project 6 | alphabet album

This is one of those activities that we return to many times each week. I regularly peruse old magazines for pictures of recognizable items beginning with each letter of the alphabet and pass them to Wren, five or six at a time, to add to her abc album: a soft cover photo album I got for $1. Each page has a colored dot sticker with a letter of the alphabet written on it. Our album actually has a handy pocket inside the back cover to store the new pictures until she sorts them into their appropriate pages. We love.

Hop over to Preschool Corner for more inspiration.

list 13 | learning spaces

ABC Prints {via Kind over Matter} – these free printable animal silhouette alphabet charts are wonderful.

Learning Space Tour {via Wildflowers and Marbles} – Follow Jen on a tour of the beautiful learning space she has created.

What You Need from Your Local Yard Sales {via Teach Mama} – This is a really great resource…also available as a pdf printable with a cheat sheet at the bottom of the post.

project 4 | moveable alphabet + cards

This is our homemade version of the moveable alphabet and we are enjoying it immensely!

materials:
wooden craft discs
Sharpie marker
clear contact paper
paper

instructions:
I created the word cards using Microsoft Word (four to a page). I just searched clip art to find the images and added 1.65″ circles beside each word for the letters (sized for the wooden craft discs). I intentionally left my document templates blank (didn’t insert the letters in the circles) so that I can reprint them without the letters as she learns to spell. The letters were added to the cards and wooden discs (blue consonants and red vowels) with a permanent marker. The cards are laminated.

list 1 | the alphabet

Bulletin Board Alphabet {via Jan Brett)- Free printable alphabets (choose traditional/cursive/modern manuscripts) paired with beautiful animal sketches.

Animated Alphabet – see, hear, and learn to write the alphabet

Robot Lab Alphabet File Folder Game {via Kindergarten…kindergarten} – adorable