Alphabet activities: The letter G

Goofy green letter G goggles. Author's Photo.

Last time, we had fun with the letter F. Now let's look at the letter G. Be sure to check the photo album at the bottom of the page for pictures of letter G activities.

Letter G activity options:

- Words that begin with G include goldfish, guppies, green, garbage, gobble, glue, glitter, grass, garlic, glove, goggles, grandparent, garden, grill, gourmet and galoshes. For a hard G sound, there is geography, giraffe and ginger. Talk about these words.

- Make a letter G out of glue and glitter.

- Build a letter G out of grapes and toothpicks. 

- Draw a G, cover it in glue and sprinkle dry grits on top.

- Make a golden G. On a piece of cardboard or another sturdy material, use dry pasta and glue to make a G shape. Allow to dry completely and then spray the entire sheet gold. Decorate with rhinestones.

- G is for grouch, green and garbage. Make Oscar the Grouch's garbage can from a recycled fast food cup or toilet paper roll. Cover the cup in aluminum foil and draw vertical lines on it with a permanent marker. Glue tiny paper wads on the can in the shape of a G. Optionally, use a printable Oscar the Grouch template, cut him out and put him in the can.

- Use Sillycone trays to make green, G-shaped sidewalk chalk or crayons.

- Take grass clippings and make a letter G on the sidewalk.

- Try some of the free, printable letter G activities from DLTK. There are letter templates, printable books, toilet paper roll crafts and other projects.

- Eat letter G foods such as grits, green beans, granola, grapes, guacamole, grapefruit, gravy, grilled cheese, gingerbread and gingerale.

- Find letter G songs and rhymes at Everything Preschool and DLTK.

- Take a field trip to a garden, garage or to the zoo to see a grizzly bear.

- Check your library for Green Eggs and Ham, Gossie and Gertie or Goodnight Moon.

- Incorporate geography by teaching kids about letter G locations such as Greenland, Ghana, Greece, Germany, Guyana and Guadeloupe.

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