Weekly letter A teaching plan (1/2)

As promised, here are the details on the "weekly letter A teaching plan". 

Monday activities

Tracing letter A activity

We start of the week by the introduction of the letter A, both the capital and small letter using the Early Learner book that I bought from Popular Bookstore for RM8.90. From there, then we started to discuss some of the things that start with A such as Apple, Ant, Alligator, Aeroplane and Ambulance. Of course, you need to make things fun when dealing with a 3 years old kids.

Its from the Popular Bookstore for RM8.90

Then I asked Maya to start the tracing activity

both capital and small letter A (ok boringggggg)

My giant letter A activity

Tools: 

• Colour paper
• Paper
• Pen

Steps:

• Draw a large A on A4 paper
• Cut the colour paper (in my case I used a ribbon) into small pieces
• Put the glue on the A shape (in my case I used a double tape) and let them stick the paper on the letter A

Shaping letter A with colour stick activity

Tools: 

• Colour stick (I got mine from Mr DIY store, its only RM1.79!!  https://www.mrdiy.com.my/colorful-diy-handicraft-wodden-stick-50-pcs-9014135-001001

Steps:

• Ask your child to make the shape of A using different colour sticks

Singing activity

Objective: To make the kids familiar with the letter A and the words that start with A

Lyrics:

The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching one by one,
The little one stops to suck her thumb
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching two by two,
The little one stops to tie her shoe
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching three by three,
The little one stops to climb a tree
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching four by four,
The little one stops to shut the door
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching five by five,
The little one stops to take a dive
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching six by six,
The little one stops to pick up sticks
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching seven by seven,
The little one stops to pray to heaven
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching eight by eight,
The little one stops to shut the gate
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching nine by nine,
The little one stops to check the time
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain, BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!

The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah, hurrah
The ants go marching ten by ten,
The little one stops to say "The End",
And they all go marching down to the ground
To get out of the rain

Spelling name activity

Tools: 

• Cotton bud
• Water colour and brush

Steps:

• Write your kids name (big)
• Put different water colour in the palettes and a bit of water
• Give the kids the cotton bud and let them start to make a dot on their name

Then after finished doing it, I asked her to say the letter to form her name

Tuesday activities

Magic alphabet A activity

Tools: 

• Candle
• Water colour and brush

Steps:

• Write the letter A and a in two different papers (write it big like 3/4 of the paper)
• Put different water colour in the palettes
• Let the kids paint the paper and they will see the secret letter

Make it the paint colour very "watery" so its easier to paint

Read story book: A for Aladdin

For the reading activity, after ive completed each page, I will asked Maya to find the letter A and a for me. Then, I will ask her to count how many of letter A and a that she found. So both, she will learn to recognize the letter and learning numbers.

All about me learning activity

Objective: To let her know how to answer basic questions about herself

These are some simple questions (I taught her to answer both in English and Bahasa):

1. What is your name? ( I also asked her to spell her name for me)
2. How old are you?
3. When is your birthday?
4. How many people are there in your family?
5. Where do you live?
6. What is your favourite colour?
7. What is your favourite Disney princess?
8. What is your favourite food?
9. What is your favourite drink?
10. What is your hobby? (I actually ask her, what do you like to do when you have nothing to do)
11. What do you want to be when you grow up?