Today we practiced alliteration.
The backstory is that the other day, DH saw SP throwing stuff and said, "Don't toss toys at Tucky! even if it does rhyme."
I wheeled around, eyes blazing and demanded, "It WHAT?"
"Toss toys at Tucky. it rhymes." DH asserted absently.
"It does NOT rhyme. It's alliteration. I may be permissive about some things but do NOT teach our daughter inaccurate linguistic terms! Alliteration!" I huffed.
So I got to thinking about alliteration and language and vocabulary and books like Dr. Seuss' ABC that utilize alliteration to create rhythm in the text. I developed a minilesson on it and a worksheet. Today we did it and my oh my did we have a wonderful time!
Kids produced original sentences like:
"The lollipop laughed when the lamb sat in its lap"
"I like little lambs."
"Lou lights a lamp."
"Lila licks a lollipop and likes lemons."
We switched to the letter "A" because my leader's name began with "A". They made up things such as:
"Abel and Anna are acting like apes."
"Alice and Annabel ate apples and alligators every April."
"In August an animal ate an apple."
We had a blast. All the way to PE we said things like "Line up by the lightswitch and listen." and giggled over them. A kiddo said "I just cannot quit doing alliterations! Alliterations are amazing hahahha I did it again!!!!"
Now, some pics from recent SP shenanigans to add to the Friday happiness:
Asleep in her crib, straight out of the car and still in her jacket!
Enjoying the greatest gift of all...a roll of paper towels.
Making a dubious snurly face while eating ham. 
7 comments:
Fun post. Love the photos.
I was startled by the changes, but will persevere...... hanging tough, making due, not cringing nor shrieking over new-ness.....
Where was I? Oh right, alliteration! One of my all time faves.
Really, routinely, and religiously.
Julie
(who also had very high standards regarding her children's education)
I adore alliteration! And your kids came up with some good ones.
Thank you for the pictures of SP -- she continues to exude adorableness and charm!
Julie, I shudder over the changes, too but i am attempting to monetize and needed a layout that cooperated with the html ads. :)
We are going to do alliteration with a letter of the day for the rest of the month. It will be a blast!
She's adorable! Alliteration is funz!
How fabulously, fantasticly fun! :) I like alliteration, too.
And the changes also startled me, but I like it. I find it easier to read this way.
And the Pea is, as always, absolutely adorable! (Ha, I did it again, too!)
I LOVE SP photos. I love all animal and child pics from my friends.
She's getting so big!!
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