Overview

The children will find the letter R on rocks hidden around the room as they recognize and name the letter R.

Literacy Activities
Find the letter R on rocks

• Write or paint the letter R on rocks or use the rock graphics and hide them around the room.
• Write the letter R on a whiteboard, name the letter, and have the children write the R in the air with their fingers.
• Allow the children to gather the R rocks and place them in a ring.

Find the letter R in words

• Lead the children in doing the following actions with the R rocks:
  • Line the rocks up in rows.
  • Make a ring with the rocks.
  • Make a rainbow shape with the rocks.
  • Pretend to drop rocks into a river.
  • Make the shape of an R with the rocks.
• Make a list of the words from the activity that start with R (e.g., rocks, rows, round, rainbow, river) and have the children circle the letter R in the words on the list.

More Practice
Identify the target letter

• Scatter the letter cards around the room.
• Let the children gather the letter cards.
• Have the children decide whether or not each letter is a letter R or not, supporting as needed.
  • If the letter is an R, have the children put it near the R rocks.
  • If the letter is not an R, have them place it in a discard pile.

Write the target letter

• Help the children write the letter R on sticky notes or small pieces of paper.
• Allow the children to put their R papers on the R rocks.