Language Arts

The sound this week is the consonant team /ng/ as found at the end of king.
Emphasize the /ng/ sound often throughout the day.  Have your child repeat the sound with you.

Note: /ng/ does not come at the beginning of a word.

Put up your sound wall poster.

The main theme for the week is:  King

Books to read aloud that support the theme:

King Bidgood's in the Bathtub by Audrey and Don Wood
The King's Chessboard by David Birch
The King's Stilts by Dr. Seuss
King Midas and the Golden Touch by Charlotte Craft
The King's Taster by Kenneth Oppel
Babar the King by Jean de Brunhoff
The King and the Seed by Eric Maddern
King Solomon and the Bee by Dalia Hardof Renberg
The King the Mice and the Cheese by Nancy and Eric Gurney
A Parable About the King by Beth Moore
Daughter of a King by Rachel Ann Nunes
The King of Capri by Jeanette Winterson
The King's Wish and other stories by Benjamin Elkin

Poems that support the theme:

"The King's Breakfast" by A.A. Milne

"The Three Kings" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

Songs that support the theme:

Handwriting Assignments:

Day 1:  Practice writing the letter "n" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 2:  Practice writing the letter "g" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 3:  Practice writing the consonant team "ng" on one line of handwriting paper.

Day 4:  Practice writing the word "king" one or two times.

Day 5:  Practice writing any of the other theme words one or two times.
 

Activities and/or Art Projects

Make a King's Crown

Dress up like a King (or queen) for the day.

Preschool Royalty Arts and Crafts

Other Theme Words and Ideas

Other theme words - sing, singing, ring, string, wing, thing, spring, swing, long, song, ding-dong, sang, clang, hang, lung, morning, etc...

Books to read aloud that support the other theme words or the consonant team /ng/:

The Night is Singing by Jacqueline Davies
The Singing Hat by Tohby Riddle
Big Anthony and the Magic Ring by Tomie dePaola
Just How Long Can a Long String Be?! by Keith Baker
Things That are Most in the World by Judi Barrett
One Morning in Maine by Robert McCloskey

Poems that support the other theme words or the consonant team /ng/:

"Sing a Song of Sixpence" 

"Pippa's Song" by Robert Browning

"Singing" by Robert Louis Stevenson

Songs that support the other theme words or the consonant team /ng/:

"So Long, Farewell"
"Good Morning"
"Sing, Sing a Song"
"I Can Sing a Rainbow"
"Let's All Sing Like the Birdies Sing" 
"Ring Around the Rosie"