Overview

The children will play with R roses as they recognize and name the letter R.

Literacy Activities
Red R Roses

• Write the letter R on a whiteboard, name the letter, and have the children write the R in the air with their fingers.
• Read the book Rosie’s Roses by Pamela Duncan Edwards and have the children find the letter R throughout the book (optional).
• Have the children sit in a circle and put the large letter R in the middle of the circle.
• Give each of the children a rose graphic and help them write the letter R on the roses. Then let them color the roses red.
• Have the children place the red R roses on the letter R in the center of the ring.
• Teach the children the Ring around the Rosies song.
• Invite the children to sing the song and walk in a ring around the roses, then fall to the ground when indicated in the song.
• The song can be repeated multiple times in different R-related ways, such as rapidly, running, really slowly, or in reverse (walking backwards).

More Practice
Identify the target letter

• Show the children the text for the Ring around the Rosies song, and help them look for the words with an R in them.
• Have the children take turns circling the letter R in the text of the song.

Write the target letter

• Help the children write the letter R using a red crayon, marker, or colored pencil.