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november turkey
November 5, 2023
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january skaters
January 7, 2024
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february hearts bee
February 4, 2024
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march kids -rainbow
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april children unbrellas
April 7, 2024
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may sun butterflies
May 5, 2024
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RESOURCES

10 Fun Ways Of Helping kids Learn the ABC's   Check out: backyard alphabet hunt, homemade alphabet book, leafy letter learning, ABC hunt, on the road ABC hunt, lowercase ABC hunt, build your own bingo: uppercase and lowercase match, ABC cards and clothespin match.

25 Letter Activities for Kids  These 25 fun and easy to throw together alphabet activities teach all different aspects of the alphabet.

35 Letters and Sounds Learning Games   These activities are based on premise that children can gain  knowledge  through play, so learning letters is a time of play and games. The kids have fun and don’t even realize they are learning at the same time.

35+ Alphabet Activities for Toddlers and Preschoolers   35+ fun and hands-on ways to help toddlers and preschoolers learn the alphabet.

100+ Awesome Activities   Thttps://www.abcya.com/games/alphabet_number_magnetshis is a list of  preschool fun, hands-on ways to teach the alphabet and letter sounds. Also included are lots of hands-on and engaging alphabet printables.

A to Z of Learning Letters  90+ ways to teach your child all about letters.

Activiites by Letters  Activities from A to Z (zig zag art).

Alphabet Activities   Preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten hands-on learning activities and ideas to make learning the alphabet fun!

Alphabet Coloring Pages
  Alphabet Coloring Pages for printing include a picture to color and letter writing practice.

Alphabet Letter Identification Activities   Here are 15 fun, active, hands-on alphabet letter identification activities for Pre-K, Preschool, and Kindergarten.

Alphabet Preschool Activities and Crafts   This site has 10  activities for teaching each of the letters and sounds with the directions for each.

Alphabet Station   A collection of activities for teaching alphabet letters, letters, alphabet art, letter art, alphabet games, letter games, alphabet songs,letter songs, alphabet patterns, letter patterns, alphabet snacks, letter snacks, alphabet rhymes, letter rhymes, beginning reading, pre-reading, phonics, letter sounds, and letter recognition.

Alphabuddies Alphabet Activites   The alphabuddies are a group of ideas designed to help teach children their ABC's.  For each letter there is a range of crafts, coloring, worksheets, songs and games suitable for toddlers, preschoolers, kindergarten kids and early grade school children.

Animal Printouts
Animal printouts to color and learn about the animal. Everything from Aardvark to Aye-Aye and that's just the A's. There are hundreds of printouts here.

Block Alphabet Tracer Pages These printable pages allow children to trace the letters to help the learning process. Ideas on how to use the pages with preschool children are included.


Fantastic Fun and Learning - top 10 Ways to Remember the Alphabet   After each of the ten ways there are numerous links to activities and ideas for helping kids remember the ABCs. Many of the ideas include a summer twist, but they could be used any time of the year.

Free Alphabet Worksheets Aphabet sheets to print - many styles to select from.

Hands on Activities for Teaching the Alphabet   Review of the Montessori approach and a list of multisensory activities to teach young children.

Hands On As We Grow - 50 Incredible Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers  This site contain 50 activities for preschoolers to learn their letters. Learning the alphabet is important for a preschoolers. Alphabet activities can help preschoolers learn to recognize letters and sounds.

How to Teach the Alphabet to Preschoolers   Here's a link to hundreds of ideas to help preschoolers learn the alphabet including a  section of links arranged by letter.

Letter Formation Guide This downloadable sheet shows how to form individual letters correctly.

Letter of the Week   Learning activities for each of the letters.

Owl and Mouse Alphabet Activities
   Pre-school children need to learn the names and sounds of  26 different letters—52 shapes,because the lower case letters only somewhat resemble the capital letters. This is why we try to make the letters of the alphabet as vivid and “real” as possible.  On this page are games and activities to help young students learn the letters.

Pinterest Preschool Alphabet Activities   A huge collection of activities for teaching preschoolers their alphabet letters.

Teaching the Alphabet   An article by a teacher how to teach the alphabet to pre-k and preschool children. Includes methods and printables for use in the classroom. This is a hands-on way to teach the alphabet.
WEBSITES

Alpha Pig Paint by Number Game Paint game where when you identify a letter it paints part of the picture. Practices upper case, lower case, and mixed case.

Alphabet Bingo   There are three version of this game where you can match the upper case, lower case, or sound of the letter called.

Alphabet Match Children match the capital letter to the lower case letter to complete the board.

Alphabet Slider Game Students click and drag the puzzle pieces to complete the alphabet pictures. When a picture is complete the letter is pronounced sand associated with a word and a picture.

Alphabet Train Game This game helps children to put letters in alphabetical order.

Alphabetical Order Children learn alphabetical order in this fun educational activity. Put the alphabet in correct ABC order by clicking and dragging the letters.

Color by Letter  Color By Letter is designed to help kids identify English alphabets and at the same time get familiar with basic colors. In this interactive coloring exercise, kids must match each alphabet with its corresponding color using a letter-color key and color the picture according to the given directions. Kids will enjoy as they have fun with colors and practice their letter recognition skills. It will also help very young children to establish eye-hand coordination and develop cognitive skills.

Connect the Dots ABC Complete dot to dot puzzles with upper or lower case letters.


Fun With the Fridge When children click on a upper case letter, lower case letter, number, or shape to hear its name. The child then can place it on the refrigerator.

I Spy Alphabet Children learn the aphabet and namesof pictures that begin with that letter in an exciting way. So, spy on!

Monster Mansion Match  Play either a memory game or show me game using the letters or sounds of the letters.

Talk to Me Alphabet Talk to Me Alphabet is a fun activity for young children learning letter names and sounds. Use either the keys on your keyboard or tap on a letter to hear the letter name or letter sound! You can also switch the letter layout between alphabetical order andQWERTY keyboard.

The Letter After Game
Children find the letter after a letter in alphabetical order.

The Letter Before Game  Children find the letter before a letter in alphabetical order.

Trace to the Beat Letter and Number Tracing  Trace letters and numbers to the beat of music.  Arrows help guide the child to trace the letters correctly.  
 

Upper Case Alphabet Hopper  
In this reading game, children listen for a letter clue and jump in the correct mud puddle for letter recognition fun!



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