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Reading the Alphabet Letter P (Lesson 3)

By thisreadingmama 16 Comments

Here we are at Lesson 3 of Reading the Alphabet, my free preschool reading curriculum! If you’ve not done lessons 1 or 2, try them first because these lessons build on one another!

*Keep scrolling until the end of this post to grab the free version Reading the Alphabet Letter P!

 

You can purchase our updated Reading the Alphabet Bundle Pack, stream-lined for easy downloading!  It also features TONS of bonus material that you can’t find in this free version!

LETTER P READING ACTIVITIES

Letter Pp Reader: NJoy chose the black and white version of the Pp Book this week (saved me on some ink!).

reading letter p bookFirst, we read together. Then, he colored it…a couple of pages each day. {He’s still not the biggest fan of coloring, as it requires his “out of the box” personality to stay within lines, so I only had him do a couple each day to prevent scribble scrabble from going all over every page.  And for the most part, he did well with this!}

building sentences in pocket chart

Pocket Chart Pp Reader: This is one of NJoy’s favorite activities.  He wants to do it all by himself.  So cute!

SIGHT WORD: SEE

see sight word song

SEE Sight Word Song: NJoy walks around the house, singing this song with the and see!  It’s sticking! 🙂

poke page with seeSEE Sight Word Poke Page–the pencil grip is beginning to form…at least sometimes

sight word maze with seeSight Word Maze: I place these mazes into plastic sleeve protectors and then put them in his handwriting notebook.  He likes to do them over and over.

sight word search for seeSight Word Search– find see on each row.  He struggled with this activity this particular day.  I’m not sure why.

word wall for preschoolerAt the end of the week, we sang the SEE sight word song one more time and placed the new sight word on his sentence strip word wall.

PHONOLOGICAL AWARENESS ACTIVITIES

picture sorting initial P and FSorting P and F Pictures by Initial Sound in the Pocket Chart: The F pictures come from Lesson 2.

Syllable Count & Clip: This activity was a big hit because he loves using clothes pins.

clapping syllablesFirst, say the picture’s name.  Say it again while clapping for each syllable.

clothes pins and syllablesClip the correct number of syllables. {Don’t you just love the bruised shin?}

rhyming cut and paste activityCut & Paste Rhyming Activity (with pot):  I cut these out before we do this activity as he’s not quite there with his scissor skills, yet.

LETTER P PRINT AWARENESS ACTIVITIES

pizza print awareness activityPizza Print Awareness: He drew a pepperoni pizza…the boy loves to draw circles…and then he glued the sentence down on the paper.  If you need further directions, you can view my guest post; which gives you a step-by-step guide on how to do this activity.

P is for PERIOD: Each time we read a book together, I made a big deal about the periods.  We also discussed that the dot on the top of the i and j are not periods.

LETTER P FINE MOTOR/WRITING

Tracing page for letter PP is for Pig Tracer Page- You may recognize this page from my FREE PreK Farm Pack.  This tracer page is placed in his Handwriting Notebook so he can do it again.

Cutting Practice & Pattern Cards: This activity is a 2 for 1 (I love 2 for 1’s)!

cutting practice with letter pThe child cuts apart the strips,

making patterns with p cardsthen works on extending patterns with the cards.  I start the pattern, he finishes to the end of the sentence strip.

Below are Carisa’s Handwriting pages from her Raising Rock Stars Preschool.  They are AWESOME!!  (Link is on the lesson plan.)

tracing letter pTracing Letter Pp in his Handwriting Notebook

p tracing page with picturesMore Pp Tracing- he really likes to “trace” the pictures, too!

LETTER P MATH ACTIVITIES

roll die, count to 20Letter Pp Grid: Roll the die, count the dots, and put that many pieces of popcorn on the grid…reward yourself by eating popcorn afterward :).   I first saw these grids on PreKinders.  She has a lot of cute themed ones on her website!

numbers 10-20, do a dot paintPiggy Numbers: (also from my PreK Farm Pack) pick a number card, read the number, and dot the number.  There are 2 versions on the download: #1-10 & #10-20.

color by number for letter p

We used a color by number printable from Carisa’s ABC Color By Number printables.  These are super cute and age-appropriate.  The link is also on the lesson plan.

 
 

All of the FREE activities original to This Reading Mama can be found by clicking below:

 

 
Letter P Book List - Books that Feature the Letter P - This Reading Mama

Letter P Book List

All of the activities original to This Reading Mama can be found on this zip file.

~Becky

 

 

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Comments

  1. enchantedhomeschoolingmoml says

    September 7, 2012 at 9:23 am

    I just wanted to let you know that I shared this series with several local homeschooling moms recently and they LOVE it! If my children were younger I would use your program with kids. Thank you, as always, for sharing!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      September 7, 2012 at 2:20 pm

      Thanks, Jill!! I’m so glad they liked it!

      Reply
  2. emily says

    April 30, 2013 at 5:57 pm

    Excited to combine this with the princess pack frpm 1+1+1=1!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      April 30, 2013 at 6:16 pm

      Sounds like the perfect combo! 🙂

      Reply
  3. Meghan says

    October 18, 2013 at 4:58 pm

    Really enjoying this series with my daughter so far! She also goes around singing the spellings songs 🙂 I am absolutely amazed by how much she is picking up from it!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      October 18, 2013 at 10:10 pm

      So great to hear. Thanks for stopping by to comment. 🙂

      Reply
  4. Jillian says

    September 29, 2014 at 11:49 pm

    I am so glad I came across your program. After spending many hours searching for some help with doing home pre-schooling I finally found your lessons. My son loves this. He asks to do more everyday. Thank you so much for sharing all your hard work!

    Reply
  5. Tricia says

    October 5, 2014 at 2:49 pm

    I’ve looked several times and can’t seem to find Carisa’s traceable number sheets that you were referring to. Could you possibly upload the link? I purchased your program for my son and we love it!

    Thank you!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      October 5, 2014 at 3:21 pm

      Click on the link in the post and once you’re there, scroll down to the blue rectangle box and click on the letter Pp. Her tracing pages are in her Pp lesson. Also, if you’ve purchased my pack, there are tracing pages I’ve made in that pack. 🙂 Hope that helps.

      Reply
  6. DeAnna says

    January 10, 2015 at 4:49 pm

    Thank you so much for your Reading the Alphabet. It is very helpful for my preschool student teaching in January and February! This goes along with the Creative Curriculum that I am so familiar with.

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      January 10, 2015 at 6:22 pm

      Awesome! 🙂

      Reply
  7. Yael says

    February 9, 2015 at 10:53 am

    Unfortunately, another lesson is invalid 🙁
    The lessons look GREAT!!

    Reply
  8. Lisa says

    March 22, 2015 at 3:06 pm

    So excited I came across this curriculum for my 4 year old daughter. She absolutely loves all the activities, and I appreciate all your hard work and big heart to share. Thank you!!!

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      March 22, 2015 at 8:49 pm

      You’re very welcome!

      Reply
  9. Chris says

    February 12, 2022 at 10:26 am

    What would my students do without you!!!!!
    I teach in a low-income daycare center. I now have 14 children. I have tested my students, and thanks to the Leapfrog Letter Factory on you-tube (free with ads), half of my students now know just about all their sounds and are ready for your FANTASTIC Reading the Alphabet program. I love it!! I’m not naturally organized, but you have laid it out so clearly that even I can follow it! While I know there’s a new way to teach sight words, I’m just going with your way because I teach preschool/prek and I simply cannot teach all those word families. Plain old memorization is going to have to work, plus this is exposure and some won’t learn them all and that’s fine. (But they are smart, and I wouldn’t be surprised if they learn them all)

    Anyway, I have to write to thank you for your efforts. You have touched so many lives beyond those of your own family, and I wanted you to know it!!! Jesus knows he gave the right talents to you, and you are using them in a way so pleasing to him! Thanks for all your efforts!!

    Chris, a grateful daycare teacher

    Reply
    • thisreadingmama says

      April 29, 2022 at 11:09 am

      Thank you so much!

      Reply

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Hi! I’m Becky, a homeschooling mama with 4 blessings who keep me on my toes {and knees}. Before homeschooling, I was a classroom teacher (M.Ed.) and reading tutor. Read more about me here.

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