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Trace an uppercase letter J onto a piece of orange construction paper. Work with your child to cut it out, along with two small curved pieces for the jaguar’s ears, a small curved piece for the jaguar’s tail, four small rectangles for the jaguar’s legs, and a small circle for the jaguar’s face.

Next, cover the orange letter J with black spots. If using paint, allow it to dry completely before the next step. Help your child arrange all of the orange paper pieces into the shape of a jaguar, and then glue them into place. All that’s left to do is name your jaguar. Maybe Jeff, Jessica, Joe, or Joy?

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Write down several numbers on a sheet of paper, working with a few numbers your child is familiar with and adding one or two challenge numbers. Leave space near each number for your child to add jelly beans.

Pour jelly beans into a bowl or onto a plate. Then ask your child to count out jelly beans to match each number they see on the paper. If your child is up for the added challenge, assign a specific color of jelly bean to each number so your child can practice color recognition, too.

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Begin by printing out our letter J outline from our Letter J Worksheets. Next, have your child pick out one or several paint colors. Ask them to use cotton swabs to fill the letter J outlines with dots of paint. They can experiment with creating larger or smaller dots based on how hard they push down on the cotton swab.

Tip: Add in math practice by counting up the number of dots inside each letter J.

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Cut out a semi circle from a piece of colored construction paper. Use a scissors to trim the straight edge of the semi circle into a scalloped edge. Use a hole punch or scissors to punch holes into each of the scallops. Have your child insert a pipe cleaner into each hole, twisting the end of the pipe cleaner behind the paper to hold it in place. Glue or draw on eyes and create a cute little smile for your jellyfish.

Tip: Add to the jellyfish fun with our free printable jellyfish coloring pages.

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Draw the outline of a letter J onto your paper or card stock. Add a small amount of paint to a paint tray or paper plate. Mix a few drops of water into each paint color to thin it out. Have your child drop a few dollops of paint into the letter J. Then, have them use the straw to gently blow on the watery paint, watching it move across the letter J with each breath. Repeat this process until the letter J is filled with color.

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Print out or draw the outline of an uppercase letter J. Pour some plastic jewels from the craft store into a bowl, and ask your child to fill the letter J with jewels, using glue to hold them in place.

Tip: You can also try filling the letter with small stickers that look like jewels.

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Draw a grid onto a white sheet of paper. Fill in each square on the grid with an uppercase or lowercase letter J. Then, cut out small squares of paper, using one color for uppercase Js and another color for lowercase Js. Ask your child to match the uppercase letter Js to those written on the grid. Do the same for the lowercase Js.

Tip: Make this activity more challenging by using the same colored paper for both the uppercase and lowercase letter Js, requiring your child to identify the letters based only on letter shape.

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Use a pencil to lightly write uppercase and lowercase letter Js onto a piece of thick white paper or card stock. Then have your child use liquid school glue to carefully trace over the shape of each letter J. Place your piece of card stock onto an art tray, and shake salt over it until all of the glue is covered in salt. Let dry. Carefully shake off any excess salt.

Using watercolor paint, have your child touch their paintbrush to part of the salt letter J. They’ll see the colors flow through the salt and transform their letter Js from white to a blend of various colors.

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Show your child a picture of a jug and explain that they’re used to hold liquids, like juice. Then invite your child to practice drawing their own jug of juice, adding any special colors or details they’d like.

Tip: This drawing exercise also challenges children to experiment with creating curved and straight lines, which is a foundational activity to prepare for making the curved and straight lines used in letter writing.

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Ask your child to flatten and smooth out playdough onto a plate or clean surface. Then show them the letter J, and ask them to use a pencil to write the letter J into the playdough. Have them try creating both an uppercase and lowercase letter J. Then try rolling up the playdough into a rope and forming it into the letter J.