Invisible Letters
This idea for Invisible Letters was an accident…I was trying to make some sight word stamps (by writing sight words backwards on large lids with a hot glue gun), but that was a complete and total fail. They didn’t work…
Capital & Lowercase Letter Stamping
This Capital & Lowercase Letter Stamping  idea was inspired by two things I found (that I had forgotten about) as I was purging organizing after Christmas. Little Brother and I did this activity a while ago, but I am just…
Christmas Letter Banner with Catalog Pictures
I went to get the mail yesterday, only to find FIVE catalogs stuffed in our small mailbox. Five…in one day! We’ve been getting an onslaught of toy and home decor catalogs lately (even though I have attempted to remove us…
Alphabet Balloon Touch
This was a super-simple activity intended to help Little Brother learn his letters using his strongest area of development, gross motor development. Our Alphabet Balloon Touch game didn’t last long, but it was a great way to practice recognizing these…
Alphabet Craft: B is for Bear
Alphabet Crafts are a great way to reinforce letter names and sounds while also incorporating multiple domains of development. I have attempted a few alphabet crafts with Little Brother, starting with letter “a” (which ended up being somewhat of a…
Alphabet Sorting
I haven’t really pushed Little Brother to learn his letters yet. Big Brother had already shown a great interest in language long before he turned 3, so he was well on his way to knowing many of his letters by…
Name and Sight Word Smash
I love activities that can be easily differentiated for the content/level of multiple children. Our “Name and Sight Word Smash” did just that–we worked on a few simple sight words with Big Brother and the letters in Little Brother’s name….
Apple “A” Peel-Away Art
Have fun creating some alphabet art that is super easy and lots of fun! Little Brother and I set sail on our maiden voyage of crafting together…it started off wonderfully and ended up with a screaming fit (it was obviously…
Magnetic Uppercase and Lowercase Matching
Have you made our Build-a-Word Magnetic Tray yet? If so, you can help your preschooler/early-elementary student match uppercase and lowercase letters! Not only is this great for learning letters, it is also excellent fine motor practice. The idea for this…
Busy Bag: 3 Letter Lacing
Guest Post by Melissa at mama♥miss One of the things I enjoy doing with my kiddos is incorporating learning into a fun activity. And if that activity can be incorporated into a busy bag – well, I love it even…
Wet, Dry, Now You Try: Learn to Write the Letters of the Alphabet
Guest Post by Malia of Playdough to Plato They say, “practice makes perfect” and as I watched my kindergarteners learn to write the letters of the alphabet year after year, that saying certainly proved to be true. To learn…
O is for “Olympics” Craft
Put an Olympic twist on learning letters with this fun alphabet craft! Here’s what you’ll need:  Our O is for Olympics Printable page, Froot Loops cereal, and glue.  1. Download and print the “O is for Olympics” page.  2. Let…
Pound-a-Sound
There are a few wonderful things about this activity. First of all, it teaches left-to-right orientation, which is an important pre-reading skill. Secondly, it is great for the relationship between a sound (phoneme) and its corresponding letter (grapheme). Finally, it’s…
T is for Tent
It has been a while since we’ve done an alphabet craft, but since we’re sticking with our camping theme, I thought it would be fun to do a tent craft with the letter “t”. I chose to do the lower-case…
F is for Fire
This alphabet craft was lots of fun to make and involved TONS of fine motor practice as well! Our very first parent/teacher conference with Big Brother’s preschool teacher was on Monday and she indicated that he could use a bit…
M is for Monster
Use the letter “m” to make a unique monster! All you need is a piece of cardboard, some fuzzy fabric (cut into squares), wiggly eyes, glue and a sharpie. 1. Take a piece of cardboard and using a Sharpie, write…
Clothespin Capital & Lowercase Matching Activity
This was a super-easy activity for Big Brother that combined fine motor skills and alphabet recognition. I was pleasantly surprised how much Big Brother took to this activity…he really enjoyed it and needed very little assistance. I just reused the…
Letter Recognition using Cheez-Its
I just happened to see these Scrabble Cheez-Its on my way down the cracker aisle last week. I’m a sucker for anything involving letters and food. A learning opportunity at every snack time…what can be better than that? :) We’ve…