Description
Letter J worksheets for twos and threes that ask for a finger, a dot marker, or a ball of dough, never a pencil, all built around the jellyfish. The pack has fine motor letter pages, a wall poster, letter cards, snip practice, and a play dough mat.
A good fit for homeschool preschool, childcare programs, and morning tubs, with a Grown Up Guide for the week.
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This resource is part of the Toddler Letter of the Week A to Z Bundle, with the My First Letter Book Portfolio and the A to Z Progress Book included only in the bundle. Get the bundle and save big: CLICK HERE
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WHAT'S INCLUDED
► 35 pages in total: activity sheets, a Grown Up Guide, and observation and family pages
The activity sheets are: ⤵
→ Just a Dot, Not a Lot (glue dot practice, color and black and white)
→ Trace the Jellyfish (one finger, no pencil)
→ Big Letter J and Small Letter j (fill with dots, paper, or stickers)
→ Drive the Letter J and Drive the Small Letter j (letter roads for a toy car)
→ Dot the Jellyfish (big circles sized for a dot marker)
→ Build the Letter J (grown up cuts, child builds on the outline)
→ Find the Letter J
→ Color the Letter J
→ Find the Shadow (color and black and white)
→ Big and Small Jj
→ Which One Starts with J? (4 pictures, color the one that starts with J)
→ Trace to the Letter J (3 wide roads, from easy to a real challenge)
→ My First Cutting Page (single snips, color and black and white)
→ Play Dough Jellyfish mat (color and black and white)
→ My J Cards (letter cards, color and black and white)
→ J Is for Jellyfish wall poster
→ My Letter J Handprint keepsake (color and black and white)
► Grown Up Guide: a suggested Monday to Friday week, what to say, what to watch for, safety, and printing
► Format: US Letter (8.5 x 11 in), with A4 Fit to Page guidance
OBSERVATION AND FAMILY PAGES
The pack ends with black and white pages you can print fresh every week:
◆ How to Use the Observation Pages, print once and keep it in the folder
◆ This Week I Saw, a one page observation record, one per child
◆ A Note Home, the family page with 3 quick 5 minute ideas to try at home
WHY TEACHERS LOVE IT
Most alphabet printables are written for 4 and 5 year olds, and they ask for pencil control a 2 year old does not have yet.
This one asks for a finger, a dot marker, a toy car, and a ball of dough. Letters arrive as exposure and recognition, never as mastery, which is what children of 2 and 3 are ready for.
One word per week is the pace. This week, jellyfish, said out loud again and again in play.
✥ PERFECT FOR
◆ Toddler and twos classrooms, preschool 3s
◆ Daycare and childcare programs
◆ Morning tubs
◆ Small groups
◆ Independent practice with a grown up nearby
◆ Busy bags and quiet time
◆ Early finishers
◆ Tot school and homeschool
★ SKILLS PRACTICED
◆ Beginning sound awareness, heard and named out loud, never tested
◆ Fine motor control: pincer grasp, finger isolation, and hand strength
◆ First scissors skill: the single snip, which comes long before cutting on a line
◆ Visual discrimination: matching a picture to its shadow and one letter against another
◆ Pre-writing control: following a wide road from start to finish with one finger
◆ Vocabulary: one new word per letter, repeated in play all week
◆ Following a one step direction
◆ Letter recognition, uppercase first, with lowercase shown beside it
QUICK PREP
Most activities are print and go. A grown up cuts the pieces on the build, shadow, and card pages, and you can laminate the poster, the letter cards, and the play dough mat (for reusable durability).
✥ SAVE BIG WITH THE TODDLER LETTER OF THE WEEK BUNDLE
Get all 26 letters, A to Z, plus the bonus portfolio and progress book in one bundle: CLICK HERE
TERMS
© Teacher Natalie - iLovePreK. For personal use only: classroom, childcare/daycare, and homeschool use with your own children or students. One purchase covers one home or one single classroom; please do not post the files online. Schools with 5 or more teachers can write to [email protected] for a multi classroom coupon.
