•O Necklaces
Have the children string Cheerios on yarn or string. Be sure you knot 
the one
end before they start stringing their necklace to prevent the O's from 
falling
off.

•O Button Pictures
Give each child a handful of buttons or O-shaped cereal to glue to a 
paper in
the shape of an O. Encourage the children to use their imaginations to 
create
a picture around the O, using the letter as part of the design. Example, 
the
outline of a face.

•Duck, Duck, Goose
Sit in a circle (the letter O) and play the game of Duck, Duck, Goose.

•Boiled Octopus
Take a hot dog and cut a + from each end towards the center. DO NOT cut
completely to the center. Place the cut hot dog into boiling water for a
minute or two and the ends will curl up and the hot dog will resemble an
Octopus.


* Try using Oatmeal either on a table and have the children use little
cars to zoom  Over the road.... Or in your sand table for another tactile
experience.


* Monday: colored the big and little letter Oo on a ditto and glued on
cheeriOs.
Tuesday: made an octopus, gave the kids the head and body and they added on
eight different colored legs.
Wednesday:we made an owl, had outline of body, the kids glued on cupcake
liners for eyes and triangles for nose and mouth
Thursday: we painted with orange paint and used cups and film canister
dipped
in paint to make O's on paper
Friday:  an orange ostrich made from two ovals and pieces of string


* Here are some of the things my kindergarteners did during Oo week:

We made an octopus.  We traced and cut out a 9 inch circle from
construction paper.  Then I had them count 8 strips of 1"X12" colorful
construction paper.  They glued them onto the circle and then decorated it
using other art materials.  They wrote the number 8 on each tentacle.

We talked about the meaning of octopus, octagon, and octet ( a group of 8
singers).

We learned about opposites.

I made two simple bird puppets out of felt.  Each had a pocket in the front
to hold opposites cards.  We used this poem from Mailbox magazine...

Two little birds play an opposite game.
Empty and full were the little birds names.
Fly away empty
Fly away full
Come back empty 
Come back full.

We substituted different opposite cards each time we said the poem.
(I hope this made sense!)