Letter T Unit
All the activities in this unit have one thing in common, they are about items that start with the letter T. This is by no means a comprehensive list of activities. It's just some of the things I have tried with K and N myself which they have enjoyed. I have attached a few printables I created and used for this unit. Feel free to print them!
This post is curriculum based but it can be done by SAHMs and working parents alike. All activities here take 5 minutes or less to carry out from start to end. They also involve very little preparatory work. Give them a try and let me know what you think 😉
Materials:
- Tang Yuan flour
- Water
- Food colouring (optional)
How to:
- Mix the Tang yuan flour with water and add colouring if you want.
- Let the kids shape tang yuans.
- Talk about the word Tang Yuan (汤圆) and how 汤 means soup and 圆 means round which are actually characteristics of the dish itself.
Pro tips:
- Don't worry about getting perfect balls. Let the kids be creative and have fun with it. We had lots of snakes in our soup 😂
- This activity builds fine motor skills and feeds the sensory needs of children. Also, having fun around food builds more positive and healthy associations with food which will also lead to better and healthier eaters.
Materials:
- Tree print out
- Coloured paper cut into triangles
- Glue
How to:
- Let the kids form a tree with triangles!
Pro tips:
- Talk about the tree trunk and how it holds up all the brunches and the leaves. Trunk also starts with T!
- Feel free to use a pencil to label the parts of the tree for the older kids, bringing in science into the activity.
- Don't worry about leaves not being at the top of the tree. We had lots of 'fallen' leaves too and we talked about how leaves always fall from trees to give way to new leaves. If leaves never fell, the tree would have too many leaves and be too heavy!
Materials:
- Card board (I recycled some old calendars here)
- Marker
- Double sided tape
How to:
- Cut out the train (with 3 'windows' if you plan to do addition and subtraction)
- Cut out some cabs and write numbers on them.
- Get child to arrange the cabs from 1-10 in running order
Pro tips:
- This builds math skills, teaching them the order of numbers.
- For N (2 yrs old) I kept it as just arranging the numbers in order. For K (4 yrs old), I took it to the next step and introduced addition. It's okay if they need 100% guidance. The purpose of this is for exposure. Then just keep this activity available and visible in their room so that they can revisit it if and when they find an interest.
Materials:
- Contact paper
- Green construction paper
- Green crepe paper
- Marker
How to:
- Draw out a turtle on the non-sticky side of the contact paper
- Cut out the head, legs and tail from a construction paper
- Cut the crepe paper into squares
- Peel off the back of the contact paper and secure it to the table with tape, sticky side up.
- Let the kids stick the construction paper and crepe paper to make turtles
Pro tips:
- This is a super mess free way of sticking parts down. Contact paper is like a huge piece of tape so it lets things get stuck to it but doesn't leave a sticky residue.
- When the kids are done, simple stick the contact paper onto another piece of paper or to another contact paper to seal the artwork.
Other Suggestions:
T is for Teeth
- Print a picture of some teeth, laminate it, then use some dry erase markers to make some 'stains' and 'stuck food'. Then work an old toothbrush for some brushing fun!
T is for Tools
- Open dad's tool box and talk about different tools you find in the tool box. If you are up for some action, get a small piece of plywood (the Ikea As-Is section is a good place to look for some) and screw some screws or hammer some nails in!
T is for Tortilla
- Make some Tortillas for lunch!
T is for Tomatoes
- Cut some tomatoes and taste them, make some prints, or try to draw the cross-section of a tomato.
This post is curriculum based but it can be done by SAHMs and working parents alike. All activities here take 5 minutes or less to carry out from start to end. They also involve very little preparatory work. Give them a try and let me know what you think 😉
1. T is for Tang Yuan
- Tang Yuan flour
- Water
- Food colouring (optional)
How to:
- Mix the Tang yuan flour with water and add colouring if you want.
- Let the kids shape tang yuans.
- Talk about the word Tang Yuan (汤圆) and how 汤 means soup and 圆 means round which are actually characteristics of the dish itself.
Pro tips:
- Don't worry about getting perfect balls. Let the kids be creative and have fun with it. We had lots of snakes in our soup 😂
- This activity builds fine motor skills and feeds the sensory needs of children. Also, having fun around food builds more positive and healthy associations with food which will also lead to better and healthier eaters.
2. T is for Tree
- Tree print out
- Coloured paper cut into triangles
- Glue
How to:
- Let the kids form a tree with triangles!
Pro tips:
- Talk about the tree trunk and how it holds up all the brunches and the leaves. Trunk also starts with T!
- Feel free to use a pencil to label the parts of the tree for the older kids, bringing in science into the activity.
- Don't worry about leaves not being at the top of the tree. We had lots of 'fallen' leaves too and we talked about how leaves always fall from trees to give way to new leaves. If leaves never fell, the tree would have too many leaves and be too heavy!
3. T is for Train
Materials:
- Card board (I recycled some old calendars here)
- Marker
- Double sided tape
How to:
- Cut out the train (with 3 'windows' if you plan to do addition and subtraction)
- Cut out some cabs and write numbers on them.
- Get child to arrange the cabs from 1-10 in running order
Pro tips:
- This builds math skills, teaching them the order of numbers.
- For N (2 yrs old) I kept it as just arranging the numbers in order. For K (4 yrs old), I took it to the next step and introduced addition. It's okay if they need 100% guidance. The purpose of this is for exposure. Then just keep this activity available and visible in their room so that they can revisit it if and when they find an interest.
4. T is for Turtle
- Contact paper
- Green construction paper
- Green crepe paper
- Marker
How to:
- Draw out a turtle on the non-sticky side of the contact paper
- Cut out the head, legs and tail from a construction paper
- Cut the crepe paper into squares
- Peel off the back of the contact paper and secure it to the table with tape, sticky side up.
- Let the kids stick the construction paper and crepe paper to make turtles
Pro tips:
- This is a super mess free way of sticking parts down. Contact paper is like a huge piece of tape so it lets things get stuck to it but doesn't leave a sticky residue.
- When the kids are done, simple stick the contact paper onto another piece of paper or to another contact paper to seal the artwork.
Other Suggestions:
T is for Teeth
- Print a picture of some teeth, laminate it, then use some dry erase markers to make some 'stains' and 'stuck food'. Then work an old toothbrush for some brushing fun!
T is for Tools
- Open dad's tool box and talk about different tools you find in the tool box. If you are up for some action, get a small piece of plywood (the Ikea As-Is section is a good place to look for some) and screw some screws or hammer some nails in!
T is for Tortilla
- Make some Tortillas for lunch!
T is for Tomatoes
- Cut some tomatoes and taste them, make some prints, or try to draw the cross-section of a tomato.
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