Overview
The children will exercise and look for the letter E as they recognize and name the letter E.

Literacy Activities
Exercise with the letter E

• Make a barbell using a paper towel tube (or wrapping paper tube/rolled paper). Tape the paper circles with the letter E on each end of the tube as weights. Place the letter cards in an envelope on the other side of the room.
• Write the letter E on a whiteboard, name the letter, and have the children write the E in the air with their fingers.
• Point out that the words exercise and envelope both start with the letter E.
• Invite the children to exercise by hopping, jumping, or skipping across the room to get a letter card out of the envelope.
  • If the letter is an E, have the child tape the letter to the barbell.
  • If the letter is not an E, have the child place the card in the discard pile.
• Let the children lift the barbell up and down while saying, “Exercise with E!”
• Write the letter E on the whiteboard again, then have the children exercise their arms by writing the letter E in the air with their finger.

Play ABC hide and seek

• Provide letter cards.
• Have the children count the cards to determine how many letters they will need to find.
• Choose two children to hide the cards in a designated area.
• Set a timer and send a small group to find the letters.
• Let the children exercise by hopping, jumping, or skipping across the room as they search for the letters.
• As a group, have the children identify the letters they have found.
• Play another round of the game if time permits.

More Practice
Write the target letter

• Distribute the picture of Exercise Ed and direct the children to circle every letter E with red.
• Have the children exercise their hands by writing the letter E around the picture of Ed.