{"id":4580,"date":"2012-04-25T18:36:08","date_gmt":"2012-04-25T17:36:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pinkoddy.wordpress.com\/?p=4580"},"modified":"2014-09-07T11:25:08","modified_gmt":"2014-09-07T10:25:08","slug":"what-do-you-get-with-a-g","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/what-do-you-get-with-a-g\/","title":{"rendered":"What do you get with a G?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I have been teaching my 4 year old the alphabet before he starts\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/547-2\/choosing-a-school\/\">school<\/a>\u00a0in September (Yay we got our first choice school. I hope you did too)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ghosts.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/ghosts.jpg?resize=224%2C300\" alt=\"ghosts\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">I actually started with my youngest. We simply used some black tissue paper (tbh\u00a0it&#8217;s the only black paper I had but I thought it would be just perfect as it would be a new texture for him and scrunch up a bit and make it a bit more affective.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">See how a simple white hand print on black paper can be &#8211; yes you got it a<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong>GHOST!<\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This was adapted from this pin <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/111956740706813953\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0the original is <a href=\"http:\/\/busymommymedia.com\/2009\/09\/halloween-art-ghost-feet\/\">here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can find LOTS of \u00a0ideas like this over on Pinterest.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pinkoddballs\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/passets-cdn.pinterest.com\/images\/follow-on-pinterest-button.png?resize=156%2C26\" alt=\"Follow Me on Pinterest\" width=\"156\" height=\"26\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">With my older son we talked about the letter G and things he knew started with it like<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Goat, Girl, Gorgeous, Green, Grapes, Game, Grass, Glue, Glitter.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grapesandgreen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grapesandgreen.jpg?resize=300%2C200\" alt=\"grapesandgreen\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Using this idea <a href=\"http:\/\/pinterest.com\/pin\/111956740706813883\/\">here<\/a>\u00a0and the original is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.notimeforflashcards.com\/category\/letter-g\">here<\/a>\u00a0I went out and got real <strong>Green Grass <\/strong>from outside. I dried it on some newspaper and put it in an old washed up yoghurt pot.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?resize=300%2C300\" alt=\"grass\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then onto some green paper I drew a letter G and cut it out.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Then let him just glue the grass onto the G.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been teaching my 4 year old the alphabet before he starts\u00a0school\u00a0in September (Yay we got our first choice school. I hope you did too) I actually started with my youngest. We simply used some black tissue paper (tbh\u00a0it&#8217;s the only black paper I had but I thought it would be just perfect as &#8230; <a title=\"What do you get with a G?\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/2012\/04\/25\/what-do-you-get-with-a-g\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about What do you get with a G?\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8939,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[102,437,687,722,730,741,816,954,968,975,1325,3500],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1","uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?fit=300%2C300&ssl=1",300,300,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"large":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/grass.jpg?fit=600%2C600&ssl=1",600,600,true]},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"pinkoddy","author_link":"https:\/\/pinkoddy.co.uk\/blog\/author\/pinkoddy\/"},"uagb_comment_info":16,"uagb_excerpt":"I have been teaching my 4 year old the alphabet before he starts\u00a0school\u00a0in September (Yay we got our first choice school. 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