The Letter G is an exciting week of new activities in the Peaceful Preschool.

A strong auditory memory is what will help your child remember that they already sounded out the C and the A when they got to the T in a cat. Without strong auditory memory, sounding out words will be torture. Your child will have forgotten the letters they started out with by the time they get to the end of the word.

You can also strengthen this skill by simply reading books to your child and asking them to tell you about what you read. In Charlotte Mason homeschooling, we call this narration.

The letter G is also the week we “read” the very funny “Good Night, Gorilla”. One of our favorite activities for any zoo-related book is to create our own zoo out of toy animals.

You simply use poster board to draw or paint the overhead view of a zoo, and then help your child set up a zoo with their animals. This becomes a great activity for playing with your child, or you can label the cages with the animal names and then let your child place animals in their category.

Articulation, auditory memory, and the fine motor skills developed through setting up animals in the zoo, are all bonuses from an activity that looks like sheer play.

For a complete list of picture books used for The Peaceful Preschool, click here.

For hands-on learning with your K-6 grade students, check out The Playful Pioneers and The Precious People.