Sound-Loaded Books

Initial J/j Books	Author
Five Little Monkeys Jumping on the Bed	Eileen Christelow
In a Jar	Deborah Marcero
Jay Jay the Jet Plane (Series)	Porchlight Entertainment
Jazzy in the Jungle	Lucy Cousins
Jingle Jungle Jingle Bells	Salina Yoon
Jump, Frog, Jump!	Robert Kalan
Juna's Jar	Jane Bahk
Memory Jars	Vera Brosgol
The Giant Jellybean Jar	Marcie Aboff
Who Took the Cookie From the Cookie Jar?	David Carter

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Activities & Snacks

Activities:

Create a “job center” let children dress-up as various professionals.
Do some jumping jacks!
Go jogging!
Jump rope!
Learn to juggle!
Make a book about animals that live in the jungle.
Make jack-o-lanterns…. from pumpkins or construction paper!
Make jello!
Make little pillows with ‘j’ words on them and jump from pillow to pillow!
Play jacks.
Put pictures of students or characters from favorite stories with ‘j’ names into a cookie jar. Pass the cookie jar around and let each student take a picture out of the jar while chanting “Who Took the Cookie…”
Tell jokes!
Play on a jungle gym
Play “Jack be Nimble” and jump over objects that begin with the letter ‘j’
Make the letter ‘j’ with “wikki sticks”
Develop a “Jiggle, Jamming” Obstacle Course

1) Jog to the gym and practice the /j/ sound… j, j, j.

2) Jump like a jumping jack and practice the /j/ sound… j, j, j.

3) Jingle your body and practice the /j/ sound… j, j, j.

4) Juggle pretend letter Js and practice the /j/ sound… j, j, j.

5) Jam to some music and practice the /j/ sound… j, j, j.

6) Just stop… j—-

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