Sound-Loaded Books
| Initial P/p Books | Author |
|---|---|
| If you Give a Pig a Pancake | Laura Numeroff |
| Little Pea | Amy Krouse Rosenthal |
| Peace Train | Cat Stevens |
| Pete & Pickles | Berkeley Breathed |
| Pete the Cat (Series) | Eric Litwin |
| Pig the Pug (Series) | Aaron Blabey |
| Pigs Aplenty, Pigs Galore! | David McPhail |
| Please, Puppy, Please | Spike Lee & Tonya Lewis Lee |
| Puppies in the Snow | James Young |
| Final p Books | Author |
|---|---|
| Great Day for Up | Dr. Seuss |
| Little Blue Truck | Alice Schertle |
| Where Is the Green Sheep? | Mem Fox & Judy Horacek |
| Sheep Go To Sleep | Nancy E. Shaw |
| Sheep in a Jeep | Nancy E. Shaw |
| Sheep in a Shop | Nancy E. Shaw |
| Sheep on a Ship | Nancy E. Shaw |
| Split! Splat! | Amy Gibson |
| Ten Apples Up On Top! | Dr. Seuss |
| Today I will Nap | Mo Willems |
| Up in the Garden and Down in the Dirt | Kate Messner |
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Activities & Snacks
Activities:
- Finger paint polka dots with purple/pink paint
- Go on a picnic with foods that begin with the /p/ sound (popcorn, pizza, punch, pudding, pie, pancakes, peanuts, pickles, potato chips, popsicle, pretzels)
- Have a parade!
- Make a large pocket out of paper. Then pull pictures of objects that begin with the /p/ sound out of the paper pocket.
- Make up your own short stories in reference to “If You Give a Pig a Pancake”. Use the carrier phrase, “If you give a pig a ____”. Add different words that begin with the /p/ sound.
- Paint the letter ‘p’ with pudding paint!
- Pin the tail on the pig!
- Place pennies in a piggy bank. Count the pennies as you put them in or take them out.
- Play at the park!
- Play with green play dough. Make make peas, pea pods or pickles!
- Pop popcorn!
- Pop some bubbles!
- Plant a real or pretend garden! Use the following ‘p’ words: pail, potatoes, peppers, peanuts, pumpkins pickles, peas, pears, petunias, petals, pineapple
Snacks:
- Make some muddy pigs with pink marshmallow and chocolate pudding!
- Pancakes (shaped like the letter ‘p’)
- Peaches
- Peanut butter
- Peanuts
- Pears
- Peas
- Pickles
- Pie
- Pineapple
- Pistachios
- Pita bread
- Pizza
- Pomegranate
- Popcorn
- Popsicle
- Potato chips
- Pretzels
- Pudding
- Pumpkin Pie