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The letter o is one of my favorite letters to teach. Wanna know why?

Other than the letter l it is one of the first letters kids pick up on and, it’s super easy for them to write. Not to mention the sound is kind of fun to say.

We used to tell student that the /o/ sound was very similar to the sound you make before you sneeze. I had one kindergartener who confused that early on and made a fake sneeze every time he sounded out words with the letter o. It was pretty darn cute but I learned to stick with the flashcards and keep the cutesy stuff to a minimum, lest I confuse the kiddos.

But don’t worry. You’ll get your fill of cutesy stuff with this week’s crafts and activities!

Letter O Lesson Plan

You can grab my weekly lesson plans by clicking here, or on the image below to download.

Flashcards

If this is your first visit here, you can find my in depth explaination of flashcards and why they are crucial to this curriculum, here. You can also grab my free set of flashcards by signing up for my mailing list!

This week’s flashcard is to be practiced like this, “o-ostrich-/o/.” Don’t forget to mix it up and do the review activities you will find in my flashcard download!

Books

This week’s books were a little harder to come by than other weeks. I guess these letter O books aren’t quite as popular. If you have trouble finding them, you can pull from the list of alternatives or check them out on Amazon. Don’t forget to check their used selection. You can find books there for dirt cheap!

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Video

This week’s song is a swashbuckling little ditty sung by a ship of pirates.

Crafts

This O is for orange craft was super easy.  We just did a quick search of the house and craft supplies for anything orange!

Grab my free template here or by clicking below.

This sweet little owl craft is simple and fun.  There are so many great owl books that can go along with this one.

There are two parts to the template.  Grab the first one here  and the second one here.This This cute craft is citrusly sweet!

You can grab my free template by clicking on the picture below or by clicking here.My O is for Octopus craft is espcially adorable!

It is a two part template.  Grab the first sheet here and the second here.

We did this craft and the sensory bin activity back to back.  This one was super simple.  I found some small sea creatures and placed them in a blue ziploc bag filled with water.  We taped them under the letter O and then moved the objects around pretending to swim through the ocean!

So much fun!  Grab that free template here or by clicking below.

Activities

We had lots of hands on fun this week!

I actually purchased this whole sensory bin off Amazon.  The one I bought is no longer available, but I did find this similar one.  This set provided HOURS of fun!

Worksheets

This week’s Letter Maze is great for helping kids learn to tell letters apart.

Grab it here or by clicking below.

Upper and lowercase discernment is a cinch with practice from this week’s Color by Letter Type sheet.

You can grab it by clicking on the picture or here.

The Letter Find sheet adds a little math to the weekly lesson as you add up the upper and lowercase o’s you find.

Grab it here or by cliking below.

Practice segmenting that first sound with this week’s Beginning Sounds sheet.

You can find it here or by clicking on the picture.

Introduce beginning letter formation with this Handwriting Practice sheet.

You can get it by clicking the pic or here.

Hope you have lots of fun with this week’s letter o lesson plan!

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