Great Letter G (Single Stem Post - Alphabet)

This is the week of G! I was thinking about what direction we would go with the letter G when I realized it was Groundhog’s Day this week – perfect! We were on a walk and my oldest shouted it should be garbage pick-up because it is “G” week for the little boys – he loves thinking of letter ideas for them! So it also became Garbage Week. For our letter to hang on the wall we did gum wrappers which meant we had to do some gum tasting ~ always fun!
 
Enjoy this
Great G for
(Seedlings ~ preschool age)...

What we did for the Great Letter G?...

 *Gum Taste Testing and Glued Wrappers ~ we had 4 types of gum in the cupboard and so I took them out put them on plates for each of us and we tasted and talked about the flavors of each one. Then we took the wrappers and glued them on our G!

*Read Be Good Gorilla (Alpha Tales book) and The GH Book (Bob Book Pre-Reader)

*Read a few Gum Books!  Pop: The Invention of Bubble Gum by Meghan McCarthy and The Gum Chewing Rattler by Joe Hayes

 *Read a few Groundhog Books!  Who Will See Their Shadows This Year by David Biedryzycki and Groundhog Day! by Gail Gibbons. 

*Played Guess Who’s Shadow ~ I poked a hole in the back of a cardboard box, put a flashlight in it and put animals in the front. The boys had a great time guessing which animal the shadow belonged to. After I did the animals the boys wanted to do it so they took turns putting animals in front of the light for the other one to guess.  The book, Who Will See Their Shadows This Year goes great with this activity.

*Went on a couple walks to collect garbage ~ we should do this more often!

*Golf ball painting ~ just like marble painting but with golf balls

More ideas…

Please BRAINSTORM your ideas/suggestions in the COMMENTS below for the Great G!
Happy Teaching!
~Sara