When the book is finished send it home. Hang your banana low on the wall or door so that it is at the child's eye level. Create more lists by cutting out a giant ball to list toys, etc. Collect a duplicate set of labels from canned goods and food boxes- tuna fish, vegetable soup, rice, etc. Paste one set of labels on a poster board.
Children match the second set to the ones on the poster board.
Write the child's name on a construction paper. Give each child a handful of hole punches and let them have sprinkle these over the paper. Shake off the excess. Give a Q-tip to apply glue to the outline of the letter. Punch holes in the outline of each letter about one inch apart.