All About the Letter G - Letter of the Week Activities

Letter Hunt: Go on a Letter Gg hunt around your home. Encourage your child to see how many objects he can find with names beginning with the /g/ sound like in George and the /g/ sound like in gate. Support your child’s writing process by encouraging him/her to write the word on an index card. Then have him/her tape it to the object.

Odd Sound Out: Say three words, two beginning with the /g/ sound like in goat and one sound that is different. Have the student repeat which sound does not belong.

• goat, grass, elephant
• fish, guy, gum
• glass, food, goose
• go, good, bear
• green, cat, gray

/g/ Listening Game: Read the following sentences. Have the students repeat the words that begin with the /g/ sound like in goat.

• Gert the goat lost his gloves
• I like purple grapes.
• Grass and grasshoppers are green.
• Gray and green are colors.
• I love my grandparents.
• The goose got out of the gate.

Fill in the Missing Word:  All of your guesses should begin with the /g/ sound like in goose.

• I can fly in the sky. I can be found in the wild and on a farm. When I speak I honk. I am a ________. (goose)
• I live on a farm. I have four legs and two horns. I like to climb on things. When I speak I say maw maw. I am a  ________. (goat)
• Your mom and dad’s parents are your  _______. (grandparents)
• It is candy. You can chew it. You can blow a bubble with it. It is _____. (gum)

Circle and Find: Have students practice reading environmental print. Use newspapers, junk mail, and/or sales flyers and have them highlight all of the letter Gg’s using a highlighter.

Songs & Poems

Gg

(to the tune Ta Ra Ra Boom De Ay)

Gert's grandpa Gregory

grew whiskers past his knee

They grew around and round

They grew down to the ground.

Good golly Gert declared

Gramps got a goofy beard

So grandma Gwendolyn

shaved Grandpa's chin.

If You're Happy and You Know It

If you're happy and you know it,

Gallop like a horse “g” “g”

If you're happy and you know it,

Gallop like a horse “g” “g”

If you're happy and you know it,

Then your face will surely show it

If you're happy and you know it,

Gallop like a horse “g” “g”.

Where is the Alphabet?

(Tune: "Where Is Thumbkin?")

Where is G? Where is G? (Children repeat.)

Here I am! (Hold up the manual sign for G.)

Here I am! (Children repeat and copy sign.)

What do you say G? What do you say G?

/g/ /g/ /g/ /g/ /g/ /g/

Writing

Body Letters - Challenge children to make different letters with their bodies. Can you make a "G"? Can you make the letter that you hear at the beginning of "goat"?

Air Writing - Write letters in the air using the index finger.  

Art Ideas

Things to glue on the Alphabet 

• Green
• glitter
• Gold glitter
• Grass
• Gumdrops
• Green yarn
• Green Easter grass

FREE DOWNLOAD>> Letter G Pattern

Art Ideas

• Finger-paint with green
• Grapefruit prints
• Glue pictures
• Glue ghosts

Snacks

• grapes
• green Jell-O
• granola bars

Letter G Links

Three Billy Goats Gruff Resources:

3Dinosaurs.com has some amazing FREE printables to go along with the fairytale, Three Billy Goats Gruff. Check out the resources at: Three Billy Goats Gruff 

Sparklebox.co.uk has FREE PDF files to enhance retelling of the fairytale to include the following:

• Billy Goats Gruff story visual aids
• Billy Goats Gruff story cut-outs
• Billy Goats Gruff display banner
• Billy Goats Gruff role-play masks to name a few of the resources.

Check out the resources at: Billy Goats Gruff

Three Billy Goats Gruff (Youtube.com Link)

YouTube Resources

• Goodnight Moon  
• Girls andBoys Come out to Play 
• GeorgiePorgie | Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Video 
• Going to St.Ives - Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Video
• Goosey, GooseyGander - Mother Goose Club Playhouse Kids Video 

Goldilocks and the Three Bears Resources:

Goldilocks and the Three Bears - Animated Rhymes For Kids - EnglishNursery Rhymes - Children Songs 

3Dinosaurs.com has some amazing FREE printables to go along with the fairytale, Goldilocks and the Three Bears. Check out the resources at: Goldilocks and the Three Bears 

Sparklebox.co.uk has FREE PDF files to enhance retelling of the fairytale to include the following:

• Goldilocks and the Three Bears story visual aids
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears story cut-outs
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears display banner
• Goldilocks and the Three Bears role-play masks to name a few of the resources.
• Check out the resources at: Goldilocks and the Three Bears  

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