The Letter Bb

Pratt's Educational Resources
Alphabet Theme (Including other ABC's ideas, links, printables, etc.)

There are activities and printables listed under various subjects.

ARTS & CRAFTS
Binoculars

DRAMATIC PLAY

Blanket

Game
Blanket Food Fun

LANGUAGE ARTS
Alphabet Theme: Practice Writing Letters and other letter practice, and links
Basket
Color the objects that begin with B blue @ Oley School
Letter Bb @ Parenting Preschoolers Pictures of: bear, bat, balloon, baby, and basket.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Ball
Music
Song: Take Me Out To The Ball Game - words & lyrics

Ball Games & Physical Education
Games Kids Play - Baby in the Air
Games Kids Play: Ball Games
GamesCentralStation: Ball Games
Fun Attic: Ball Games
Learn to juggle with three balls!

"Bb" Ball Game
Roll the ball to the child and say: What word starts with the letter "B"?  Have them roll it back to you.

Guess the "Ball Game"
Have the child pretend to be playing a certain ball game (basketball, baseball, golf, soccer, tennis, etc. Guess what type of ball game is being played.

Bowling

Bowl using plastic bowling balls & pins (or empty plastic juice bottles and a ball) or go to a bowling alley.

Printables
Free Worksheets.com - Counting Balls

See online activities.

Button
Activity Idea Place: Buttons
Games Kids Play - Hide the Button I use to play this with whatever object in the room; great for recalling what is in the room.

Button Button, Who Has The Button?
This is played with more than three people.  Sit in a circle on the floor.  Pass the button (make sure you don’t let anyone see you have it) to another person’s cup shaped hands.  The person drops it in someone's hands.  At the end say, "Button button, who has the button?".  Each person needs to tell you if they have the button when they are asked the question.

This is a great lesson on honesty.

SCIENCE
ABC's of Animals: B
Balloon
Barn
Beach
Boat
Body
Bones
Bridge
Building

Brachiosaurus
Brachiosaurus Dinosaur Coloring Page

Bus
Color Theme: B Colors

Food: Bread, Buns
Fruits Banana, blueberry,

Homepreschool.com Free Samples
Object Page, a large letter B, and a movable bear

B (My Body) Science Activities
B (My Body) P.E. Activities

SNACKING
ABC's of Snacking

SOCIAL STUDIES
A to Z Countries Theme

Locate one or all of these countries on a map or globe: Belgium, and Brazil.  Talk about the country.
Music: See the lyrics from these countries at Mama Lisa's World: Children's Songs and Rhymes of All Nations.

Liberty Bell

Other Resources

Bed


Birthday
Little Critter's the Best Present by Mercer Mayer
The Emperor Who Forgot His Birthday by Jim Edmiston

Bus / School Bus
Back to School Bus Frame @ Wrights You can use the pattern to make a school bus.

"B" Games
"B" Concentration Game
Option #1
Use the pictures located here and bears (under "Bear Game") to view links of the objects.  You can use the pictures located at Homepreschool.com: Beginning Sound Pictures (Object Page) A book, ball, bird, banana, bell, bear, balloon, boy, and bat for this game.  Make 2 copies of each. Color (or you don't have to) the pictures and cut them out.  Cut the amount you need of construction paper (blue, brown, or black) to be 1 1/2 x 2 1/2".  Glue the picture on one side of the paper.  Write the word near the picture.  Laminate or cover with clear contact paper.

How to play:  Have the child turn two cards over and match the same picture.  Say the name of the object.  If the child does not get a match, turn the cards back over.  Repeat the process until all of the cards have matching pairs.

Option #2:  Have the child close his/her eyes and spell the word (if the child reads).

Option #3: Do the above options but write the word in a foreign language (near the picture) or you can write two languages (native on the top and foreign on the bottom) of the picture.

Here are the words in Spanish for the "Beginning Sound Pictures":
book - libro, ball - pelota, bird - pájaro, banana - plátano, bell - campana, bear - oso, balloon - globo, boy - niño, and bat - bate

Free Time
Play with: body, birds, butterflies, or other "B" puzzles
Online B Games

"Bb" Book
Follow the instructions at Letter Book if you want to make a book.
I used a blue piece of paper and a glued blue and brown piece of yarn for the upper and lower case letters.

Page 1: On the top left hand side write, "Bb".  Use the pictures from Billybear4kids.com: Print Animals Worksheets and Teacher Created Material: Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? (pdf), stickers or pictures from ads or magazines of butterflies, bears, berries, birds, bee, "B" dinosaurs, bats (TeachNow.comunder "Free Pattern Archives" has bat patterns-you need to be a member to download them), etc.
Label the pictures.

Page 2:  Water Color Brown Bear
Page 3:  Bone Craft

 
Online "B" Activities
Alphabet Match: B - akidsheart
The Animated Alphabet - B: akidsheart
I Spy The Alphabet - The Letter B
Initial Consonants - Bb
Final Consonants - b

Jack and the Beanstalk Story @ BBC
The Amazing Body
Breakfast Story @ kidzclub
Food Art
Let's Make Breakfast

Baboons Jigsaw Puzzle

Ball
Elephant Ball (Oh The Places You'll Go) @ Seussville
KD: Basketball Online Games
NFL Kids Zone - Football Games for Kids

Balloon

Bear

Bed
Ten In The Bed @ kidzclub

Bread and Bear
Baking Bread Story ( Bear) @ kidzclub

Bones

Bubbles
Bubble Trouble @ Disney Recess

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