Phoneme: /b/
Transition Song: Bouncy Bouncy Bouncy
Materials: small cardboard box, 12" balloons, laminated letter B
Vocabulary and Basic Concepts: big/little, breath, blow, box, counting to 5+, high/low, big, bigger, biggest, bounce, hands, feet, predict(ing).
Pre-literacy: It was our last week with letter B. Miss Carrie had the kids teach her how to draw the letter B.
Miss Carrie brought out a little box. She had something in the box. She said it was little but it would get bigger. Miss Carrie shook the box and everyone took turns predicting what was in the box. It was balloons! Miss Carrie asked "How many breaths will it take to blow up the balloon?" Everyone predicted 1, 2, 5, 10, 1000! Everyone counted while Miss Carrie blew up the balloon. 1-2-3-4-5! Is this big enough. Miss Carrie tied the balloon and then brought out another balloon. Everyone predicted how many breaths to blow up the balloon. This time it took 6 breaths. Is it bigger than the first balloon? Yes. Miss Carrie brought out a third balloon. Everyone guessed how many breaths it would take to blow up the balloon. This time it took 7 breaths. Is this balloon bigger than the other balloons? It was the biggest balloon!
Next came the fun part. Miss Carrie bounced the balloons in the air and everyone could bounce the balloons with their hands. Miss Carrie reminded everyone to stay on their pockets so they didn't crash into their friends. Everyone experimented with blowing on the balloons. Did they move? When this activity was over, Miss Carrie took the balloons outside to pop them (because some kids might be scared of the loud popping noise.)
