Letter of the Week – Letter T

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T is for the trains and trees this week as we continue our Letter of the Week Series with Letter T!

Each week for 26 weeks I created a new printable activity pack all about the focus letter of the week. The corresponding posts include book lists, a list of animals that start with the letter of the week and play ideas or activities relating to each letter.

If you’re just joining us, make sure to check out the other posts in this series on our Letter of the Week Page.

 

Letter T Notebook

The Letter T Notebook includes:

• Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Mazes
• Dot-to-dots
• Circle the letter T’s page
• T is for train and top hat Crafts with cut out templates
• Coloring Pages
• Do-a-Dot Pages
• 3 Types of Puzzles

 

 

Letter T Book List

Freight Train by Donald Crews

This story follows a train and all its colorful cars on its journey down the tracks.

 

Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue

The little girl doesn’t want to go to sleep, so she wonders, “Does everything go to sleep?” As she goes through her bedtime routine she thinks about how the animal kingdom sleeps.

 

Tikki Tikki Tembo by Arlene Mosel

This story is a twist on an old Chinese folktale featuring a boy with a really, really long name that children will enjoy trying to say.

 

The Adventures of Taxi Dog by Debra Barracca

This rhyming and colorful children’s book is a story of two lonely souls finding each other; a taxicab driver and a homeless dog.

 

Triangle (Shape Trilogy) by Mac Barnett

This clever and funny book is about a sneaky triangle. It provides interesting reading while reinforcing shape recognition in young kiddos.

 

Twinkle Twinkle Little Star, I know Exactly What You Are by Julia Kregenow

This beautifully illustrated book combines the classic nursery rhyme Twinkle Twinkle Little Star with astronomy facts.

 

Letter T Animals

Tiger

Tiger Facts and Photos San Diego Zoo Kids

Live Tiger Cam San Diego Zoo kids

Tiger Facts and Photos from the National Zoo

 

Tasmanian Devil

Tasmanian Devil facts & photos St. Louis Zoo

A Misunderstood Marsupial – Tasmanian Devil San Diego Zoo Kids

 

Toucan

Toucan facts & photos San Diego Zoo Kids

 

Tarantula

Tarantual facts & photos San Diego Zoo Kids

 

Letter T Play Ideas

Build a Train Track

There are so many frugal ways to build a train track and even a play train. Below are a few ways we’ve tried at home with frugal or recycled materials.

Use an empty soda sleeve to make a train. We made the one below by wrapping it in construction paper and adding colored circles to the side. Then, we added a toilet paper roll to the handle opening in the top to make a stack. Then, my daughter used cut strips of paper to make a train track by gluing them onto recycled cardboard.

 

 

Another easy way to make a train track is to grab a roll of masking tape and “build” a train track directly on the carpet. Rip off short pieces of tape and lay them down parallel to each other around the floor in whatever pattern you want your track to take. Then, provide some toy trains for your child to drive on the tracks. Or make your own from cardboard boxes.

 

Letter T Sensory Play Ideas

Try any of these fun Letter T sensory play ideas this week.

• Paint with a toothbrush
• Set up a tractor sensory bin with toy tractors for your child to push around dirt or mud
• Play with orange and black “tiger” playdough
• Make a tiger sensory bin using toy tigers, toy trees (or toilet paper tubes), and one of these, or a mixture, as bases:
  • Orange and black strips of construction paper
  • Dry black beans and red lentils (they look orange)
  • Orange and black pompoms

 

Have fun learning about Letter T this week!

Heidi