Teach students the letter J through various activities and snacks that begin with the letter J. Students will love the ability to move around the classroom and act out the various things that begin with J such as joker, jaguar and jiggle. Encourage students to identify other objects in the classroom that begin with the letter J.
Alphabet Book to Teach the Letter J
Teach students how to write the upper and lower case letter J with sand plates before having them make their J page for their alphabet book. Pouring a small amount of sand in a paper plate and having them practice drawing the letter with their finger while saying the sound that the J makes. Students whose name begins with J can receive a special J prize, which can be a simple letter J sticker or other letter J item. See how many creative ideas students can come up with that begin with J to draw on their alphabet page.
Snacks that Teach the Letter J
Serve your students Jell-O for the letter J. To make this snack healthier, you can add a can of mixed fruit to the Jell-O mix before you put it in the refrigerator so that the fruit suspends in the Jell-O as it congeals. You can also serve juice to drink, and juicy fruit candies. As a twist on the Jell-O snack, you can make Jell-O Pops by filling ice cube trays with the jell-o mixture and sticking a pop-sickle stick in as it congeals enough to hold the stick upright. Children will love this fun snack on a stick.
Activities that Teach the Letter J
Teach students the letter J with paper bag jester puppets. Read The Jester has Lost His Jingle by David Saltzman [Jester Books, 1995]. Talk about what a Jester is, and that each of them will be making their own jester puppet. With a small paper bag for each student and a variety of crafty items, your children will have a blast creating their very own jester. Construction paper cut outs for the various outfit decorations as well as cotton balls and glitter are a few ideas for puppet making decorations.
The more creative you are with your letter lessons, the more excited children will be about learning each new letter. Make the letter J a jolly set of lessons that will have the students practicing their J’s long after you are finished learning them.
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