E is for...

E is for...[focus on short /e/ sound]

Henrietta's Basket:  envelope (with letter inside)

Be My Echo:  Elmo, elevator, emperor,

Flannel Board: E-I-E-I-O
(sung to Old McDonald)

Chickens lay eggs,
This we know,
E-I-E-I-O
And from those eggs
Chickens grow
E-I-E-I-O

There's a chicken egg here
And a chicken egg there.
Here an egg, there an egg
Everywhere a chicken egg.

Chickens lay eggs,
This we know,
E-I-E-I-O!

Book:  Where's Tumpty?

Stand-up Song: There's an Elf on the Floor

There's an elf on the floor, on the floor
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor.
Who could ask for any more
Than an elf on the floor?
There's an elf on the floor, on the floor.

*Leg...he isn't very big
*Tummy...he really is funny
*Arm...he doesn't mean any harm
*Face...Oh, what a big disgrace!
*Head...Did you hear what I just said?
*Floor...who could ask for any more?


Rhyme Time Song

Nursery Rhyme:  Humpty Dumpty

Book:  Eggs 1, 2, 3: Who will the babies be?

Enrichment Activities

Humpty Dumpty Puzzle (from Literacy Centers & Activities for Nursery Rhymes, Volume 1, p. 48)

Egg sort (sounds) I filled twelve plastic eggs with six different small objects. Children shake the eggs and find the ones that sound the same.

Practice writing the letter E (Four straight lines)

Lacing Cards