Sound-Loaded Books

Initial Th/th Books Author
A Little Thankful Spot Diane Alber
A Thank You Walk Nancy Loewen
Hugo and the Impossible Thing Renee Felice Smith & Chris Gabriel
My Tooth Is LOST! Drew Daywalt
Oh, The Things you Can Think! Dr. Seuss
Thank You, Omu! Oge Mora
Thank You, Earth: A Love Letter to Our Planet April Pulley Sayre
Thank You, Mr. Panda Steve Antony
Thankful Elaine Vickers
Thanks For Nothing Ryan Higgins
That’s Good! That’s Bad! Margery Cuyler
The Important Book Margaret Wise-Brown
The Most Magnificent Thing Ashley Spires
The Thank You Book Mary Lyn Ray
The Thank You Book Mo Willems
Thelma the Unicorn Aaron Blabey
Theo TheSaurus: The Dinosaur Who Loved Big Words Shelli R. Johannes
Thunder Boy Jr. Sherman Alexie
Thunder Cake Patricia Polacco
Final th Books Author
A Tooth Story Margartet McNamara
Bear's Loose Tooth Karma Wilson
Dog Breath: The Horrible Trouble with Hally Tosis Dav Pilkey
Earth Day, Birthday! Maureen Wright
Grandpa's Teeth Rod Clement
Here Comes the Tooth Fairy Cat Deborah Underwood
How to Trick the Tooth Fairy Erin Danielle Russell
How to Wash a Woolly Mammoth Michelle Robinson
It's Earth Day! (Little Critter) Mercer Mayer
Love Our Earth Cabrera Jane
Mindful Mr. Sloth Katy Hudson
Our Earth Anne Rockwell
Pete the Cat and the Lost Tooth James Dean
President Taft Is Stuck in the Bath Mac Barnett
Sloth and Squirrel in a Pickle Cathy Ballou Mealey
Sloth to the Rescue Leanne Shirtliffe
Sloth Wasn't Sleepy Kate Messner
The Path Bob Staake
The Pigeon Needs a Bath! Mo Willems
The Sloth Who Slowed Us Down Margaret Wild
Tooth By Tooth Sara Levine
What if you had Animal Teeth? Sandra Markle

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Activities & Snacks

Activities:

  • Have children take turns pretending to be “Thing 1” and “Thing 2”.  Hide objects that begin (or end) with the /th/ sound and let “Thing 1” and “Thing 2” go on a /th/ hunt.
  • Make false teeth out of marshmallows
  • Make thumb print pictures 
  • Make the letters ‘th’ with thread!
  • Write the letters ‘th’ in something thick (e.g., pudding,  yogurt, toothpaste)
  • Write the letters ‘th’ in something thin (e.g., juice, colored water)

Snacks:

  • Don’t forget to say, “Thank you”
  • Make thick & thin shakes on Thursday!
  • Make thick and thin sandwiches
  • Thick (Cool Whip), Thicker (Carmel Sauce) & Thickest (Peanut Butter)
  • Thin Mints!
  • Thistles (pretzel sticks)
  • Thorns (candy corn)
  • When you are thirsty, drink hot chocolate from a thermos!
  • Thumb print cookies
  • Wheat thins