Friday, February 18, 2011

Outline Plans for Alphabet Path - X and Y Week


♥ List of Ideas~
x-ray
yo-yo
pirates
yak
yuck
yokel
eXperiments
X ray
xylophone
You
yours
young
yard
yank
yabby
yam
yacht
yawn
yell
year
yearling
yellow
yes
yesterday
yoke
youth
youngling
York
yowie

Read X and  Y books(from basket)...books about You, Max Lucardo

♥ X and Y Saints ~
Complete List of X Saints
 St Francis Xavier
St. Francis Xavier Cabrini
Y Saints
St Joseph Yuen

♥ Famous People ~
 X Artists
Jan Baptist Xavery

 X Composers
Other famous people X list 

 Y Artists
Jack Butler Yeats

 Y Composers
Other famous people Y list 
Jane Yolen

♥ Flower Fairies ~
Yellow Deadnettle Fairy
Yew Fairy

Flower Fairies CD ~
listen to Xand Y songs and Colour the Fairies from here

♥ Food ~
yogurt
yabby
Yeast foods...bread, quick breads etc
Yorkshire Pudding

♥ Fairy Tales ~
Grimms:
The Story of the Youth who went forth to Learn what FearWas
The Young Giant

Anderson:
The Story of the Year

♥ Games to Play ~
You, me ....simon says type
Yanking...tug a war

 ♥ Movies~
The Yearling

♥ Songs and poems to learn~
You and me, were going to be partners....
Yankee Doodle

♥ Prayer~
Make up a prayer that is is special for YOU

♥ Musical Instruments ~
xylophone

♥ Activities ~
Various alphabet pages ~ abc teach need to link to each letter
Activities for X themes- abc teach
activities for Y themes- abc teach
Read the Serendipity X and Y Story
Learn the X and Y Fairy Poems from The Flower Fairy Book
make a bees wax Xx and Yy or playdoh
embroider Xx and  Yy on felt or calico

play with yo-yos
pretend to take x-rays and do some pictures of the body parts, skeletons
Yak make from toilet rolls
X marks the spot....mapping for treasure
get out various eXperiments from our books
yacht.. make one, draw one
the seasons of the year
the months of the year...draw a time line/calender for both
find different colours of yellow
yelling competition
concept of yesterday
yoke- make a model one
youngling...Jedi draw print one out
make a yowie..puppet/do a puppet play
play with xylophones
find out what X's represent

Another link enchanted learning X
Kidz zone alphabet activities - Letter X
Another link enchanted learning Y
Kidz zone alphabet activities - Letter Y

draw animals that start with X and Y
pin prick X and Y shapes and/or X and Y shape animals
X and Y stickers on paper and draw an X and Y
Jan Brett and little handwriting X and Y shape pages
use the X and Y sound pouchs
drawing X and Y in cornmeal
abc teach X activities
abc teach Y activities

Blessings,

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