Week 3

Letter C

Lesson Instructions

Printable Worksheets

Additional Resources

Letter C Lesson Instructions

Letter C Lesson Worksheets

Week 3

Letter C Lesson Prep

Print the digital downloads for all three days. Materials needed: colored background page, glue, scissors, crayons, construction paper(optional for glueing pieces on letter stroke lines), white pipe cleaner(optional for cat whiskers), small pink pom(optional for nose), wiggle eyes(optional)
For some younger children, depending on their ability to cut, you may want to cut out all the letters and shapes beforehand
Practice beforehand how you will explain and demonstrate to your child how to complete the craft
Keep in mind that the goal is not for the child’s craft to be perfect, and it is not wrong if they choose to do it differently than I have it pictured in my example!
Adult supervision is required to ensure the child is able to safely handle the materials and is given help when needed
Fold the sheet with the dotted lines down the middle so that the capital appears on one side and the lowercase appears on the other side

Week 3

Letter C Lesson Plans

Day 1 Lesson Plan:

Letter C Animal Alphabet Craft

Skills practiced:

Child practices recognizing letter C by spending time cutting it out, holding it, glueing it (fine motor skills), and transforming it into a memorable animal, a cat! Child hears and practices the sound of letter C.

Introduce the letter C to your child by showing them the capital letter and saying: this is letter C.
Introduce the sound letter C makes by saying: C says ‘c, c-c-c.’ Say it with me, ‘c-c-c.’ I usually don’t introduce the ‘sssss’ sound that letter C can also make until later but it is up to you if you want to.
Show your child the picture of the cat and ask them: what animal is this? …Yes this is a cat. C-C-Cat, has letter c in it. Point to the C at the beginning of the word and run your finger under the word as you say it. Ask your child to say it with you again as you run your finger under it. (If your child doesn’t want to say it with you, no big deal.)
Your child cuts out letter C (unless you already did). Give them as much help as they need. Practice the sounds of letter C again with the paper letter they have cut out.
Tell your child they will get to decorate the letter C as a cat. Show them the picture of the finished project and explain to them what the pieces are that they need to cut out. Help them cut out the pieces and show them where to glue them and assist them as needed.
Celebrate the completed craft and practice C says ‘c and c-c-cat starts with c!
Let the craft dry and find a prominent place to hang/display it!

Day 3 Lesson Plan:

Lower Case C

Skills practiced:

Child practices recognizing uppercase/capital and lowercase letter C by seeing a display of the upper and lower-case letter and practices the sound of the letter. Child colors in a picture of a cake(fine motor skill) and identifies the word’s beginning letter and sound.

Review the letter C animal craft on display. Asking the child what animal it is and what sound we hear at the beginning of its same. Indicate that the cat may be hungry and wants to eat something that starts with letter C.
Take out the uppercase letter C side of the folded paper and practice the sound of the letter and ask the child to think of something that starts with C that the cat could eat.
Reveal the lowercase side of the folded sheet and ask what picture is on it and what sound it starts with. This is what the cat is hungry for! Tell the child in order to feed it to the cat they need to color it in.
While your child is coloring in the cake, help them to notice the letter on the page and tell them that it is also letter C. It is lowercase C. Or sometimes with small children I call it little C. It also says ‘c’ like uppercase/capital(big) C.
Practice C says c, c-c-c. Cake starts with letter C, c-c-cake.
Cut out the colored in cake and have the child bring it to be displayed next to the cat so that the cat can eat it when she gets hungry.

Day 3 Lesson Plan:

Writing Letter C

Skills Practiced:

Child practices the writing strokes that create the upper and lower-case letter by tracing with various materials (for this lesson I suggest a crayon or construction paper pieces because they start with letter include but you can glue a different material or trace with finger).

Tip: If having your child trace the letters with a crayon, use a small piece of crayon, this can help encourage them to hold with a pencil grip.

With the writing Letter C print out, have your child trace the grey dotted line from the start to end with a crayon or have them glue ripped pieces of construction paper along the dotted line. Don’t forget to ask them what letter and sound the crayon/construction paper starts with! Repeat with the lowercase letter.
Ask your child what letter this is that they are tracing and which is the capital/lower, as well as what sound they make. Ask them what other words they can think of that start with C. Remind them of the cat and cake if they need help and assist them in finding other words that start with the same sound.
Come back to the paper when it is dry and practice tracing again with pointer finger over the line or glued on materials.
If your child is ready, have them practice tracing or writing the letters with a marker, crayon or pencil. A couple resources with larger letters to start with can be found here:

https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-handwriting-pages-for-preschoolers-letters-sizes-lower-case/

https://www.themeasuredmom.com/free-handwriting-worksheets-for-preschool/

Day 3: Reviewing Letter Sounds

Review the previous letters A and T and their sounds.
Help your child blend the sounds together to make at.
Ask them what word they would make if they added letter C.
Say: ‘c’…. ‘at’
Say it again while displaying the letters with the sounds separately.
Join the letters together and say cat!

Bonus Math Activity: Making Ten

Watch it in this video:

Materials: Connector cubes or objects for counting with

Connect eight math cubes and hand them to your child and ask them how many are there.
Ask them how many more they need to connect to get to ten,
Have them connect that amount of cubes and check if they are correct by counting all cubes connected.
Repeat starting with a different amount of connected cubes

Additional Resources

Want the animal letter craft materials mailed to you? They come with fun craft materials for the animal features! Check it out here:

https://animallettercrafts.etsy.com/listing/1226439630/alphabet-animal-letter-crafts-fine-motor

Oral Phonemic Awareness Activities—Identifying Sounds: Do these activities anywhere, no materials needed. Learning to identify that words are made up of sounds can help the child to understand that letters are the visual representation of those word parts!

Rhyming: ex. Make words that end it “at”, mat cat bat sat…
Alliteration (same sound at the beginning of words): ex. Make words that start with “t” top tickle tap two tummy…
Syllable clapping: ex. “Hel(clap)—lo(clap)”, “Al(clap)—li(clap)—ga(clap)—tor(clap)” You can work on separating parts of the words without worrying about whether it is separated correctly into syllables but if you want to learn about how to separate into syllables there are a lot of videos on line, here is one: https://youtu.be/9Ek1iLnvn2I?si=Q2u1UNf4hIWsMGub
Separate the phonemes and have your child put it together: ex. What word do these sounds make if you put them together? “C—a—t “ (Answer: Cat)
Name an easy three letter word and ask your child to identify the individual sounds(phonemes). Ex. What are the sounds in Dog? (answer: D—o—g)

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Hey, I am Jolene,

Although I am a new homeschool mom. I do have ten years of teaching experience in various settings. I have been licensed in the areas of Spanish, English as a Second Language and Elementary Education. I have learned through my teaching experience that while there can be a lot of great things happening at mainstream schools, there are also many aspects of the mainstream school experience that are not necessary or are not effective. I am excited to embark on a homeschool journey with my children where I get to craft an experience for them that truly assists them in developing the skills that allow who they are to impact the world around them.