Teach the letter G with an alphabet book page, dirt dessert and sand trays. The more creative you are with your G lessons, the better your students will remember the letter and it’s sounds. Be sure to teach both the hard and soft G sound.
Making an Alphabet Book
Through your studies of the letters of the Alphabet, the students should be putting together an alphabet book of their own. Each page illustrates one letter. The page for the letter G should include a Giant capital and lower case letter G that the students decorate with glitter. Glitter can make a big mess and is very difficult to clean up, but students love the glitter effect on paper.
Using Elmer’s glue, have students pinch a small amount of glitter between two fingers and sprinkle over top of the glue. Place news paper on the tables and the floor to help catch stray glitter to aid in the clean-up process.
Foods that Teach the Letter G
Teach the letter G with great snacks. Gummy bears are a favorite treat, as are gummy worms and other gummy candies. To make a great Gummy dessert, make the dirt dessert. Here is the recipe for Worms and Dirt Dessert.
For healthier snack choices, you can serve grapes and grape fruit. Students will most likely not like the grape fruit, so be prepared to add sugar or throw away a lot. Consider allowing each student a single slice of the fruit to try so that you end up throwing less away. Grape tomatoes can be another great healthy snack. You can have a bowl of Ranch salad dressing for the students to dip the tomatoes in as well.
Activities that Teach the Letter G
Teach students to write the letter G with sand plates. Pass out paper plates to each student. Purchase plates that have a ridge around the edge, if possible, to contain the sand. You can also put newspaper down to help clean up. Pour a small amount of sand on each plate, and have the students draw the letter in the sand. As the students draw the letter, they should say “G says Guh”. Teach them both the hard and soft sound of the letter G with words like guitar and genius.
Teach the letter G through snack time and crafts. The more involved the students are in the learning process, the better they will remember the sounds that G makes. Have them come up with examples of words that use both the hard G sound and the soft G sound.
Learn how to teach the other letters of the alphabet.
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