What You’ll Find Here
Here is our list of resources you will need to complete the Letter R in our free Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum. For more detailed information on how the curriculum works and what you need to get started, you can visit our Letter of the Week Overview as well as our Common Letter of the Week Supplies.
Below you will find everything you need if you choose to follow along with our listed learning resources: Free Printable Letter of the Week Curriculum, letter themed books, crafts and activities, snack ideas, educational videos and songs, and even extras including toys and games!
Letter R Books
Below you will find a list of our Letter R books that correspond with our free Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum. These books go perfectly with our Letter R themes: Rocket, Raccoon, Rain, Rooster and Rainbow. You can choose as many or as few books as you’d like – you certainly don’t need to read them all! We hope you and your child will enjoy these books for the Letter R!
We have provided Amazon links here for your convenience if you’d like to learn more about the books or purchase them for your home library, but you should be able to find many of these books through your local library.
R is for Rocket Books:
- Roaring Rockets by Tony Mitton
- Sadie Sprocket Builds a Rocket by Sue Fliess
- Rocket-Bye Baby: A Spaceflight Lullaby by Danna Smith
- Dinosaur Rocket! by Penny Dale
R is for Raccoon Books:
- The Robber Raccoon by Lou Kuenzler and Julia Woolf
- Rosie Raccoon’s Rock and Roll Raft by Barbara deRubertis
- Raccoon On His Own by Jim Arnosky
- Chester Raccoon and the Almost Perfect Sleepover by Audrey Penn
R is for Rain Books:
- Rain! by Linda Ashman
- Rain by Sam Usher
- After the Rain by Rebecca Koehn
- Bringing the Rain to Kapiti Plain by Verna Aardema
R is for Rooster Books:
- Acoustic Rooster and His Barnyard Band by Kwame Alexander
- Cook-a-Doodle-Doo! by Janet Stevens and Susan Stevens Crummel
- Rooster’s Off to See The World by Eric Carle
- Rooster Wore Skinny Jeans by Jessie Miller and Barbara Bakos
R is for Rainbow Books:
- The Rainbow Fish by Marcus Pfister
- The Hidden Rainbow by Christie Matheson
- A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman
- Elmer and the Rainbow by David McKee
Letter R Crafts and Activities
Below is a list of Letter R crafts and activities. Click a link below to check out the activities that most interest your child.
Rocket Activities & Crafts:
Raccoon Activities & Crafts:
Rain Activities & Crafts:
Rooster Activities & Crafts:
- Build a Rooster Craft
- Rooster Fork Painting Art (Idea from HERE), Template to complete craft from HERE
Rainbow Activities & Crafts:
Letter R Snack Ideas
Click on the links below to find fun snacks and treats to accompany your child’s Letter R learning.
- Banana and Blueberry Rain Cloud Snack
- Raccoon Woodland Creature Sandwich
- Rainbow Snack Mix
- Rooster Marshmallows
- Fruit Rockets
Letter R Videos and Songs
Break up your letter learning and crafts with some interactive and educational letter R themed videos and songs.
- How do Rockets Fly?
- National Geographic Kids – Raccoons
- The Rainbow Song
- How Are Rain Droplets Formed (Water Cycle)
- Good Morning, Mr. Rooster Song
Letter R Extras – Toys and Games
Click on any of the links below if you are interested in picking up an extra Letter R learning toy or game that can accompany your child’s learning now and in the future.
- DIY Rain Stick Musical Instrument Craft Kit
- Raccoon Rumpus Game
- Rainbow Link Manipulatives
- Toy Rocket Launcher
- Rooster Race Game
DOWNLOAD FREE LETTER R PRINTABLES
This letter pack download includes a variety of activities, letter themes and learning tools to help your child develop early learning skills. This curriculum can be paced however best suits you. Some of the topics covered in the letter pack download include: Letter and sound recognition, numbers and counting, pre-writing and tracing, shape learning, patterns, fine motor skills, and more!
*I have carefully created this free resource for your personal use. You may not sell, distribute or re-purpose these documents.*
Don’t Leave Yet! Do You Have The Additional Resources Download?
If you have already done a letter in our letter of the week curriculum, you do not need to download the additional resources again. But if this is the first one you are trying, please download this supplemental document.
It accompanies every letter and only needs to be downloaded once. It can be used for each letter pack. Each activity in the additional resources are designed to be review games and activities as your child learns each letter.
That’s it! This is everything you need to complete our free, simple and engaging Letter of the Week Preschool Curriculum for Letter R! Please don’t hesitate to reach out with any questions that you may have as you go through all of the information.
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