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Letter M Activities

Grade Level:  Kindergarten

The letter M is an extremely reliable letter.  It only makes the mmmm sound as in mat.  This makes it an easy letter to teach.

The activities are organized from easiest to most difficult.  Feel free to go only part way through the activities depending on the comfort level of the child!

Letter Recognition

  • Activity Sheet:  Poem -- circle the capital letter M, underline the lower case letter m.
  • Activity Sheet:  Hidden image -- color the capital letter M one color and the lower case m another color to reveal the hidden image.

 

Words that Begin with the Letter:  

  • Activity Sheet:  Say the name of each picture out loud and listen for the Mm sound.
  • Activity Sheet:  Modern Manuscript:  Trace (print) the words that begin with the letter m.
  • Activity Sheet:  Standard Font:  Trace (print) the words that begin with the letter m.
  • Activity Sheet:  Draw a line to the words that begin with the sound of M
  • Activity Sheet:  Color the words that begin with the sound of M
  • Connect the dots MOON:  Connect the dots to find the hidden picture
  • Itsy Bitsy Book:  Little activity book with word that begin with the sound of M.

 

Words that End with the Letter:    

  • Activity Sheet:  Say the name of each picture out loud and listen for the Mm sound.
  • Activity Sheet:  Modern Manuscript:  Trace (print) the words that end with the letter m.
  • Activity Sheet:  Standard Font:  Trace (print) the words that end with the letter m.
  • Activity Sheet:  Draw a line to the words that end with the sound of M
  • Activity Sheet:  Color the words that end with the sound of M

Letter M Word Bank:

  • mad
  • mail
  • man
  • map
  • mat
  • match
  • milk
  • mitten
  • mom
  • moon
  • mop
  • mouse
  • mouth
  • mud
  • mug

 


Other Links:

Although the activities are geared more to the preschool age group, adding one or two less challenging activities when learning the letters can be a welcome break for the kids and can be given as a bonus activity for those who finish their work early.

  • Visit the Alphabuddies for some fun coloring pages and crafts to reinforce learning.
  • Visit Coloring ABC's for more coloring pages.

20 Letter M Activities for Preschool

Letter development for preschool-age children is extremely important for both motor skills and letter recognition. Throughout the year teachers are constantly looking for creative ways to teach these letters and keep our little minds engaged and excited. We've researched creative learning activities and came up with a list of 20 letter activities for the letter M to bring into your preschool classroom. Make an alphabet activity pack or use them individually. Totally up to you, but either way, enjoy these 20 activities all about the letter M.

1. Mud Tracing

M is for mud. What kid doesn't like playing the mud? Head outside and play in nature for a bit with this fun activity OR use brown paint pretending that it's mud. Your students will love getting their hands dirty while tracing this letter shape.

Learn more: Early Learning Ideas

2. M is For Mice

This super cute activity will be great for students to practice their pre-writing skills. Using pom poms, students will enhance their letter-building skills by working with the structure of the M's, and also students will enjoy the cute little mice.

Learn more: School Time Snippets

3. Play-Doh M's
 

Along with most letters, play-doh can make a great letter M activity. Whether you're using centers or whole group, play-doh can help bring the letter to life.

Learn more: Teach My Toddlers

4. M Drawings

Monster creations are so much fun for students. After watching a video or reading a story about monsters, have students create their own! Print out an outline or let them use their own imaginations with construction paper and some scissors!

Learn more: Pinterest

5. M is For Macaroni

An all-time favorite activity for young minds is macaroni art! Using things they love while building letters can help them to stay engaged and keep talking about the activity!

Learn more: Pinterest

6. M is For Monkey

M is for mice, another mice activity. Letter sheets are fun to have hung around the classroom. Especially when they are student art. This will be a great activity and also can be used with a story!

Learn more: Takamul Academy

7. M is For Mountain

Variety of letter use is important in the development of letter recognition. Using different stories and background knowledge will help students to make connections. A mountain activity like this will make a fun connection to the environment!

Learn more: Verona Story Time

8. M Buckets
 

M buckets are a great way to engage students in learning and associating their letters. Buckets for all the alphabet letters can be left out in the classroom for students to play with and talk about with each other, with you, or even with parents!

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9. M is For Monkey

Students love monkeys!! This engaging motor activity might be a bit challenging for students, but once they get the monkeys in the right spot they'll be so excited to share!

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10. M is For Maze

Tracing inside a bubble letter like this upper-case and lower-case m will help to enhance students letter building skills. It can be used as an extra activity or as an assessment.

Learn more: Little Dots Education

11. Letter M is Tracing 

A great worksheet to practice handwriting skills! Students will love to show off how skilled they are at tracing their upper-case and lower-case m's.

Learn more: Daycare Worksheets

12. Sensory Tray Tracing

Rice buckets are part of a very popular alphabet curriculum in Preschool. Students will be so excited to be able to play in the rice sensory bucket! Have them develop and practice their handwriting skills in this creative, hands-on letter activity.

Learn more: Messy Little Monster

13. Clay Letters

Including and fostering STEM skills in the lower grades is super important. Using clay in the classroom to help kids build their letters will help them to better understand letter shape and overall structure.

Learn more: PreKinders

14. Shaving Cream Practice

Shaving cream is a popular way to practice writing alphabet letters! Students will love this messy activity and will be engaged when writing and working with their letters.

Learn more: Mess for Less

15. Writing With Yarn

This activity is a great use of motor skills and letter drawing. Enhance your students learning skills with this yarn activity. Have them first trace or draw the letters with crayons and then outline in yarn! Students will have so much with the challenge of this activity.

Learn more: Growing Book by Book

16. Circle Dot Tracing
 

Color coding letters can be super fun for students! They all LOVE stickers and this is a great way to let them use what they love but still be practicing their pre-writing skills.

Learn more: Montessori from the Heart

17. M is For Moose

Learn the letter M | Assignments with the letter M

Here you will find primer pages with the letter M, worksheets for preschoolers and first grade students, homework with the letter M for preschoolers, cursive with block and capital letters, speech therapy aids for the development of phonemic perception, sound-letter analysis .

The letter M in the form of a monster. Author: https://ninapushkova.blogspot.com Carrots form the letter M Living letter M pictures of the bridge, cars. Daria Gerasimova "The ABC of transformations"

Letter M for preschoolers

On the first page you need to circle and color the bear that sleeps and sucks its paw in the den. Next, add the printed letter M. In the next task, you need to write the letter M in the empty windows of the house, read the resulting syllables and name the words with these syllables based on the pictures (poppy, hammer, mouse, bear).

Then add the letter M and read. And at the end, paint over the parts of the mosaic with the letter M.

Primer letter M Tasks with the letter M for preschoolers

"ABC book". Klimkina Yu.E., Solovieva S.A.


M card for 4-5 year olds.


Coloring book with a bear to learn the letter M.


Children 4-5 years old get acquainted with the sound and the letter M, write it with their finger, then trace it along the lines and hatch in different directions.

From a set of pictures, the child names those in which he hears the sound [M], from a number of letters he underlines only the letter M. Together with an adult, the child makes a sound-letter analysis of words ball, gnome, winter.

Y. Fisher “Workbook No. 5 for children 4-5 years old “Letters”


Tasks with the letter M for preschoolers of the preparatory group. Children need to continue the pattern, write a printed letter M, choose the letter M from the suggested ones, complete the pictures so that they become the same, add the printed letter M.

Oksana Gomzyak “I will write correctly. Album of exercises for the prevention of writing disorders in children of the preparatory group "


At the discretion of the adult, the printed letter M can be colored or hatched. Next, the children write down the printed letter M. After that, they determine the place of the sound M in the words: bridge, dwarf, lemon. They are indicated graphically in the tables in blue or green (soft and hard sounds).

Letter M coloring book

Find all the letters M in the picture and color them.


Tasks for learning the letter M and learning to read. Children get acquainted with the letter and immediately read the syllables and words with the studied letter. In the card, everything that is written in red is read by an adult.

Source: Valeria Ivleva "Steps to Reading"


Tasks for preschoolers to develop fine motor skills with the letter M:

  • draw pots of honey for a clubfoot bear;
  • write the letter M;
  • guess the picture and count the mice in the picture;
  • write the script.


Tasks for determining the position of the sound M - at the beginning, middle, end of a word. The sheets can be used as coloring books to study sound.

The author of the manual: Kosenko Yu. A. "Learning to read and write"


Copy-book with the letter M

Copy-book with the letter M (capital, printed). From the tasks - finding the letter M among the letter row, coloring fragments of the picture with the letters M, finding identical pairs (development of logical thinking, visual perception), search for words.


Spelling with M

Capital letter M Uppercase M

Letter M spelling Prescription class 1 M Letter M cursive Letter M

Tasks with the letter M for speech therapists, speech pathologists

On the page of the primer, the concepts of hard and soft sound [M] are given. Children learn to merge closed and open syllables, then words, phrases and sentences.

Natalia Tegipko "Speech therapy primer"


Primer letter M Reading syllables with the letter M Reading syllables, sound M Primer soft sound M

Elena Novikova “Speech therapy alphabet. Rapid Reading Learning System”


Tasks for children aged 5-6 to correct optical dysgraphia. Such exercises help memorize the visual image of the letter M, the difference between the letter and its spelling.

Svetlana Yakovleva "I recognize the letters - 1"


I. Vasilyeva "Druzhok: Lessons of a speech therapist. Learning letters»


Letter M assignments for preschoolers

Natalia Mironova “We develop phonemic perception in children of the preparatory logo group. Exercise Album


Vilena Konovalenko “We write and read. Notebook number 1. Teaching literacy to children of senior preschool age "


The guys determine the vowel or consonant sound [M] , circle the letter M along the line and print it, color the circles under those pictures that start with sound [M] , determine the softness and hardness of the sound, respectively paint over the squares in blue or green, find in the picture as many words as possible that start with the letter M .

N.V. Pronina "Teaching literacy"


Assignments with the letter M for students of grade 1

Compiled by: Koptik S.A. "Workbook of speech therapy classes for 1st grade students"


Rozova, Korobchenko "Learning letters! Speech therapy classes in the period of literacy. Workbook. 1 hour"

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Letter M for preschoolers with pictures

The purpose of the lesson: we study the letter M, the formation of reading skills, the development of speech skills, the improvement of phonemic hearing, the basics of an elementary graphic skill.

Tasks:

  • introduce the preschooler to the letter M, the correct pronunciation of the sound;
  • to teach to write the capital letter M in the cells;
  • to form an interest in learning with poems and riddles.

Ask: How does a cow moo? (My!..)
Tell me how I am: MMMU. What sound did you make first?

What is shown in the pictures below:

mouse
Carrot
Bear
Ant

MOUSE, CARROT - tell me how I am. What is the first sound in these words?

When we pronounce the sound [m], the lips first close, then open.

Say MMM.

The lips prevent the air from leaving the mouth freely when we pronounce the sound [m]. Remember, please: if you pronounce a sound, and your lips, teeth or tongue prevent the air from leaving your mouth freely, then this sound is a consonant. Some consonants are pronounced with a voice, others without a voice.

Repeat: MMM. Do we pronounce the consonant sound [m] with or without a voice?

If the child finds it difficult to determine the participation of the voice in the pronunciation of consonant sounds, here and in the future the child is asked to put his hand to his larynx. With the participation of the voice in pronouncing the sound, the child will feel the vibration of the larynx (“the neck trembles”). This is observed when pronouncing voiced consonant sounds.

Who is more?

  1. Remember which berry starts with the sound [M] and ends with [A]. (Answer: raspberries)
  2. Name the flowers that have the sound [M] in their names. (Poppy, chamomile, mallow, daisies)
  3. List products that have [M, M'] in their names. (Meat, margarine, butter, pasta, semolina, milk, tangerines, flour.)

Contents

  • 1 Activity: Print letter M for preschoolers
  • 2 Complete the phrase
  • 3 Riddles for children with the letter M
  • 4 Proverbs and sayings with the letter M
  • 5 Tale about the letter M
  • 6 Funny poems about the letter M for children
  • 7 Lesson summary:
  • for letter M 5 preschoolers
    • Look at the letter M. What does it look like?
    • Make the letter M with your fingers.
    • Write the letter M in the air.

    Draw the sticks neatly in the cells with a simple pencil or ballpoint pen.

    In cases where a child is asked to write a whole line of a letter, syllable, or word, the adult gives a spelling pattern at the beginning of the line.
    If a preschooler has difficulties, then an adult can draw two reference lines, or put anchor points that the child will connect with lines, or write the letters in their entirety, and the child will simply circle them in a different color. Calligraphy at this stage of training should not be required.

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    Continue the phrase

    He slept all winter in a fur coat,
    He sucked his brown paw,
    And when he woke up, he began to roar.
    This is a forest animal ... (bear).

    Look at the fellows:
    Cheerful and lively.
    Drag from all ends
    Construction material.
    One suddenly stumbled
    And a friend hurries to help.
    The people here are good.
    Out of work, for the life of me.
    Can't live... (ant).

    Lyudmila went to wash her hands,
    She needed ... (soap).

    Everyone here in the forest has a talent -
    Both a singer and ... (musician).

    Our Tanya is crying loudly.
    Dropped into the river ... (ball).

    The distance of the fields turns green,
    The nightingale sings.
    The garden is dressed in white,
    The bees are the first to fly.
    Thunder rumbles.
    Guess what month it is? … (May)

    We are a puppy in water and soap
    Two hours with a washcloth… (washed).

    Under a heavy burden —
    Underground, in a closet
    She lives in a mink.
    Gray baby.
    Who is this? … (mouse)

    White hare in a black field
    Jumped, ran, made loops.
    The trail behind him was also white.
    Who is this hare? ... (small)

    Riddles for children with the letter M

    A giant stands in the port,
    Lighting up the darkness,
    And signals to the ships:
    “Come visit us!”
    (Lighthouse)

    Above the river, across.
    Stretching Giant lay down.
    Across the river, on the back.
    He let me walk.
    (Bridge)

    The owner of the forest wakes up in the spring,
    And in winter, under a blizzard howl
    Sleeps in a snowy hut.
    (Bear)

    In the forest near the stump running around, fussing:
    The working people are busy all day,
    They are building a house for themselves.
    (Ants)

    The red nose has grown into the ground,
    And the green tail is outside.
    We don't need a green tail,
    We need only a red nose.
    (Carrot)

    Flying all day,
    Everyone gets bored;
    The night will come.
    Then it will stop.
    (Fly)

    Crowded, noisy, young,
    The city rumbles underground.
    And at home with the people here
    They run along the street.
    (Metro)

    Escapes like a living thing,
    But I won't let him out.
    Foams with white foam,
    He is not too lazy to wash his hands.
    (Soap)

    What kind of craftsman applied
    leaves, herbs, and rose bushes to glass?
    (Frost)

    Small stature, long tail,
    Gray coat, sharp teeth.
    (Mouse)

    Fiery Arrow
    An oak fell near the village.
    (Lightning)

    Liquid, not water.
    White, not snow.
    (Milk)

    The white stone melted,
    Left traces on the board.
    (Chalk)

    Horny, not butting.
    (Month)

    Proverbs and sayings starting with the letter M

    Peace builds, but war destroys.

    Whoever sows peace will reap happiness.

    A lot of snow - a lot of bread, a lot of water - a lot of grass.

    Moscow is the mother of all cities.

    It is not enough to want, one must be able to.

    Tale about the letter M

    Little mouse Mouse and little bear Misha were lying in the clearing eating raspberries. Mouse and says:
    - Let's make up poems. Listen to what I composed:

    Every day and every hour we stubbornly repeat:
    There is no one in the world better than ours ...

    - Raspberries! Misha yelled.
    - What does "raspberry" have to do with it! I wanted to say: "Better than our mother."
    - That's great too! And now I will compose . .. And about what?
    - Well, at least about this fly agaric.

    Don't eat white pasta,
    Eat red fly agaric!

    — What are you, what are you! - scared the mouse.
    - Amanitas cannot be eaten, you will end up in the hospital. Here, listen to the verse about the doctor:

    There is no more important doctor in the forest,
    Than a lively redhead...

    — Aibolit! yelled the little bear.
    - Yes, not Aibolit, but an ant. Aibolit heals animals, and the ant heals the forest.
    — How do you know so much?
    - Whoever reads a lot knows a lot! - the mouse Mouse answered importantly ...

    (G. Yudin)

    Funny poems about the letter M for children

    Let's sit in silence
    Mom is sleeping, she is tired ...
    Well, I didn’t start playing!
    I don't start the top,
    But I sat down and sit.
    My toys don't make noise,
    It's quiet in the empty room.
    And on my mother's pillow
    The golden beam is stealing.
    And I said to the beam:
    — I also want to move!
    I would like a lot:
    Read aloud and roll the ball,
    I would sing a song,
    I could laugh.
    Whatever I want!
    But my mother is sleeping, and I am silent!
    The beam darted along the wall,
    And then slid towards me.
    - Nothing, - he seemed to whisper,
    - Let's sit in silence ...
    (E. Blaginina)

    Confused
    - Look - a letter! .. Here are those on:
    Not in a book - on a path!
    What is it called.
    Looking like horns?
    A learned dog, a bull and a goat
    Eyes goggle at her...
    Goat - figured it out in her mind,
    Said: - This is the letter "me".
    The bull objected: - Not "me", but "mu",
    I know better what's what! -
    And the dog exclaimed:
    - Enough for you, do not argue, this is the letter "am"!
    - No, "moo"!
    - No, "me"!
    - No, "um"!
    Am! Am! ..
    Such a ramble rose up,
    Such a terrible noise and scream! . .
    Completely confused
    A learned dog, a goat and a bull,
    Seeing the letter M…
    (A. Shibaev)

    We are multiplication tables
    We took and hid
    Give us
    Microcalculators to speed up!
    (E. Grigoryeva)

    Mother, grandmother, sister -
    All dressed up in the morning.
    Accept congratulations.
    Even though it's not their birthday.
    Every holiday gift
    And the bouquet is very bright.
    And another surprise awaits them -
    Dad and I baked a cake.
    Washed all the dishes,
    Put things in order everywhere.
    We forgot the word laziness.
    That's what women's day means!
    And the sister asked us:
    — Will it be every time?
    (V. Nesterenko)

    Mom! I love you so much,
    What I don't know directly!
    I will name the big ship
    "Mom".
    (Ya. Akim)

    Lighthouse
    ...In the evening, and also at night, it is very difficult to swim in the sea...
    The captain is so offended - you can't even see the shore.
    Suddenly, the sailor is delighted: the LIGHTHOUSE lights up.
    A red eye just appeared in the crown of the head.
    I blinked - and again it didn't, and the light came on again.
    Here, they say, it's quiet - all ships sail here ...
    The light shows everyone - it's dangerous here or not.
    (V. Mayakovsky)

    Bear cub Mishka climbed into the hive,
    And now - sweet honey drips from his paw!
    I started laughing at him:
    "Teddy bear screwed me!"
    - What a joke! he replied.
    - I am a bear!
    I'm a bear!
    (M. Yasnov)

    March, and snowstorm, frost…
    We bought mimosa for mom!
    (E. Blaginina)

    Poor Bear fell ill
    - Bear ate a lot of honey.
    The bear is crying and screaming:
    "My stomach hurts!"
    Bear groans.
    Tears are pouring -
    His stomach hurts.
    Naughty Greedy Bear
    Ate forest raspberry Lishka.
    (F. Bobylev)

    A pen runs up and down,
    Drawing the letter M,
    Like going down to the subway
    And then you go up.
    Soft light falls on smooth marble and granite
    .
    The staircase itself runs here -
    And there is no end to it.
    (S. Marshak)

    Ball
    Colored ball bouncing
    In the yard in front of me.
    This ball is very cute:
    He hasn't broken glass yet.
    (G. Vieru)

    Bear March and Bear Waltz!
    Bear in the arena with an accordion.
    A she-bear is dancing with a bear.
    A teddy bear waves its paw at them.
    (V. Berestov) The ball flies striped.
    Bear cubs play ball.
    — May I? the mouse asked.
    - What are you!
    You're still a baby.
    (G. Satir)

    Lesson totals:

    1. The pronunciation of new words increases the preschooler's vocabulary, develops speech and memory.
    2. Cellular exercises develop fine motor skills of the hands.
    3. Riddles develop intelligence in children, the ability to analyze and prove. Educators use riddles when teaching children to increase interest during complex tasks.

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