Kindergarten Activities on the Letter R
Alphabet Recognition for Toddlers, Preschoolers, and Kindergarteners
Sep 22, 2009
Any parent or educator can vouch for the fact that toddlers, preschoolers, and kindergartners don't have a very long attention span. The key to teaching a letter R lesson plan without "losing" any students is incorporating plenty of interesting letter R activities into the learning process.
Rabbit Alphabet Crafts for Letter R Recognition
For a letter R craft that is fun and enhances letter recognition, all that is needed is cotton balls and a printable coloring page of a rabbit. Print a large letter R at the top. Students can color the rabbit, then use the cotton balls to decorate a fluffy tail and matching fluffy letter R.
Teaching the Letter R With Tree Roots
Use a drawing of a tree to start a discussion about how trees grow and get nourishment. Ask if any student can name the parts of a tree that "drink" water. Add roots to the drawing of the tree, labeling them and underlining the letter r. Talk about the letter R's sound. As a capstone activity, take a walk around the block to see who can spot the most tree roots.
Ruler Letter Recognition
Examine the marks on a ruler, yardstick, or tape measure together and talk about what they mean. Practice measuring classroom furniture or the height of each student. Hand out a coloring page of a letter R marked to look like a ruler, and provide room for handwriting practice for the letter R beside it.
Alphabet Learning for Toddlers: Making it Rain
Clouds in the sky are made of gas, dust, and water. When there gets to be too much water in the cloud, it starts to fall out as rain. If kids seem interested in the topic, read Rain by Donald Kalan [Greenwillow Books: 1978.]
A fun letter R game is letting kids "make it rain." Place a large, plastic, rectangular box upside-down in the sensory table and set out plastic people, cars, and trees. Fill the space around the box with a few inches of water and some sponges to wring out overhead for rain.
Alphabet Recognition with a Length of Rope
Challenge each child to make the letter R out of rope. Give older children a single length of rope, and younger children three separate lengths (one for the vertical line, one for the hump, and one for the diagonal line.) These alphabet activities for preschoolers or kindergartners can easily be adapted for age, depending on how much help the teacher provides.
These alphabet games and letter R activities for kindergarten, pre-K, or toddler age are a refreshing change of pace in any lesson plan. Parents and educators should select and adapt them to the needs and abilities of their children.
Make sure to check out the rest of the Kindergarten Letter Activities series for more educational fun and games.
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