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 R!

Items that could go in a R Mystery box!
rabbit
radio
raisins
rattle
ribbon
rice
ring
rock
rope
​ruler

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Ribbon R's

Materials Needed:
Glue
Paint tray
Paint brush
Ribbon
R's cut from card stock (or thick paper)

Directions:
Pass out R's to each child (or have a helper pass them out for you)
Allow the children to glue ribbon all over their R's

Rain Sensory Bottle

Materials Needed:
Large bottle
Baby oil
Water 
Blue beads
Hot glue gun
Glitter

Directions:
Create the sensory bottle by adding equal parts water and baby oil to the large bottle.
Add in the blue beads and glitter.
Hot glue the lit on to prevent the bottle from opening.
As the children are playing with the bottle, ask about what they are seeing and talk about rain with them.

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Make Your Own Rain Gauge



Materials Needed:
Large empty plastic bottle
Scissors or box cutter (for teacher)
Black permanent marker
Measuring tools (ruler or tape measure)


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Directions:
Prepare the rain gauge with the children. 
Cut off the top of the plastic bottle.
Have the children measure and create a line around the bottle in regular intervals using measuring tools and the marker.
​Flip the top of the bottle and place it back inside the rain gauge to act as a funnel.
As it rains, encourage the children to practice their math skills by estimating what the level will be at that day, measuring, and counting.
Children can keep a log of the change in water over a week.

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Round Go the R's

Round and round and round go the R's,
Round and round and round go the R's,
Round and round and round go the R's,
Round and round the ring.

Round goes a rock and a rope and a ruler,
Round goes a rock and a rope and a ruler,
Round goes a rock and a rope and a ruler,
Round and round the ring.

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The Rooster

The rooster crows at the break of day,
To say the day is new.
We all know just what he'll say,
​It's cock-a-doodle-doo!