All about M
Sound: /m/ as in mom. Make the sound with the lips together. Voiced.
Sound Association: m-m-m-m. Something good to munch!
Key Words: Mom, mouse, moose, mushroom, monkey, motorcycle, moon, morning, music, mask, mittens, mirror, mountain
Praise: Magnificent! Marvelous!
Tactile Association: Feel or do projects with money, marshmallows, macaroni, marbles, magnets
Make Tactile Letters: Glue macaroni to 'M' outlines
Songs and Games:
Food: muffins, macaroni, meatballs, mints, milk, marshmallows, milkshakes
Art Ideas:
Other Ideas:
Animated Alphabet M colour sheet
Itchy's Alphabet m Colouring Sheet
Sound: /m/ as in mom. Make the sound with the lips together. Voiced.
Sound Association: m-m-m-m. Something good to munch!
Key Words: Mom, mouse, moose, mushroom, monkey, motorcycle, moon, morning, music, mask, mittens, mirror, mountain
Praise: Magnificent! Marvelous!
Tactile Association: Feel or do projects with money, marshmallows, macaroni, marbles, magnets
Make Tactile Letters: Glue macaroni to 'M' outlines
Songs and Games:
- "Mary had a Little Lamb"
- "Mulberry Bush"
- "Do you Know the Muffin Man?"
- "No More Monkeys Jumping on the Bed"
- Play musical chairs
- Play marbles
- March
- Play "Mother, May I?"
- Make music
Food: muffins, macaroni, meatballs, mints, milk, marshmallows, milkshakes
- Make macaroni and cheese
- Bake muffins
- Drink milk
Art Ideas:
- Make a 'M' collage by cutting letters out of magazines and gluing to a piece of paper
- Make a map
- Build a structure with marshmallows held together with toothpicks
- Make a mobile
- Make a structure with milk cartons
- Make and wear masks
- Make a necklace with macaroni
- Do marble art. Dip marbles in paint and roll around and make tracks
- Make marshmallows
Other Ideas:
- Learn about the moon
- Mail letters
- Use a magnifying glass
- Use a microscope
- Listen to music - Mozart is a good choice
- Read "The Mitten" by Jan Brett
- Read "If you Give a Mouse a Cookie" and "If you Give a Moose a Muffin" by Laura Numeroff
- Study all about Me- Learn magic words and use a magic wand
- Learn about measuring
- Learn about magnets
- Learn about money
- Trace both hands to make mittens. Colour them to make a pair
- Sort mittens by colour, shape, size etc
- Read magazines
Animated Alphabet M colour sheet
Itchy's Alphabet m Colouring Sheet