Last (for letters of the alphabet), but not least – ‘Y’! ‘Y’ is a consonant. From a speech perspective, ‘y’ is a borrower. As with the other borrowers, ‘y’ is a symbol without a unique sound of its own.
letter 'y', letter of the week | in Letter of the Week I grew up with quilts. Quilts that were used. A lot. Quilts my grandmother made. Quilts my mom made. Heading to the park? We grabbed a large quilt to spread out on the grass. Curling up on the living room floor for a special movie night? Grabbed a comfy quilt to get cozy. Nap time - definitely quilt time. I remember making a quilt for my doll when I was learning to sew as a girl (and being quite proud of that quilt). And when I headed off to University as an undergrad I was armed with a quilt my mom had made for me when I was younger. As we tackle our second to last letter of the alphabet, we are going to celebrate quilts!
letter 'q', letter of the week, quilts | in Letter of the Week I’m not sure why, but I have always loved St. Patrick’s Day. To take advantage of the theme opportunity presented by the "day o' green" next week, we are going to shift gears slightly from our letter-sound of the week to focus on a speech-sound.
St. Patrick's Day, letter of the week, sound 'sh' | in Holiday, Letter of the Week Z, zebra, zoo - oh, my! We are getting close to the official start of spring. As we tackle the letter-sound 'z', what better theme than zoo (and zebras)?
letter 'z', letter of the week, zoo | in Letter of the Week Dr. Seuss (Theodor Seuss Geisel) was born on March 2, 1904. The NEA now celebrates him and his body of work to promote children's literacy with Read Across America Day (although this year Read Across America Day is being celebrated on Monday, March 3rd). Is Dr. Seuss a popular author in your house? Growing up, we had several Dr. Seuss books in our home library. I admire his creativity and imagination. His play with words lends well to working on word families and rhyming. And he's got a quite famous cat. Ready for some Seussian fun? Let's 'grab our hats and read with the cat'!
letter 'c', letter of the week | in Letter of the Week 