Books to Grow On
Alphabet
Contents Related Activities
Books
Q is for Duck: Fingerplays Sing Hurray for A!
An Alphabet Guessing Game (Tune: “Farmer in the Dell”)
Mary Elting Alphabet Song Let’s sing hurray for A,
The Turn Around Upside Down (Tune: “Twinkle Twinkle Little Star”) Let’s sing hurray for A,
Alphabet Book A-B-C-D-E-F-G Let’s sing hurray for A today
Lisa Campbell Ernst H-I-J-K Let’s sing hurray for A.
O is for Orca: An Alphabet Book
L-M-N-O-P Apple starts with A,
Andrea Helman Q-R-S Asparagus starts the same way,
T-U-V- Let’s sing hurray for A today,
26 Letters and 99 Cents W-X-Y and Z. Let’s sing hurray for A.
Tana Hoban
Now I know my A-B-C’s (continue with any letter
Kipper’s A to Z Next time won’t you of the alphabet)
Mick Inkpen sing along with me?
Alphabatics Traditional Fun and Games
Suse MacDonald
Name Game
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom “A, B, C”
Bill Martin After sharing 26 Letters and 99
A is for apples we love to eat,
Ashanti To Zulu (form circle with hands) Cents, have each child come
Margaret Musgrove up with something that starts
B is for books we wear on our feet, with the same letter as their
The Graphic Alphabet (point to feet)
David Pelletier first name. It may be easier to
C is for candy that tastes so sweet. choose a theme to get them
Dr. Seuss’s ABC
Dr. Seuss (lick lips) started (e.g. animals, foods, etc.).
Elizabeth McKinnon Letter Match
Adult Resource Book
Alphabet Art: A is for Alligator Print simple words from
With A to Z Animal Art & Fingerplays Alphabatics onto index
Judy Press A is for alligator, chomp,
chomp, chomp. cards. Place the cards and a
Compact Discs (move arms like an set of alphabet blocks or any
Alphabet Jam alligator chomping) representation of the letters
Cathy Bollinger B is for Bouncing, hop, hop, hop. on a table. Let the children
Can A Jumbo Jet Sing the Alphabet (jump up and down) chose a word card then have
Hap Palmer them find the letters that
C is for Circle, around and around.
Here Come the ABCs (spin around) match to create the word.
They Might Be Giants
D is when we all sit Down!
DVDs (sit down)
The Alphabet Zoo
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom
Toys
Coconut Tree Felt Set
Alphabet Egg Puzzles Felt Set Continued...
Rev. 4/2010
Body Alphabet (e.g., “Do you have a “b?”). When
Ask the children to use their the player has that card, the
bodies to make the following opponent gets to create a pair;
letters; I, L, J, N Y. Encourage otherwise, the opponent gets
them to explore working together to “go fish” for a match in the
to make the letters like M that deck. Continue the game until
require more than one person. one player has eliminated all of
the cards in her or his hand. The
Play Dough Letters player with the most pairs wins.
Give the children play dough and Hands-On Letter
show them how to roll the dough Exploration
to make long snakes. Show them
how they can use the rolled dough Cut out alphabet letters from
to create a chosen letter. Playing a variety of materials, such as
with play dough is not only a sandpaper or felt and then let
favorite preschool alphabet activity, the children trace them with
it also helps develop the fine motor their fingers. You can also “write”
skills necessary for writing. If the the letters on the carpet with
child is unfamiliar with the letter, masking tape for the children to
you can write it out for them on a walk around or trace. Children
piece of paper. can also write the letters in sand,
shaving cream, finger paints or
Alphabet Go Fish pudding. This alphabet activity
is great for kinesthetic learners.
Use a set of picture cards (or make
them using 3x5 cards and pictures Flash Light Letters
cut from magazines) and group
them by the first sound in the Get a flashlight and dim the
word. The words you use should lights in the room. Using the
be simple and familiar to your flashlight, make giant letters We hope you enjoy this
child. Be sure that the printed on the wall. Have the child theme kit!
word appears on the card so that name the letters that you make. Each Books to Grow On theme
you can point out that they all Children can also trace letters kit includes books, a curriculum
start with same letter. At first, use on the wall with the flashlight. packet and other library materials
only two sounds. Later, after your related to a specific subject. These
child is better at this task you can Alphabet Hunt kits have been designed to use
with preschool age children. We
increase the number of sounds Go on an alphabet hunt. Search
recommend that you review each
to categorize. Finally, you can the house or neighborhood for item in the kit before you share
make the game involve many things that begin with a certain it with your children. We also
sounds by playing “go fish” with letter. Take pictures of the items encourage you to return the kit to
the initial sounds of words. and make a poster or book. your local library as soon as you
Create a shuffled “deck” from the are finished so we can make it
picture cards (making sure that available to others.
there are at least two of each
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