Raising Rock Star Preschoolers--the letter Yy

We've been using the Raising Rock Star Preschoolers program now since about mid-July and it is going great!  The Noodle looks forward to "table time" each afternoon after she wakes up from her nap, as do I.  This week we have been working on the letter Yy, the number 9 and the sight word you.  Let me say again how easy Carissa makes this.  Almost everything you need is right there on her website, free for the taking!  I do supplement some things from other blogs/website and some of my own stuff as well, FYI.

I thought I'd break it down into days, so you can see what we've been doing.  Again, if you go here you'll see much of the same type of thing.  One day I focus on numbers, another day colors, a third day ABCs, the next day shapes and then the last day usually sequencing/writing the letters in her name. 

Day 1:

• Introduce the memory verse
• Introduce the song that goes with the letter of the week/verse
• Introduce the letter of the week, number of the week and sight word
• Introduce the "easy reader" book
• Hunt and circle all of the Yys
• Do some pre-writing to get ready to write the letter Yy
• Focus on one-to-one correspondence and number recognition

Day 2

• Review the memory verse, play the song, review letter, number and word of the week, re-read the "easy reader" book
• Do a craft related to the bible verse
• Use playdoh to make the targeted letter
• Work on color and number recognition by completing a color by number, related to the letter of the week
• Practice tracing the letter of the week

 Day 3

• Review the memory verse, play the song, review letter, number and word of the week, re-read the "easy reader" book
• Go over the "Y is for" vocab cards, trace the letter Y and cut out the cards
• Hunt for the letter Yy and the sight word you in the memory verse; discuss the differences between letters and words, identify punctuation, isolate words, etc.
• Complete a shape match-up activity
• Build sight words using letter magnets

Day 4

• Review the memory verse, play the song, review letter, number and word of the week, re-read the "easy reader" book
• Complete a fine motor activity (gluing yarn onto Yy)
• Cut/tape memory verse
• Go over the "Y is for" bible cards, trace the letter Y and cut out the cards
• Complete an uppercase/lowercase ABC match activity

 Day 5 (whew!)

• Review the memory verse, play the song, review letter, number and word of the week, re-read the "easy reader" book one last time
• Review all the past words, letters and numbers
• Practice tracing and writing first name (pic. not shown)
• *Complete a patterning activity
• Hand out certificate for memorizing a new bible verse, learning a new letter, number and sight word

**Day 5 is more of a "mix it up" day.  Sometimes we'll do some patterning.  Other times it is sequencing 4 pictures to tell a story (usually a nursery rhyme) or sequencing the letters in her name.  It just all depends, but I try to hit on each of these periodically.

So there you have it.  What goes on round these parts after nap.  While the letter lessons are broken down into 5 day increments, we rarely do 5 days straight in a row.  Life happens, people.  I know you all understand!  Still, I try to not skip more than a day or two, just so that the momentum, routine, schedule, blah blah blah remain intact.  Also, a little side note--The Noodle is currently 3.5 years old.  Somethings she gets, no problem--patterning, rhyming, letter ID.  Other things (like the pesky numbers 6 and 9 and some of the sight words) not so much.  We just keep working on it but in a lighthearted manner.  No pressure.  The last thing some 3.5 year old needs is pressure.  Unfortunately, that will come all too soon in Kindergarten (I jest, but only slightly.  Sigh.)