The Letter A

Week 1. The letter A.

Alligator and Apple
For each letter we have a creative activity that incorporates cutting, gluing, and placing pieces together to create a cute letter. I found this activity on Pinterest. Here is the link. http://www.pinterest.com/pin/70087337924404493/


This activity requires
-glue
-scissors
-pre outlined capital letter A
-pre outlined lower case letter a
-pre outlined small triangles
-pre outlined leaf
-googly eyes(we used the eyes that have a sticky back, less difficult than using glue)
-We used real apple seeds that we took from another activity I will mention further down.


Because majority of our students have yet to master the art of cutting, we pre cut out the middle of the lower and capital letter.

Apple Stamps 
Also for a creative activity we made apple stamps. I previously knew about apple stamping, so I did not refer to any outside source to create the activity. However for a visual I did pull a picture from Google.

This activity required: 

- pre cut apples (cut in half) 

- paint colors in a tray large 

enough to dip half an apple 

-sheets of sturdy paper 

Alphabet Soup

For every letter of the alphabet we have a letter can. This is something we purchased while back. Inside each letter can are pictures of items that start with the letter we are working on. The cans are part of a package containing all the letters of the alphabet. The particular one we used is called Alphabet Soup.
This photo is taken from Google

We use this activity during carpet time. We take out an object in the letter can and ask the students what the object is. When we pull out the capital and lower case letters we ask students to make the sound the letter makes. This helps students understand words that have the same beginning sound.

Letter Writing
Letter writing is also an activity that we repeat for every letter. For practice we use these tracing sheets. 

This tracer sheets are nice because they provide practice on both upper and lower case letters.
When students have finished tracing the letter we ask them about the pictures on the bottom of the page. If they are able to identify them we let them color. If they have trouble identifying the words that go with the picture we assist them in saying the word by enunciating the beginning sound of the word.
Tracer papers are available for free at this link  http://www.kidslearningstation.com/alphabet/traceable-alphabet-letter-a.htm