* Here is an idea for the letter V.  I read the story Growing Vegetable
 Soup to the children.  Then we make vegetable soup, and have a vegetable
 soup party complete with vegetable hats.  Also, we make vegetables out
 of tissue paper to decorate the room.

* How about glue velvet for v -- there are lots of different types so it could
develop into a tactile experience, too.
 
* velcro--have children try to find places  or objects that velcro will stick
to (I think one side is stickier than another so let them try both and make
some conclusions on their own)  make a chart...stick and no stick  classify
the objects where they belong.
 
* Valentines -- make a card for a valentine--provide lots of collage type
materials and maybe even some heart shaped doillies (sp?) let them deliver it
to someone they love--and let the children deliver them in envelopes.   Our
classes always like envelopes!!!! Sing valentine songs.

* V- give each child a little piece of sticky-back velcro. let them put 
 this on a piece of tagboard or poster board.  do the same to a little 
 cutout of the letter "V" mounted on board as well.  show them how they 
 Velcro the V!  (decorate the boards!)
 
* V- the kids paste the "V" cutout on some pretty paper. if your kids use 
 scissors, encourage them to cut around the letter, to amke an inverted 
 triangle- this is the Vase.  glue the vase onto pretty paper, and use 
 either real flowers collected from outdoors or real flowers your local 
 florist gave you to use. (I promised my florist a finished project to 
 display, with a hand written thank you note from my kids- they traced 
 it). 

* For the letter V, you could cut out pictures of vegetables and let the kids
 glue them on a large V.
 

* "V"- velvet, velcro

 Letter "v"
 
 Body v's-  Show the kids how they might use their bodies to make a letter v.
 Invite them to spread apart their fingers, put their arms together at the
elbows and spread their legs apart.  
 
* Vanilla - Sponser a Vote on Vanilla party,   Set out bitesized samples of
vanilla wafers, vanilla ice cream, vanilla frosting, vanilla pudding, vanilla
milk shake, and vanilla yogurt.  Invite kids to taste each of the treats and
then Vote on their favorite!
 
* Violet Velvet "V" - Use scraps of velvet to glue on the letter v.

* For the letter V there is an adorable story called Verdi (spanish for
green).
 It's about a green tree python. It's by Janell Cannon of Stellalune fame!

* A nice addition to your vegetable soup would be alphabet pasta.
 Sounds yummy! 


* My favorite project that we do every year is for the letter v. Have the
children cut out vases from wallpaper books, or if they are unable to cut
through the paper, use any other kind. Then using the children's thumbs, dip
them in purple paint. By showing them how to manuver their thumbs(they need
to touch) have four thumb prints touch, they become a violet. They can or you
can then take a green thin marker and make the stems.

* For V they can glue on small craps of velvet, and for W they
can glue on pieces of wallpaper.  Sometimes wallpaper stores will give you
their old sample books if you ask.  I had a friend give me a couple about 8
years ago, and I'm still using them! 

*  day 1 - ditto with the letter Vv they colored it and glued on pictures of
vegetables they cut out of magazines
 
 day 2 - made violets with tissue paper and construction paper stems and
leaves and then we used markers to add other things to our picture, (etc.
trees, other flowers, people, grass)
 
 day 3 - vest out of paper bags, the kids decorated it by painting designs on
the front
 
 day 4 - vegetable soup, we made it fresh (all the children  brought in some
and we cooked it, thanks for the recipes it came out great!)  we are also
making a picture of it by coloring and glueing predrawn pictures on to a bowl
outline.