Lately, I’ve been hearing a lot of “Mom, how do you spell (insert any word)?”. I decided to make this alphabet dictionary for B so when he asks we can write it in his dictionary and it will be there to refer to later. To make this, cut two or three pages at once. For …
To make this bubble popping letters activity, I took a scrap piece of bubble wrap and wrote different things (mirrored) on the back side with a sharpie. Then we played a listening game with it. I’d tell B to pop the bubble that has a circle in it or pop the bubble that has the word “love” in it. …
We used these Alphabet Tree Mats from PreKinders for Day 1 of our Activity Advent Calendar. I added a sentence at the top of the 3 we worked on (J is for Jesus, C is for Christmas, and S is for Santa).
I found this awesome idea for letter blocks at K is for Kindergarten. Take a set of larger blocks and add letters to them. I used sticky labels. You can stack the letter blocks to make words, put them in alphabetical order, or use them to spell your name. On the wider blocks, I added …
Here are 5 of my favorite Thanksgiving alphabet activities to practice letter identification and letter sounds in a fun way. This free, printable Thanksgiving Alphabet game is great for practicing letter identification and letter sounds. Use these free, pumpkin alphabet cards from Stay at Home Educator 5 different ways. Try …
The next time you cook pasta for dinner, try giving your child a few noodles to make letters with. Letter Noodles! They are easier to work with when they are warm. You could also use noodles to make numbers, shapes, names, or animals.
I was so excited to see this pumpkin alphabet matching activity on Little Family Fun. Draw a pumpkin on a piece of paper and circles with letters inside. Then match alphabet stickers to the circles on the pumpkin. You could even use this idea to match numbers or colors using the circle stickers you’d use to label items at …
Cheese Its ABC Printable Awhile ago I wrote about these Cheese It Scrabble Jr. crackers and a list of ideas that you can do with them. Since then, I’ve made a chart that is the perfect size for matching up the crackers. Here is an uppercase chart and lowercase chart to print, depending on what you are …
If you haven’t discovered these yet, check out the build a letter template printables at Tired, Need Sleep. She also has an uppercase version and is kind enough to share both. These are a favorite at our house!
I saw this tutorial for these fabric letters at Happy Together. I’m am a beginner sewer and they were very easy to make. I didn’t wash mine to frey the edges yet because B has been playing with them nonstop. Head on over to Happy Together to read the tutorial, see more pictures, download the template, and make …
It is easy to make paper bag letter blocks. Take a paper lunch bag and stuff it about 1/2 full with newspaper. Fold over the top and tape. We had letters on one side and numbers on the other side. These were easy to make and fun for the day, BUT I must confess that …
Sort and Glue Letters – I cut out a handful of letters from junk mail the other day and gave B this paper to glue them on. He had a great time matching them up and commenting on the different fonts. Other activities of this type: Beginning Letter Sounds Uppercase/Lowercase Letter Sort