Activities through the Alphabet!

​Each week I'll give you 2 to 3 (sometimes more!) activities, books, crafts, or songs that you can do with each letter! 
​This week is the letter D!

Items that could go in a D Mystery box!
​daisy
dandelion
diaper
dice
dime
dinosaur
dog
doll
domino
doughnut
dress
​duck

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​Dotted D's

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Materials Needed:
D's cut from card stock (or thick paper)
Ink dobbers (multiple colors)




Directions:
Pass out D's to each child (or have a helper pass them out for you)
Allow them to stamp their ink dobbers all over their D's

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Duck Race Sensory Play




Materials Needed:
Large tub
Water
Blue food coloring (optional)
Rubber ducks
Spray bottles







Directions:
Fill large tub with water and rubber ducks.
Add a few drops of blue food coloring to turn the water blue.
Provide child with spray bottle filled with water.
Students will realize that if they squirt the ducks in the water, they move.

As the student is playing and discovering, talk with them about what they are experiencing. You can ask open-ended questions like: 
How are the ducks moving?
What does the water feel like? How about the ducks?
How can you get the ducks to move faster?
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D's in the Dirt
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Materials Needed:
Tray or bucket
Dirt

Directions:
Have the children practice writing the letter D in the dirt. They can do upper or lower case letters. Show them that they can shake the tray lightly or use their hand to "erase" what they wrote. ​

Little Duck

Once there was a little duck
Who lived down by the lake.
His mother had to quack at him
'Cause he was always late.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack,
Hurry, don't be late.
Quack, quack, quack, quack, quack,
Don't make your mother wait.

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