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Alphabet Letter Y Yarn Theme Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets

Alphabet Letter Y Yarn Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets

What is yarn?

A strand of twisted fibers made from silk, cotton, wool, or other materials used for sewing, crocheting, weaving, knitting or weaving.

The most common plant fiber is cotton, spun into fine yarn to make cloth.

The most commonly used animal yarn [fiber] is wool harvested from sheep. Mohair and cashmere wool are harvested from goats. More rarely, yarn is spun from the alpaca, angora rabbit, yak, and other animals.

Source: Yarn @ Wikipedia.org

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Activities > Alphabet Letter Y is for Yarn

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

Finger and Pencil Tracing: Trace letter Y'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 (first presentation) or handwriting practice worksheet.

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 Y's: Have the children find all the letter Y'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 worksheet. Provide some yarn strands to paste on the worksheet. Use yellow which also starts with letter Y.

Ages 3+:

Letter Y words (initial consonant sound): Letter Y Worksheet and Mini Book > These materials can be used to reinforce letter practice and to identify related letter Y words. Read suggested instructions for using the worksheet and mini-book.

Display other Y posters and coloring pages or even make a letter Y classroom book using coloring images or color posters. Visit letter Y printable activities to make your choice.

Letter Y Word Search & Handwriting Practice: The four word search game features a ball of yarn and letter Y words with pictures and handwriting practice.

Advanced independent handwriting practice:

1. Print your choice of printable lined-paper and encourage children to draw depiction of yarn on the back of the paper after handwriting practice.

2. Drawing and writing paper Encourage children to draw depiction of yarn and practice letter Yy or letter Y words. Idea: A yawning yak playing with yellow yarn.

Complimentary activities:

Craft activity > Cat or Kitten Holding Yarn at dltk-kids.com
An adorable printable craft of a cat or kitten holding a yarn ball with knitting sticks. Glue or paste some real yarn on the yarn ball.