a little gray dolphin on the go!
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