Making a Book

Follow the steps to make a book out of a single sheet of paper. 

After the book is made, your child could:

• Make a counting book
• Draw/write a story
• Make a sight word book
• Make a book about the seasons
• Make a book about the food groups

There are endless possibilities.

Sight Words Around the House

Write 10 sight words on small pieces of paper.  Tape the papers to walls around your house.  Have your child go on word hunts to find the words.  When they find one, have them read it to you.  You could even have them practice writing the words. 

   

Egg Carton Counting

Next time you use all your eggs, save your egg carton so you can do this activity.  Cut the top off the egg carton and keep only the bottom part that the eggs sit in.  Write the numbers 1-12 on the bottom of each egg slot (one number per slot).  Find some small objects; pennies, beads, fish crackers, or beans.  Have your child put the correct amount of objects in each numbered slot.  After they have done that, you could have them roll 2 dice and correctly fill the matching slot with the correct amount of objects.  For example, if they rolled a 5, they would put 5 objects into the slot with the number 5 written inside of it.  Keep rolling until all numbers have been rolled.  If they roll a number they have already rolled, have them roll again.  You can also turn this into a great art project as they can paint and decorate their carton. 

Magic Spoons

For this activity, all you need is a piece of paper and a plastic spoon.  Write some 2 letter word endings on a paper.  Pick a letter to write on the spoon.  Have your child put the spoon in front of each word ending and read the word.  It doesn't matter if it doesn't make a real word.  The focus is on combining the letter sound with the word endings.  You could even discuss with your child if it is a real word or not.  After reading all the words, get another spoon and try a different letter. 

Sight Words Parking Lot

This is such a fun way for students to review sight words.  All you need is a piece of paper and a toy car.  On the paper draw some "parking spaces".  In each space write a different sight word (i.e. I, to, she, he, the, me, am, is, you, on, as, in, can, has, at, do, was, says, said, a, not, of, it).  Call out a sight word and have your child park the car in the space with that word.  If you have lots of cars, leave the car in the space and use another car for each additional word.  Try to fill up the parking lot.  If you only have 1 car, the car can drive around to all the different "parking spaces" until it has parked in them all.