Alphabet Preschool Lessons

I did something like this  years ago with Ryan - I think those posts are under "letters" if you click that label. Some of the activities are the same, many are not.

I got these ideas from Pinterest using these blogs.

I am all about making things simple with what I have on hand, with books and things, as much as I can.

I am not super organized and only plan a week or two a head. some letters we do lots of things some we only do a little it just depends on the day, and activities I think will be fun.

We ALWAYS start each week singing chick a chick boom boom and then I tell him the new letter for the week. I show him both upper and lower case, and as we read book I have him look for both letters.

When writing I encourage lower case more then upper since it us used more.

I also introduce all sounds letters make, and as we read point out the sounds (not overly though) even if they are not at the start of a word.

the key is to have learning be fun.

Here is the blog I use a lot for ideas. 

My LETTERS I got HERE 

LDS Church related activities I got HERE 

I have noticed that far after we have learned letters he is noticing the sounds, and the names of the letters everywhere this is GREAT prep for reading.

I am not a big fan or work sheets I like books and hands on learning- although I do use a few as you will see.

I am not a "blogger" but if you have questions about any thing we did PLEASE ask aways.

B is for …

Some Letter B Activities, taking a Ball bath! and played a lot with the Balls. 

having fun in a sink full of Bubbles! 

 we made tissue paper balls and threw them on this tape web - they did not stick as well as we would have liked- they did not fly very well thanks pinterest for the idea though.

we also read books about bugs, butterflies, and birds. We ate Bananas, and did a bulldozer activity, and learned about Brazil.

V is for …

V is for Volcano! this was a super exciting activity- I think we did it half a dozen times. 

he built the volcano, then classic backing soda, vinegar, and red food coloring. 

V is for Vegetable - we cut pictures of veggies from magazines then glue them to a letter V

we also read a book about a family going on a Vacation (which we were getting ready to do) we drove in our Van, and read a book about Violins, in an orchestra.

H is for …

For H we did a feel with our hands activity with different things in bags, a squishy ball, funny shaped noodles, ice, and a super soft fuzzy sock. 

They were being Helpers picking up the balls, bellow they were all wearing Hats! we played a fun toss the bean bag into the hats game.

We also make a fun H- flip book with different things that start with H, sang Head shoulders knees and toes. We read Happy! pig day book, played Hide and seek, and talked about eating Healthy in science.

L is for …

Some things we did for the letter L which is for LEGOS! 

Letters

Love - we made heart sweet rolls - super bad pic but I love this face :)

we read books about Lady bugs, went to the Library, and did a fun Light activity.

M is for …

We did a lot of fun things for M but not many pictures. :( 

M is for Magnets - we read a book and played with them. 

some other things we did. Read a fun books about Matching Mittens, Motorcycles, monkeys, played some Music games, money activities, and for science we learned about the Mouth, and did this tasting activity.

Also M is for Mickey Mouse- as we were counting down for our Disney Cruise.

I is for …

A few things we did for letter ! 

read  books about insects, played with the fake insects in the rice bin

did Ice Cube painting, (froze these out side which was fun to do)  ha ha

We also Learned about Italy this week as well.

S is for …

Some of the activities we did for the letter S!

we made Snowflake and Snowman pancakes!

played in the snow, (inside it is much easier) filled some water bottles with water and food coloring for fun.

I make a felt snow man, then we flipped over number cards, then put that many buttons on the snowman. We also read books about snow and snowmen.

Sign Language!

Smiley shark, one of our favorite books.

more books we read through the week

we make these Borax snow flakes, (see pinterest for instructions, super says)

as a family we read about Snowflake Bendtley and then made paper snow flakes,

Some other things we did, Singing! we sang some of our favorite songs!

W is for

W is for

Winter (played out side in the cold and looked for signs of winter) - talked about the Weather- read books about weather
White - snow talked about things that are white, painted with white on dark paper read books with a white or winter theme to them
washed! water - played in the sink with water and WASHED  his brushes, with WARM water.

Whales - read books
Water mellon - did activity pages from confessions of a homeschooler blog- they were free when I got them a few years ago but I think she charges for her kit now. We were going to eat water mellon to but it was not in season :(

 he was trying so hard to paint a snow flake and did it to his satisfaction and was super happy about it.

Winter FUN!

D is for ….

Some of the activities we did when learning about the letter D! 

D is for Dentist! we not only read about it but went to the dentist that week for a check up. I would like to say I am super organized and planned it that way, but it was actually just an accident. 

I love it when accidents like this happen :) all boys were cavity FREE YES! 

D is for Dinosaur! we read books and then did a math game pretending to be dinos and eating the nuts as we did the number game.

D is for DIG! a few days a head I froze a dino in a plastic container with ice and water so it froze then gave him water bottles with HOT water and a butter knife to dig and chip away at this. He LOVED IT!

sooooo proud of himself when he got it out.

D is for Dallin, December and Daniel- we read about Daniel in the Lions den and did some activity pages from the blog confections of a slacker mom (or homeschooler I can't remember) about Daniel and the Lions den.

D is for Dice and we also did some dice games I found on pinterest.

T is for …

T is for Tiger! read some books, and zoo books about Tigers, played an animal match game that has a tiger, if you got that mach it was a BONOUS! ha ha 

T is for tools! Memeory game - lay out the tools, name them, then cover them. Have him try to remember all the tools under the blanket.

T is for Turtle- read some books, zoo books and did some turtle activity pages we had on hand.

T is for Taco- we love this book! Also his pet dog is named Taco - family story behind that.

had Tacos for dinner that night

T is for Train. played with this Train game - it is for adults but they just played with it for fun

did and an alphabet train puzzle I LOVE this puzzle - got it at a thrift store, perfect condition have used it with all the boys. Also read books about Trains, and Trucks!

Some other things we did T is for Thanks- and there for Thanksgiving, and T is for Turkey
and of course T is for Toronto (the family not the place)

P is for …

P is for Pizza! we read the book "Secret Pizza Party" and then had Tortilla Pizza for Lunch, with Pears. 

We did a lot of other things too,  but I did not take pictures of them.

P is for Pumpkin, and we read pumpkin books and then we made pumpkin muffins, and played hide the pumpkin. We have one of those little decrotaive pumpkins and we would take turns hiding it then he would try to find it, we would sing fun songs, and we would sing quiet if he was far, and sing louder as he got closer. Fun game to play, teaches listening and fallowing directions skills.

P is for Pirates, we read books then talked like a pirate the whole day. Did some fun Preschool Pirate activitiy sheets I got of a blog a while ago.

P is for Pig read if you give a Pig a pancake and made pancakes for breakfast (to eat the next day) Did a simple Pig craft.

P is for Prophet- read a story from Thomas S Monson our current Prophet of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter day Saints. - there are also some preschool activities he did that I got from the blog called confessions of a slacker mom (or homeschool mom?) I can't remember.

R is for …

R is for Ryan - and Red he went on a red hunt! and we read Lama Lama red Pajamas I actually hate this book but they love it I do not know why. We also read the Little Red Hen and made bread.

R is for Rockets! we made lots of different rocket designs out of these shapes we have.

and looked for rockets in our Look a book! (super fun eye spy type book)

did a rocket craft from glueing shapes

did this rocket craft, two cups one with two rubber bands across it, then stack them it makes the top one shoot up. Found this idea on pinterest and also family fun.

R is for Robots, read books acted like robots

R is for rainbow, watched signing time rainbow song, make a rainbow from all the color cars we have and did some activity R is for rainbow sheets.