Welcome to our T is for Turtle Book List and Activity List!
This is a part of my A-Z Preschool Letter of the Week book list series. My hope is that this would be a resource you can use in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom or homeschool as you teach and disciple your precious little ones.
Below you will find…
- A list of our favorite Turtle books
- A list of activities you can try at home
- A couple ideas for Biblical Integration
T is for Turtle Book List
Fiction
The Foolish Tortoise by Eric Carle
The Tortoise and the Hare by Jerry Pinkney
We Found a Hat by Jon Klassen
Truman by Jean Reidy
The Box Turtle by Vanessa Roeder
Turtle Splash: Countdown at the Pond by Cathryn Falwell
I’ll Follow the Moon by Stephanie Lisa Tara
How the Turtle Got its Shell: Tales from Around the World by Justine Fontes
Always Remember by Cece Meng
Non-Fiction
Follow the Moon Home by Philippe Cousteau
Sea Turtles by Gail Gibbons
Frogs, Toads, and Turtles by … Diane Burns
Mission: Sea Turtle Rescue by Karen Romano Young
One Tiny Turtle by Nicola Davies
National Geographic Kids: Turtles by Laura Marsh
National Geographic Kids: Sea Turtles by Laura Marsh
T is for Turtle Activity List
Math & Science
Venn Diagram: Compare and Contrast Turtles vs Tortoises Or Sea Turtles vs Turtles. You can make your Venn Diagram on a sheet of paper, but here is an example for your reference. Here is an 8 minute video comparing Sea Turtles and Land Turtles. Note: The narrator says they have “evolved” to live in separate places. Perhaps tell your children that we would say they “were created by God to live in separate places.”
Counting: Sing about turtles to the tune of Ten little Indians.
One little, two little, three little turtles
Four little, five little, six little turtles
seven little, eight little, nine little turtles
ten little turtles swimming
Art, Music, & Poetry
Sing The Fast and Slow (Rabbit/Turtle) Song by Lori Berkner- We LOVE her!!
Read The Little Turtle By Vachel Lindsay
There was a little turtle.
He lived in a box.
He swam in a puddle.
He climbed on the rocks.
He snapped at a mosquito.
He snapped at a flea.
He snapped at a minnow.
And he snapped at me.
He caught the mosquito.
He caught the flea.
He caught the minnow.
But he didn’t catch me.
Make one of these paper plate turtles: sea turtle or land turtle
Paint/decorate a large box and become a box turtle.
Literacy
Talk about the sounds that the letter “T” makes.
Think of other words that start with the “T” sound: taco, tomato, tooth, toast, toothbrush, teacher, tiger, train, t-shirt, table, tent, ten, two, tree, town, toy, truck, etc.
See if your child can find the “T” on the cover of each of the Turtle Books you read.
Download this FREE letter of the week coloring sheet. You can use this for dot-a-dot, coloring, or stickering. Alphabet Coloring Sheets (variety pack) PDF
Try these Upper and Lower Case Dot-a-Dot sheets
Check out my Alphabet Mega Pack
Make the T Turtle pictured below.
Biblical Integration
Using the story of the tortoise and the hare, talk about how God has given each of us a race to run. Our goal is our eternal home where we will be with God forever! We need perseverance. We need to run our own race at our own pace. We need to fix our eyes on Jesus, the one who saved us and who will bring us all the way home!
I pray that this list of books will bless you and that you would run with joy the path set before you!
His delight is not in the strength of the horse, nor his pleasure in the legs of a man, but the LORD takes pleasure in those who fear him, in those who hope in his steadfast love. Psalm 147: 10-11
In Christ Alone,
Trish
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