Materials
6 cups sliced strawberries
2 cups ice
3 cups orange juice
small paper cups
blender (adult only)
straws (various colors)
basket
white construction paper 8 1/2 " x 11"
child-safe scissors
crayons
felt pens
pastels
glue
Instructions
On each index card, paste a colored picture of an object. Be sure that
each object's name starts with a different letter of the alphabet. Write
the first letter of each object's name on the back of its card.
What To Do
1. Ask the children if they have ever received a letter or package in the
mail. Ask the children how the mail carrier knew to deliver their mail
or packages to them.
2. Show the children the alphabet mail and mailboxes. Explain that each
picture is addressed to a specific mailbox. Point out the letters on the
mailboxes, as well as the letters on the backs of the cards. With the
children, identify the objects on the fronts of the cards, and explain
that the letters on the backs of the cards are the first letters in the
objects' names.
3. Give each child a few cards in a "mail" bag and invite the children
to take turns being mail carriers who deliver the letters to the correct
mailboxes.
S o n g
The Mail Carrier by Kristen Peters (Tune "Are You Sleeping?)
There's the mail carrier.
There's the mail carrier.
Mail for me?
Mail for me?
Is it a postcard,
Or a box or letter.
What can it be?
What can it be?
Assessment
To assess the children's learning, consider the following:
l Do the children have a basic understanding of how the postal system works?
l Can the children put the mail in the correct mailboxes?
