Alphabet Fun

Letter Z Crafts and Activities

Zoo Items Needed * Pictures of animals * 3×5 cards * Glue Cut pictures out, glue on to 3×5 cards. When dry, throw cards into pile, have each child draw a card, and imitate animal. Simple easy version of charades. Painted Zebras Items needed * shallow box * marbles * black paint * white paper Place the white paper into the [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter Y Crafts and Activities

Yarn Dolls Items needed * Yarn Cut yarn into 12inch lengths. Take 15-20 pieces of the 12″ yarn together and fold in half. Tie a piece of yarn about 1 inch down from the fold. This becomes the head. Now from below the head, pull off about 4 pieces of yarn from [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter X Crafts and Activities

X marks the spot Items needed * craft sticks * glue Have the children make Xs with two craft sticks and some glue. Then have them mark certain spots with the Xs throughout the house and have someone else guess where all the Xs are. You can also tie in activities from other [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter W Crafts and Activities

Water Balloon Toss Group kids together in pairs. Let them take turns tossing the balloons to each other from a distance. The pair that ends up with the remaining water balloon in tact wins. Watermelon Seed Spitting Cut big slices of watermelon for you and your children. Line up and practice spitting [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter V Crafts and Activities

Velcro collage Items needed * Poster board or similar * sticky Velcro * small flat items to make collage Put small pieces of the fuzzy half of the Velcro at random spots on your poster board. Put the rough side of of the velcro on your collage items and let your child make the [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter U Crafts and Activities

U guessed it game Items needed: * you and your kids * various household items Help your children with their visual skills by playing  You Guessed It. Make it as simple or complicated as needed based on your child’s level but start with things like: “I see something on the table that I can [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter T Crafts and Activities

Create a texture board Items needed * Firm board (wood or foam mounting board works well) * Various items with texture: Velcro pieces, flannel, cotton balls, sandpaper, plastic, rubber cement, etc. Attach the various texture items to the board firmly. Have the child touch each one with fingers and describe how it feels. [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter R Crafts and Activities

Color a Rainbow Items needed: * Paper * Crayons in: Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo and Violet A great way for your little ones to learn the colors of the rainbow in order is to have them remember the silly name Roy G. Biv. Talk about how each letter in the name [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter Q Crafts and Activities

Q-tip painting Items needed: * Paper * Qtips * washable paints * Styrofoam egg container or other small cups Painting is always fun but painting with Qtips makes it extra special. You can use your qtips to draw letters and numbers or to paint in the pictures in your coloring books! Pull the cotton off [...] Continue Reading…  Read More →

Letter P Crafts and Activities

Pasta Pencil Holder Items Needed * Pasta * Glue * Paint * Glitter * Floss * Ribbon * Frozen juice containers Anything goes for this one! Paint, glitter, glue on to “pencil cup” shaped item (try frozen juice containers) for a great desk accessory for any proud parent or grandparent. Puzzles Items Needed * Cereal or snack boxes * Child’s “portrait”... [Read more of this review]

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