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Letter “A” Activities
Apple Annie – Letter A. Explain the short “A” sound that belongs to Apple Annie. Tell story about Apple Annie with lots of words starting with the letter A.
Letter “Aa” Poster . Create a large apple shape out of red craft paper. Cut and glue pictures starting with the letter “A” on it.
Apples – Put apple inside a paper bag and have preschoolers reach in and touch it without looking. Ask your child to guess what is in the bag. Talk about where we get apples from. Talk to the preschoolers about how apple trees grow from seeds and apples grow on the apple trees. Show them some seeds from the inside of an apple.
Eat red, yellow, and green apples and graph your favorite.
Apple sorting. Have printouts of apples in a variety of colors and shapes. Have children sort the apples by colors.
Apple arts and crafts: Make an apple craft or a necklace from Apple Jacks cereals. Make a apple tree art.
Math: Apple Seed Counting. Seed Estimation - Have children guess how many seeds are inside an apple.
Social Studies: Learn about Johnny Appleseed.
Aluminum foil – Make different three dimensional shapes out of aluminum foil. Have children try to guess the shape with closed eyes. Discuss the letter “A” shape. Form the letter “A” with the aluminum foil. Have children copy it. For the sensory table, provide aluminum
foil sheets for children to make sculptures.
Airplanes – Pretend to be airplanes and move around with arms extended. Call out directions as children "fly", then "land". Hold up color name flashcards or alphabet flashcards and only the children with that particular color or whose name begins with that letter can “fly”. When music plays have children fly around like airplanes and land on the letter “A” taped to the floor when the music stops.
Writing Letters: Use letter “A” airplane pre-writing skill worksheet to practice the letter “A” shape.
Craft: Paper roll airplane.
Words that start with A
For words that start with A
Let's all shout, Hurray!
Apple, Ant and Alligator
Airplane, Ape I see you later.
The Anthill
Once I saw an anthill
With no ants about;
So I said, "Dear little ants
Won't you please come out?"
Then as if the little ants
Had heard my call,
One, two, three, four, five came out,
And that was all.
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Ants – Set up an ant farm. Talk about the queen ant and the worker ants and their jobs. Observe and draw pictures of their observations. Put plastic ants in sand table. Use the letter “A” maze worksheet.
Art: Make anthill with thumbprint ants.
Craft: Egg carton ant.
Math: Use raisins as ants and have your children count them before eating them.
Gross motor skills: Tape a giant letter A on a floor or outside area. Have your children crawl around on the letter and pretend to be ants.
Have an ant parade. Let children carry objects that start with the
letter “A”.
Emergent Reader: Read the Ants, ants, everywhere booklet.
Astronaut – learn about the job of an Astronaut.
Alligator – Talk about alligators and where they live.
Art: Directed drawing artwork. Put the letter A on its side and add
teeth and an eye to make an alligator.
Animals – Act out different animals.
Math: Use animal crackers for simple additions.
Craft: Make animal paper bag puppets.
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