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Preschool Alphabet Activities and Crafts
by Aunt B
Copyright 2004-2006 Story Soup Kids, a
division of Enchanted Corner
Alphabet Crafts for Kids
By Letter
Activities
and Crafts by Letter
Recommended Preschool Alphabet Books
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The Alphabet Room
by Sara Pinto
Starting with the simplest images-apples for A, bowls for B, cat for
C-Sara Pinto has taken a magical leap in the concept of alphabet books.
Each letter has a door, and behind each door the objects arrange and
rearrange themselves so that with every letter the picture becomes more
complex. Letter by letter, magical scenes unfold inside the room. With
gentle humor and charming design, this lift-the-flap alphabet book
transcends the genre to offer something truly unique. |
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Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
by Jr, Bill Martin, John Archambault, Lois Ehlert
In this bright and lively rhyme, the letters of the alphabet race each
other to the top of the coconut tree. When X, Y and Z finally scramble
up the trunk, however, the weight is too much, and down they all tumble
in a colorful chaotic heap: "Chicka Chicka . . . BOOM! BOOM!" All the
family members race to help, as one by one the letters recover in
amusingly battered fashion. Poor stubbed toe E has a swollen appendage,
while F sports a jaunty Band-Aid and P is indeed black-eyed. As the
tropic sun goes down and a radiant full moon appears, indomitable A
leaps out of bed, double-daring his colleagues to another treetop race. |
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Alphabet City
by Stephen T. Johnson
Beginning with the A formed by a construction site's sawhorse and ending
with the Z found in the angle of a fire escape, Johnson draws viewers'
eyes to tiny details within everyday objects to find letters. In this
wordless tour of sights from Times Square to the Brooklyn Bridge, he
invites young and old alike to take a new look at familiar surroundings,
discovering the alphabet without ever looking in a book or reading from
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Alphabet Crafts for Kids
Finger Print Alphabet Flash Cards
Card Stock
Pencil
Washable Stamp Pad
Write the each letter of the alphabet on a piece of card stock using the
pencil. Then have your child use their finger or thumb to make prints on
the lines of the letter. Once you are done your child will have a
complete set of flash cards that they created themselves.
Alphabet Scrapbook
1 Subject notebook
Old Magazines
Blunt Child Scissors or Mommy Size Scissors
Glue Stick
Marker
Have your child decorate the front of their alphabet Scrapbook. Use a
marker to label each page of the scrapbook with an alphabet letter. Look
in the old magazines to pictures that go with each letter, your child
can cut them out or you can. Try to find multiple pictures for each
letter. The more pictures the better. Glue them on to the correct page.
This can be done in a one day long project or can be done over time as
you learn each letter.
Letter Puzzles
Card Stock or Foamy Craft Foam
Markers or Sharpies
Blunt Child Scissors or Mommy Size Scissors
There are a couple ways to do this craft. One way is to have your child
write out the alphabet on the cards stock. Next have your child cut this
card stock up in to pieces. Then challenge your child to put the
alphabet puzzle back together again. Another way to do this is for Mom
to use a Sharpie marker and write the alphabet on a piece of Foamy Craft
Foam. Then your child can cut the foam into pieces to form a puzzle.
Again challenge the child to put the puzzle together again. Ask other
family members to try as well. Time each other. Make it a family game.
Edible Alphabet
Alphabet Cereal
Softened Cream Cheese
Graham Cracker
Plastic Knife or Craft Stick
Have your child spread cream cheese over the graham cracker using the
plastic knife or a craft stick. Next offer your child a bowl alphabet
cereal and ask them to find one of the following: the letter of the day,
one of each letter in the alphabet or the letters in their name. Have
your child place their findings on the cream cheese graham cracker.
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