Letter of the Week – Letter Y

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Y is for yellow, yawn, and yo-yo this week as we continue our Letter of the Week Series with Letter Y!

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 Y Notebook

The Letter Y Notebook includes:

• Uppercase & Lowercase Letter Mazes
• Dot-to-dots
• Circle the letter Y’s page
• Y is for Yarn & Yo-Yo Crafts with cut out templates
• Coloring Pages
• Do-a-Dot Pages
• 3 Types of Puzzles

 

 

Letter Y Book List

Yoko’s Paper Cranes by Rosemary Wells

After Yoko moves to America she and her grandparents send letters back and forth. And, Yoko even includes a few paper cranes.

 

Little Blue and Little Yellow by Leo Lionni

Little Blue and Little Yellow are great friends who find out after a hug that they turn green!

 

Extra Yarn by Mac Barnett

Anabelle finds a box of colorful yarn that soon brightens up her dreary winter day.

 

Yawn by Sally Symes

This cute rhyming book shows how easy it is to share a yawn.

 

A Bedtime Yarn by Nicola Winstanley

This bedtime yarn isn’t a story, but an actual ball of yarn! Frankie’s mother gives him one end of a ball of yarn to hold onto, while she holds onto the other, each night at bedtime helping him overcome his fear of the dark.

 

What Can A Lamb Do With a Yam by Zookeeney

This rhyming story helps children to see the fun in trying new foods.

Letter Y Animals

Yak

Domestic Yak Detroit Zoo

Tibetan Yak Alaska Zoo

 

Yabby

What’s a Yabby? National Aquarium

Red Claw Yabby Toronto Zoo

 

Yacare Caiman

Yacare Caiman Connecticut’s Beardsley Zoo

 

Letter Y Sensory Play

Yellow Sensory Bin 

Even if your child already knows their colors a color themed sensory bin is still so much fun! Below are a few ideas for yellow sensory bin bases and fillings.

Yellow-themed sensory bin filling ideas:

• Pasta
• Yellow Rice
• Beans
• Yellow paper scraps
• Pompoms in various shades of yellow
• Yellow water beads
• Sand
• Water with Yellow food coloring added
• Yarn

Add a few of the things below to one of the bases above:

• Yellow counting bears
• Sensory Stars
• Yellow ribbon
• Toy taxis
• Yellow cups, bowls, or measuring cups
• Toy boats
• Yellow sponges
• Play lemons or lemon slices
• Yellow flowers or petals
• Rubber ducks
• Yellow Duplo or Lego bricks

 

 

Playdough

Play with yellow playdough this week. And, try a few of these things for your letter Y week:

• Add a sensory element with a little lemon juice or zest mixed in your dough
• Form the letter Y
• Make yellow stars
• Form playdough into yellow foods like lemons, bananas, or pineapples
• Make a bouquet of yellow flowers
• Give them the challenge to think of something yellow and to make it out of their playdough

 

Yellow Art Station

Set up an art station this week with only yellow art supplies.

Include things like:

• Yellow crayons
• Markers
• Chalk
• Pastels
• Watercolor Paint
• Washable yellow paint

Also, include some yellow artwork as inspiration, like Van Gogh’s Sunflowers. Or, have them create a true still life by setting a bouquet of real or fake flowers near their art supplies that they can paint or draw.

 

Have fun learning about Letter Y this week!

Heidi