Alphabet Letters

Valentine Hearts Letter Match Game

by Marie January 30, 2012

There are so many fun crafts and games to play with hearts. They are the perfect shape. We’re using hearts in our letter matching game today. I printed out another set of Valentine hearts from Juliann’s design we used in the 14 Acts of Love countdown. They are the perfect hearts, already colored and printed [...]

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Learning Letters with Pipe Cleaners

by Marie March 14, 2011

Were using pipe cleaners to form letters today. This is helping my Kindergartner make letter shapes, talk about the sound of letters, and putting letters together to form words. Supplies for Pipe Cleaner Letters: pipe cleaners, aka chenille stems or fuzzy sticks kid scissors Decide what letters you want to create. Talk about how the [...]

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Make Spelling Fun with a Snow Mitten Letter Scramble Game

by Marie December 16, 2010

Need a way to make spelling fun? Play this game of Snow Mitten Letter Scramble I’m sharing over at PBS Parents. This is a fun and engaging way to help your kids get excited about letters, sounds, and spelling. It’s the perfect activity for almost any age. My 5 year old is finding small words [...]

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Matching Clever Kids Letter Bites with Letter Sounds

by Marie February 11, 2010

I’m happy to announce I’m a Snackpicks Mom and have partnered up with Kellogg’s Snackpicks to contribute kid crafty posts all year long! They’ve sent me their newest product to sample, Clever Kids Letter Bites, and today I’m sharing a fun letter hunt game using these fruit snacks. Come see how we’re matching these letter [...]

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Tracing the Letters in Your Name

by Marie February 9, 2010

I love this name tracing activity. I still have memories of doing this myself when I was in 4th grade. It’s a great way to reinforce letter recognition, using a capital at the beginning of a name, and tracing lines. Supplies for Name Tracing Activity: paper colored pencils or crayons Start by writing your name [...]

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Letter of the Day

by Marie July 8, 2008

Vannesa from I Never Grew Up is today’s Guest Make and Taker. She’s starting to post some great ideas on her blog for learning the Alphabet letters. These activities are sure to spark interest in the ABC’s, getting your child ready for school and ready to read. We just started a new activity at my [...]

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Fun Felt Letter Pillows

by Marie July 12, 2007

This is probably one of my favorite projects. (Again inspired from Martha.) The kids love to spell their name with these fun felt letters. You can even make extra letters to make new words, even the whole alphabet. I have done this project in my church with the 10-11 year old girls and they learned how to [...]

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