Alphabet Focus
- Letter: E
- Trace an E
- Practice Writing Letter E | Worksheet Printable 1 | Worksheet Printable 2
- Find the Letter E | Worksheet Printable
- Bible Verse: Every good gift and every perfect gift is from above. James 1:17
(Memory Verse Printable |Pink | Memory Verse |Blue)
- Talk About / Questions to Ask
- Ask: What does this Bible verse mean?
- Ask: Can you think of any ‘good gifts’ in your life?
- Ask: Where do all those good gifts come from?
- Talk About: How all that we have is a gift that has been given to us by a God who is oh so generous! So generous in fact that He gave us His son!!
- Talk About / Questions to Ask
- CRAFT: E is for Elephant!
- INSTRUCTIONS
- Cut a E out of heavyweight paper
- Paint or color E color of choice (we chose the perfect shade of elephant gray.)
- Practice shapes by cutting a half circle for the elephant ear.
- Paint ear pink. Talk about colors. Mix red and white to make pink!
- Cut a ‘trunk’ (just an elongation of the middle of the E), paint or color to match the E and glue on!
- Practice shapes by cutting two circles, one large and one small, one from white paper and one from black paper. Glue to make elephant’s eye.
- INSTRUCTIONS
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- TALK ABOUT
- Things that begin with the letter E. Make a list or draw pictures of the things you come up with.
- Elephants (Facts About Elephants)
- Measure and mark a place on the wall that is 7 1/2. Show the mark to your little and talk about how big an elephant is!
- Ears (Facts About Ears)
- READ (check them out in your local library!):
- TALK ABOUT
Activity 1
Shell Peanuts! Take turns rolling a dice to count how many peanuts you and your little one have to shell and eat.
Activity 2
Make elephant toothpaste! A super cute science experiment.
Activity 3
Make your own Elmer the Elephant of your own! Using this technique (collaging pieces of tissue paper!) OR by coloring by number (a great way to practice numbers & colors!)
