Alphabet > Letter P · Animals > Endangered > Mammals > Bears > Giant Panda [en español]
Holidays > Jan or Feb > Chinese New Year - Jun > Zoo & Aquarium Month - Dec 27th > Visit the Zoo Day

First-School.ws
Alphabet Letter P Panda Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets

Review panda themed printable activities and crafts that compliment this lesson plan.

Alphabet Activities > Letter P is for Panda

Present and display your option of activities listed in the materials column.

Finger and Pencil Tracing: Trace letter P's in upper and lower case with your finger as you also sound out the letter. Invite the children to do the same on their coloring page.

Encourage the children to trace the dotted letters, and demonstrate the direction of the arrows and numbers that help them trace the letter correctly. During the demonstration, you may want to count out loud as you trace so children become aware of how the number order aids them in the writing process.

Find the letter P's: Have the children find all the letter P's in upper and lower case on the page and encourage them to circle or trace/shade them first.

Coloring activity: Encourage the children to color the image in the coloring page or worksheet. The gray areas indicate to color black.

Letter P words: Letter P Worksheet and Mini-Book: These materials can be used to reinforce letter practice and to identify related P words. Read suggested instructions for using the worksheet and mini-book.

Discuss other letter P words and images found in the worksheet. You can also display other P posters and coloring pages or even make a letter P classroom book using coloring images or color posters. Visit letter P printable activities to make your choice.

Letter P Word Search & Handwriting Practice > The word search game features a panda and letter P words with pictures and handwriting practice.

Advanced independent handwriting practice:

Print your choice of printable lined-paper and encourage children to draw a giant panda behind the page or print a panda coloring page to color after writing practice.
Drawing and writing paper: Encourage children to draw and color a panda and write letter.