State the Objective
 Tell the children that they will play with R roses as they recognize and name the letters R and r.

Literacy Activities
Red R Roses

• Write and name the letters R and r.
• Have the children write R and r in the air with their fingers. 

• Read Rosie’s Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards and have the children find the letter R throughout the book 

  (optional). 

• Help the children write Rs on the rose picture (see below).
• Let the children color the roses red.
• Have the children sit in a circle around a large letter R (example below).
• Let the children place red R roses on the R in the center of the ring.
• Teach the children the Ring around the Roses song (see below). 

• Play the Ring around the Rosie music (optional) while the children walk around the roses and fall at the end of 

  the song. 

• Repeat in different R-related ways, such as rapidly, running, really slowly, or in reverse (walking backwards). 

Identify the target letter

• Show the children the Ring around the Roses song text.
• Have the children find the letter R in the text.
• Let the children use a red pencil, crayon, or marker to put a red ring around each R or r.