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Objective

Recognize and name the letter B.

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Lesson Plan

Target Words:

bowl
ball
blue
black
brown
bottle

Materials:

6 to 8 inch rubber gym ball or round Nerf ball
Ten plastic bottles (with or without water in the bottom to provide weight)
Small pieces of paper or sticky notes
Blue, black, or brown markers
Bowling pin coloring pages

Overview
The children will bowl a ball and try to bump the letter B as they recognize and name the letter B.

Literacy Activities
Bowl down bottles

Write the letter B on a whiteboard, name the letter, and have the children write the B in the air with their fingers.
Help the children write a B with blue, brown, or black markers on small pieces of paper or sticky notes then attach the papers to the plastic bottles.
Set up the bottles like bowling pins.
Have the children take turns “bowling,” using two hands as they straddle the ball to roll it.
As the ball rolls, have the children repeat the name of the letter B until the ball bumps a bottle.
When a child’s ball bumps a bottle and knocks it over, have the child say, “I bowled over a B bottle!”

More Practice
Write the target letter

Give the children a bowling pin coloring page and markers or crayons.
Support the children as needed in writing the letter B on and around the bowling pin.
Tell the children to color the bowling pin with crayons or markers to make it beautiful.

Bowling Pin Color Page

SEEL At Home

Objective
Recognize and name the letter B.

Materials

Bowling pin graphic
6 to 8 inch ball (e.g., a rubber gym ball or round Nerf ball)
Ten plastic bottles (with or without water in the bottom to provide weight)
Small pieces of paper or sticky notes
Blue, brown, or black crayons or markers

Activity: Bowl the Ball

Guide your child in writing the letter B on small pieces of paper or sticky notes.
Attach a B paper to each plastic bottle and set up the bottles like bowling pins.
Take turns bowling the ball and trying to bump the B on the bottles.
As the ball rolls, repeat the name of the letter B with your child until the ball bumps a bottle.
After knocking over a bottle, have your child say, "I bowled over a B bottle!"
Have your child decorate the bowling pin picture page by writing the letter B in various sizes and with the blue, brown, and black markers or crayons on and around the pin, supporting as needed.