Fun with the Letter "S"

We've spent a few weeks on "S is for Snake", mostly because we've been so busy it was hard to fit any extra activities in :)

Books:

• Sid's Surprise by Candace Carter
• Lunchtime for a Purple Snake by Harriet Ziefert
• A Snake Mistake by Mavis Smith
• I Need a Snake by Lynne Jonell
• Snakes! Strange and Wonderful by Laurence Pringle

Activities:
1) He had fun making snakes that look like the letter "s" from pipe cleaners and beads.  (Since he enjoyed it so much, I also incorporated some pattern practice)  I drew an "S" on the whiteboard to help him bend his snake into the right shape.  He later used his snakes to trace the letter "s".

2)  Together we made a snake collage using pieces of contruction paper he cut up (loves scissors practice).

3) Using painter's tape, we created a "S" road for his cars.  They had lots of fun racing on such a curvy road.

 

4) We talked about making springy snakes again, but ran out of time.

 

 

We also ended up with some other "S" fun here on the Gravelly Road -- our first snowfall last week (which thankfully melted the same day) and dressing up like a spider for Halloween.