Letter D (Dolphin)

Books & Movies

We read a lot of educational books from the library and watched the movie Flipper and Dolphin Tale.

Craft/Art
Paint a Dolphin and play with it (we bought this dolphin, paint and paintbrush at Wal-mart in a little set, you can find them at craft stores too.)

Fun Facts

Dolphins live in school or pods of up to 12 individuals.

Dolphins communicate with each other by clicking, whistling and making other fun sounds.

Dolphins use a blowhole on the top of their heads to breath.

Game/Activity

Watch D is for Dolphin on U-Tube here.

Help your child feed fish to the Dolphin on Nick Jr. here. 

Printables
Coloring Page (8x10)

 Flash Cards (4x6)

Tracing Page (8x10) 

Snack
Jello Aquariums and other Ocean Snacks 

Dolphin Crackers

Banquet brand Ocean shaped chicken nuggets

Songs
Dolphin Family Song
Sung to: "Adams Family Tune"

When they get into the notion

they jump out of the ocean

with tail fluke locomotion, 

The dolphin family

swim in the sea, eee eee

swim in the sea, eee eee

swim in the sea

live in a pod

swim in the sea, eee eee

I bet you din't suppose

their blow hole was their nose

and in and out the air goes

The dolphin family

swim in the sea, eee eee

swim in the sea, eee eee

Swim in the sea, 

live in a pod

swim in the sea, eee eee

Tips for Teaching Letter D
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Theme of the Week

This week we talked about different Ecosystems. We didn't really go into a lot of detail about what an ecosystem is but we talked about the different places animals live.  We specifically focused on the letter and animals we have already learned...this was a great way to review letters A-D.  We talked about how:
Alligators live in swaps
Bears live in mountains/caves
Camels live in deserts
Dolphins live in the ocean