Seriously, what to do for X week? I mean, really. It was a stretch. I thought I'd share some of the books we found though, because I really had trouble thinking of anything. I stumbled upon something somewhere online that did get me thinking outside the box enough to find books with the "X" sound though, instead of ones with words that begin with X (since xylophone is the only one that comes to mind, and that doesn't even make an "X" sound...BLARGH, English!!) So here are some of the books we enjoyed:
Max's Wacky Taxi Day
Fox Tails (Four Fables from Aesop)
Hattie and the Fox
A Fox (The Sound of X)
The Adventures of Taxi Dog
Fox in Socks
Gemma colored some short and long popsicle sticks and made capital and lowercase X's out of them, and I hot-glued them together for her. For whatever reason, coloring popsicle sticks is something she really gets a kick out of.
She also colored a picture of a fox and some X's and cut them out. I am amazed at her cutting lately. We recently worked through the book More Let's Cut Paper and holy cow, she has really taken off. I bought My First Book of Cutting as well, with the intent to go through it with her next, but I think I may save it for Kolbe. She's doing really well.
We had fun finding X's when we were out and about (lines in the sidewalk, grout in tile, street signs, etc.)
Both kids gave me some eXtra help in the kitchen for breakfast several days. French toast has been a recent favorite around here.
And that's about all. A very uneventful "X" week for sure. Here's to "Y" and "Z"...where has the year gone?!
Max's Wacky Taxi Day
Fox Tails (Four Fables from Aesop)
Hattie and the Fox
A Fox (The Sound of X)
The Adventures of Taxi Dog
Fox in Socks
Gemma colored some short and long popsicle sticks and made capital and lowercase X's out of them, and I hot-glued them together for her. For whatever reason, coloring popsicle sticks is something she really gets a kick out of.
She also colored a picture of a fox and some X's and cut them out. I am amazed at her cutting lately. We recently worked through the book More Let's Cut Paper and holy cow, she has really taken off. I bought My First Book of Cutting as well, with the intent to go through it with her next, but I think I may save it for Kolbe. She's doing really well.
We had fun finding X's when we were out and about (lines in the sidewalk, grout in tile, street signs, etc.)
Both kids gave me some eXtra help in the kitchen for breakfast several days. French toast has been a recent favorite around here.
And that's about all. A very uneventful "X" week for sure. Here's to "Y" and "Z"...where has the year gone?!
6 comments:
There really aren't any words that start with X that make an /ks/ sound; they're all /z/ sounds or just the letter name ("x-ray"). In the phonics book we use, all the x words end in x, so your week sounds about perfect. Another fun one would be "The Birthday Box" by Leslie Patricelli. Second Son got that one for his first birthday. He's so cute when we read it!
Fox in Socks remains a favorite around here. Even First Son (who is 8) loves to hear Kansas Dad read it as quickly as he can.
Thanks for the recommendation! I'll add that to our list.
Oh, Fox in Socks is so great. The tweetle beetle part at the end keeps me going, oh how I love reading that part. Every. Time.
We really liked Jessica's X-ray. It had real X-ray film in it. Didn't the year go fast? I got your email...I'm excited to chat more about next year.
We really liked Jessica's X-ray. It had real X-ray film in it. Didn't the year go fast? I got your email...I'm excited to chat more about next year.
Monica, I am loving your blog!! All of your letter-of-the-week activities are very, very cool. I can't wait until my little one is older to try out some of your ideas.
@Angie- Thanks, our library doesn't have that in its system, but looks like we could get it thru ILL.
@Sarah - Thank you. Watch out, time will fly!! Enjoy these wee days. ;-D
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