100+ Resources to Teach the Letter “S”

Published:
December 16, 2015

Annette Breedlove

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Annette Breedlove

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Welcome to the 19th installment of our Letter of the Week series. We are just a few letters from the end of the alphabet and I hope you are enjoying this series as much as I am. I just wish I had time to do all the activities and great ideas I find. Today, I’m sharing some resources to help you teach the letter “S” to your kiddos today. This is a fun letter with so many different themes to use, but using these fun printables, activities, crafts, recipes and books can make a tremendous difference in helping kids remember letters and sounds.

Some fun themes you might use to teach the Letter S are sun, summer, spring, spiders, stars, sand, sounds and senses just to name a few. Feel free to pick and choose what works for you and your child’s learning style!
There are so many resources out there it can be overwhelming. Check out these 100+ resources for teaching the letter "S". Including {free} printables, crafts, books, recipes & MORE! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com

FREE Printables:

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Preschool Letter Worksheets: S
Capital Letter S Maze
Lowercase Letter s Maze
Romping & Roaring Letter S Pack
Bible Verse Printables: S is for Servant
S is for Space
Itsy Bitsy Book: Letter S
S is for Sun Dot Sticker Page
Spider Counting Book
Letter S beginning Sounds
Life Cycle of a Spider printable
Types of Spiders Printables
Solar System Learning Pack
Snowflake Alphabet Matching Game
Alphabet Letter S is for Snail
Color by Letter: S

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Star Adventurer Emergent Readers
Soccer Tot & PreK-K Pack
Types of Spiders Coloring Pages
Spring is Here! Tot & PreK-K Printables
Spiders Tot & PreK-K Pack
Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy
Snowy Days Emergent Readers
Spring Coloring Pages
Summer Fun Coloring Pages
St. Patrick’s Day Tot & PreK-K Pack
Soccer Coloring Pages
Letter S Rhymes and Songs Book
I Spy an S
Superhero Worksheets
S is for Star worksheet
Letter S Printable Pack: Sun

Other resources for the letter S:
Summer Time Resources
Winter Activities & Ice SKATING Resources

Crafts:

Letter S Crafts by The Measured Mom
Melted Snowman Painting 
Fine Motor Salt Painting
S is for Squares
S is for Snail
Snowman Ideas
S is for Star
Handprint Swan
S is for Seals
S is for Snake
S is for Swirls

Activities:

5 Letter S Activities
St. Patrick’s Day Preschool Activities
Space Preschool Science Experiments
Letter Hunt in Pretend Snow
Sensory Snow

YouTube Videos:
ABC Letter Sounds P-T by FirstStepReading
Letter “S” Song by ABCMouse.com
The S Song by KidsTV123
The Letter “S” by StoryBots
Learn about the Letter S by Hoopla Kidz

30 Must Read Letter ‘S’ Books:

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You Are My Sunshine by Jimmie Davis
My Five Senses by Aliki
Shake my Sillies Out by Raffi
Sounds All Around by Wendy Pfeffer
Sand Cake by Frank Asch

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The Tiny Seed by Eric Carle
A Perfectly Messed-Up Story by Patrick McDonnell
How to Catch a Star by Oliver Jeffers
Ten Seeds by Ruth Brown
Stella: Star of the Sea by Marie-Louise Gay

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You are (Not) Small by Anna Kang
Seven Blind Mice by Ed Young
The Sneetches and Other Stories by Dr. Seuss
Strega Nona by Tomie dePaola
Spiders are not Insects by Allan Fowler

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Stone Soup by Marcia Brown
Katy and the Big Snow by Virginia Lee Burton
Wake Up, Sun! by David L. Harrison
Scaredy Squirrel by Melanie Watt
Shh! We Have a Plan by Chris Haughton

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Stuck by Oliver Jeffers
Go! Go! Go! Stop! by Charise Mericle Harper
Sleep Like a Tiger by Mary Logue
The Little Mouse, the Red Ripe Strawberry and the Big Hungry Bear by Don Wood
Steam Train, Dream Train by Sherri Duskey Rinker

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Stick and Stone by Beth Ferry
The Skunk by Mac Barnett
Sparky! by Jenny Offill
The Swing by Robert Louis Stevenson
Sonya’s Chickens by Phoebe Wahl

Recipes:

Fruits and Vegetables like strawberries, starfruit, satsuma, sweet potato, sea kale, scallop, shallot, soybeans, spinach, squash, snow peas, snap peas and sweet corn.
Other Letter S snacks include: Skittles, strawberry shortcake, sherbert, Smarties, sour candies, scalloped potatoes, sugar cookies, scrambled eggs, spanish rice, Sprite, spaghetti, spinach salad, salad, smoked sausage, sausage patties, salsa, sub sandwich, sandwiches, scones, sweet tea, swiss cheese, stromboli, sweet tarts, sunflower seeds and stuffing to name a few.
Pizza Dough Snakes
S’mores Snack Mix
Easy Snowman Snack
Snowmen on a Stick
Dr. Seuss Snacks
S is for S’mores
S is for Soldiers
S is for Snazzy Snail Bites
No Bake Snowmen

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Letter a Day activities

Letter Block letters are a great way to fill in with objects that begin with the letter being studied.

Letter of the Week Lesson Plans from Meet Penny.
Sesame Street Alphabet Letter Coloring Pages
Alphabet Coloring Pages

Animal Letter Flash Cards

Beginning Letter Sounds Activity Cards

I Spy Alphabet Slime Recipe
Alphabet Sensory Bin Ideas
Dot Sticker Pages A to Z

Want more ideas? Follow me on Pinterest and check out my Homeschool: Letter Ss board!



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