85+ Resources for Teaching the Letter “Z”

Published:
February 10, 2016

Annette Breedlove

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Annette Breedlove

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EEEK!!! Welcome to the 26th installment of our Letter of the Week series. Can you believe this is the last week in our Letter of the Week series? I hope you all have enjoyed them as much as I have and found them helpful in planning your school days/weeks. Today I’m sharing some resources to help you teach the letter “Z” to your kiddos today. While this letter might not have an abundance of themes to choose from, I do think there are some super cute crafts and snacks to make the week a rousing success.
Teaching the letter Z can be difficult. but with these {free} printables, crafts, activities, books, songs and recipes it can be easy and FUN! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com
Some fun themes you might use to teach the Letter Z are zoo, zebras, zoom, zany and zippers just to name a few. Feel free to pick and choose from this what works for you and your child’s learning style!

FREE Printables:

Teaching the letter Z can be difficult. but with these {free} printables, crafts, activities, books, songs and recipes it can be easy and FUN! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com
Preschool Letter Worksheets: Z
Capital Letter Z Maze
Lowercase Letter z Maze
Romping & Roaring Letter Z Pack
Bible Verse Printables: Z is for zeal
Color by Letter: U-Z
Rhymes & Songs for Letter Z
Letter Z Worksheets
Dot-to-Dot A-Z Zebra
Z is for Zoo Animals
Z is for Zebra Dot Sticker Page
Get Ready for Reading: All About the Letter Z
Letter Z Printable Pack
Find the Letter Z: Fuzzy Wuzzy
Itsy Bitsy Book: Letter Z
Letter of the Week: Letter Z

Teaching the letter Z can be difficult. but with these {free} printables, crafts, activities, books, songs and recipes it can be easy and FUN! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com
Going to the Zoo Tot & PreK-K Pack
Going to the Zoo Emergent Readers
Going to the Zoo Coloring Pages
Color by Letter: Z
The Zebra Song
Zippity Zoo Song printable
Z is for Zoo
Letter Z Maze
Find the Letter Z is for Zoo
Writing the Letter Z
All About the Zoo Preschool Printable
Things that Start with the Letter Z
Letter Z Coloring Pages
Sing with me through the ABC’s: Z Pack
Writing Lowercase Z worksheet
Beginning Sounds Coloring: Sounds like Zipper

Crafts:

Letter Z Crafts by The Measured Mom
Z is for Zebra handprint
Footprint Zebra
Paper Plate Zebra
Z is for Zinnia
Z is for Zoo
Z is for Zipper
Z is for Zebra
Put Me in the Zoo craft

Activities:

Z is for Zoo: Graphing for Preschoolers
Zipper Board
Z is for Zoom
Zips Fine Motor Activities
Letter Z Basket
Z is for Zoo: Science Series
Zig Zag Playdough
Z is for Zig-Zag Track

YouTube Videos:
ABC Letter Sounds U-Z by FirstStepReading
Letter “Z” Song by ABCMouse.com
The Letter Z: I’ll be with Z by StoryBots
Learn about the Letter Z by Hoopla Kidz

25 Must Read Letter ‘Z’ Books:

Teaching the letter Z can be difficult. but with these {free} printables, crafts, activities, books, songs and recipes it can be easy and FUN! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com
Put me in the Zoo by Robert Lopshire
If I Ran the Zoo by Dr. Seuss
Inside a Zoo in the City by Alyssa Satin Capucilli
Two at the Zoo by Danna Smith
Zorro Gets an Outfit by Carter Goodrich

Teaching the letter Z can be difficult. but with these {free} printables, crafts, activities, books, songs and recipes it can be easy and FUN! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com
Zero the Hero by Joan Holub
We Got my Brother at the Zoo by Ann Hassett
The Story of Zacchaeus by Alice Joyce Davidson
Zoomer by Ned Young
Zero is the Leaves on the Trees by Betsy Franco

Teaching the letter Z can be difficult. but with these {free} printables, crafts, activities, books, songs and recipes it can be easy and FUN! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com
Animal Strike at the Zoo by Karma Wilson
If Anything Ever Goes Wrong at the Zoo by Mary Jean Hendrick
A Sick Day for Amos McGee by Philip C. Stead
Zero by Kathryn Otoshi
Less than Zero by Stuart J. Murphy

Teaching the letter Z can be difficult. but with these {free} printables, crafts, activities, books, songs and recipes it can be easy and FUN! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com
Zoom! Zoom! Zoom! I’m Off to the Moon by Dan Yaccarino
Zoo-Looking by Mem Fox
The View at the Zoo by Kathleen Long Bostrom
Zebras by Catherine Ipcizade
Zoo by Gail Gibbons

Teaching the letter Z can be difficult. but with these {free} printables, crafts, activities, books, songs and recipes it can be easy and FUN! :: www.homeschoolgiveaways.com
On Beyond Zebra! by Dr. Seuss
Dear Zoo by Rod Campbell
Zoom, Zoom, Baby! by Karen Katz
Z is for Moose by Kelly Bingham
1, 2, 3 to the Zoo by Eric Carle

Recipes:

Fruits and Vegetables like zucchini, zhe fruit, zig zag vine fruit, zinfandel grapes, Ziziphus, zalacca, zambo, zapote, zombi apple, zubrovka and zulu nut.
Other Letter Z snacks include: zebra snacks, Zero candy bars, Zingz crackers, Zingers snack cakes, Zesta saltine crackers.
Parmesan Garlic Zucchini Strips
Zany Zucchini Muffins
Zesty Zucchini Boats
Zoo Snack

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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 Zz board!



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