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Letter "Oo" Recognition Craft Projects We spend one week reinforcing each letter with crafts and activities after it is introduced. "Oo" Octopus Hats Paint child's hand and four fingers and make two prints together to make an Octopus. I love these sticker eyes we got from Discount School Supply. We have previously used wiggle eyes but you can also draw them on. "Oo" is for Owl For this cute little owl we used 3 different sized circles in 3 different shades of brown. The children cut out the circles and glued them together as shown with precut ears and feet. We used real feathers for wings but you could make the feathers out of paper if you don't have them. "Oo" is for Orange Ovals We cut these ovals out of orange construction paper but you can also have the children draw them on. Here are some other ideas for collaging with letter O, Orange prints, cut a small orange in half and use orange paint to stamp prints all over the page. Use an electronic cutter (Cricut) or find things in magazines that start with O. Oatmeal. Get The letter Oo Template here... First-School Letter Oo page Carl's Corner Letter O - This comes with a sheet to color, cut, and paste to the letter. "Oo" is for Octopus and Ocean Stamp with sponge paint O's to make the ocean. Paint child's hand and four fingers and make two prints together to make an Octopus coming out of the ocean. We glued on wiggle eyes but you can also draw them on. Letter O & Octogon Sponge Painting Invest in some Alphabet and misc. sponges for crafts like this. They are about $2 or $3 per bag at Walmart. Also available from school supply stores. We use ours to make a page like this for every letter we are learning from September through May. Parents are encouraged to take them home and post them where the child can see and practice every day. When we finish the entire alphabet they can make them into a book or put them into a binder. Artistic "Oo" Pour different colors of tempera paint into pie tins or paper plates. Set out construction or art paper and several round objects that can be dipped in paint (example:cups, mugs, paper towel tubes, straws, plastic bottles and caps). Invite children to carefully dip the objects into the paint and press them onto their papers to create prints. They can overlap the O's, spread them around the page, use complimentary colors, make "O" creatures, or do anything they wish to create their own original works of art. Group Time Activity Long or Short? O Invite children to listen for the sounds of long and short o. Tell children you will be saying several words and they will tell you whether it begins with the short o sound, as in otter, or the long o sound, as in ocean. For short o, have children clap their hands; for long o, have them stomp their feet. Say words such as often, oval, over, olive, octopus, oak, open, on, ocean and office. Submit Crafts & Activities If you would like to share your craft projects, ideas, or child related articles please send them to: admin@cereschildcare.com with your name(optional) so that we can give you proper credit. If you have images to go with your submission, please attach them to the same email. Back to Themes, Crafts, and Activities Back to Themes, Crafts, and Activities Email Sheril! Return to Ceres Childcare & Preschool