Sawyer knows all of his alphabet by name.  He has for some time, but he doesn’t know all of the sounds or the lowercase letters yet. Priscilla is just now singing her ABC song, but can’t point out any letters yet.  So I’ve decided to start focusing on one letter of the alphabet each week with my little ones to get them on the path to reading.  After doing some research on teaching phonics (here), I started this week with the letter S.  I found so much more inspiration in planning activities with having a letter to focus on.  And I found it easier to find teachable moments in our everyday activities, too.  I will do a couple of posts about our “Letter S WEEK,” but today, check out how we connected it to the SNOW (before it all melts away…).

Priscilla dressed up her magnet doll for the Snowy Season of Winter.

Sawyer and Priscilla both LOVED playing with snow inside (where it’s warm) with their Snow Sensory Box.

We added some rocks and couple carrots so that they could make Mini Indoor Snowmen.

And finally, today, cousin Gracie joined us in making cute Snowman Oreo Cookie Pops!  We got the idea from The Idea Room, but made a few changes, like more cookies, candy, and coconut.

We’ll check in next week to show you the fun activities we did when the letter S is for SNAKES!