All about P
Sound: /p/ as in pet. /p/ is a small explosion of air. If you hold your hand in front of your mouth, you can feel the air. Unvoiced.
Sound Association: The popping corn sound
Key Words: pig, popcorn, pencil, pizza, pie, people, pet, park, party, present, paper, pilot, paint, pick, picnic, puppy, please, pumpkin, pony, parade, puppet
Praise: Perfect! Positively perfect! Pretty!
Tactile Association: Feel or do projects with popcorn, dried peas, peanuts in or out of shell, pipe cleaners, puzzle pieces, pumpkin seeds, paint
Make Tactile Letters: Glue dried peas, popcorn, or old puzzle pieces onto the letter outline
Songs and Games:
Food: pancakes, popcorn, peas, peppers, pie, pineapple, pudding, potatoes, peanuts, peaches, pears, parsley, pickles, peanut butter, pasta, pretzels, pizza, potato chips
Art Ideas:
Other Ideas:
Itchy's Alphabet p Colouring Sheet
Sound: /p/ as in pet. /p/ is a small explosion of air. If you hold your hand in front of your mouth, you can feel the air. Unvoiced.
Sound Association: The popping corn sound
Key Words: pig, popcorn, pencil, pizza, pie, people, pet, park, party, present, paper, pilot, paint, pick, picnic, puppy, please, pumpkin, pony, parade, puppet
Praise: Perfect! Positively perfect! Pretty!
Tactile Association: Feel or do projects with popcorn, dried peas, peanuts in or out of shell, pipe cleaners, puzzle pieces, pumpkin seeds, paint
Make Tactile Letters: Glue dried peas, popcorn, or old puzzle pieces onto the letter outline
Songs and Games:
- "Peter, Peter Pumpkin Eater"
- "Pop Goes the Weasel"
- "Pawpaw patch"
- "Pussycat, Pussycat"
- Sing "Punchinello"
- Play pick up sticks
- Do puzzles
- Play Pin the _______ on the _______
- Play with a parachute
Food: pancakes, popcorn, peas, peppers, pie, pineapple, pudding, potatoes, peanuts, peaches, pears, parsley, pickles, peanut butter, pasta, pretzels, pizza, potato chips
- Make purple popsicles
- Drink purple juice
Art Ideas:
- Bend pipe cleaners to form shapes
- Make pickle or potato prints
- Make a pasta necklace or collage
- Make puppets
- Make parachutes with kleenex and thread
- Paint
- Glue 'p' pictures onto a paper plate
- Make pinwheels
- Make a picture with purple and pink crayons
Other Ideas:
- Learn about penguins
- Have a puppet show
- Brainstorm things that are pretty
- Graph your favourite pets
- Cut open a pumpkin
- Visit a policeman
- Go to the park
- Make patterns with colours, shapes or numbers
- Go on a picnic
- Play with silly putty
- Have a pajama party
- Learn about pirates
- Listen to someone play the piano
- Play the piano
Itchy's Alphabet p Colouring Sheet