Letter S

Sound-Loaded Books

Initial S/s Books Author
Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What Do You See? Bill Martin Jr. and Eric Carle
I See Summer Charles Ghigna
I Went Walking Sue Williams
Let’s Go Visiting Sue Williams
My Friend is Sad Mo Willems
Silly Sally Audrey Wood
Silly Suzy Goose Petr Horacek
Sophie's Squash Pat Zietlow Miller
Summer Ann Herriges
Summer Sun Risin' W. Nikola-Lisa
The Surprise Zadie Smith
They All Saw A Cat Brendan Wenzel
Way Down in the Deep Blue Sea Jan Peck
We Walk Through the Forest Lisa Ferland
Final s Books Author
Does a Kangaroo Have a Mother, Too? Eric Carle
Fix This Mess! Tedd Arnold
Mouse, Goose, and Mouse Mordicai Gerstein
Mouse's First… (Series) Lauren Thompson
No No Yes Yes Leslie Patricelli
There's a Mouse About The House Richard Fowler
This Is a Whoopsie! Andrew Cangelose
Wheels on the Bus Go Round and Round Child’s Play
Yes Jez Alborough
Yo! Yes? Chris Raschka

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Activities & Snacks

Activities:

  • Make binoculars from two paper towel rolls.  How many objects do you “see” that begin with the /s/ sound.
  • Make some sound soup with objects that begin with the /s/ sound!
  • Play “Simon Says”
  • Enjoy a day in the summer  sunshine!  Wear your swimsuits and play on a Slip ‘n Slid!
  • Wear a silly sombrero!
  • What would you see at the sea?  Sand, sea, seahorse, seals, sand castle and starfish.
  • Silly string!

Snacks:

  • Make ‘s’ shaped pancakes! 
  • Make soup!
  • Make the letter ‘s’ out of Twizzlers or Gummy Worms!
  • Salad
  • Sandwich
  • Soda
  • Soup
  • Sunchips
  • Sunflower seeds
  • Use you senses!  Taste sweet, sour, sticky and salty foods.
  • Read the book: Stone Soup by Heather Forest. Then, make some soup!