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| APPLE A’s |
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Cut out large dark green A shapes for your children using the large A pattern. |
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Have your children glue on small red poms for apples or have them place apple stickers on the shape. |
| A NECKLACES |
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Print out a number of small A patterns. |
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Cut them into small squares. |
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Have your children color the letter A’s with markers, or glue on some glitter. |
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Punch two holes at the top of the square or rectangle shape. |
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Have children string some yarn through the holes to make an A necklace. |
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| APPLE TREES
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Cut out apple tree shapes for your children of light green construction paper. |
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Give your children a red ink pad and an A stamp. |
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Show your children how to make A stamps all over the top of their tree. |
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Children can finish off their tree by coloring the trunk with a brown crayon. |
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| A PUZZLE |
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Using the A pattern, cut out a large cardboard A. |
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Then cut the A into 4-8 pieces depending on the ability of your child. |
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Mix up the puzzle pieces and have your child put the A back together. |
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Store puzzle pieces in a small zip-lock bag. |
| Variation: Take an index card and cut it into two puzzle pieces. Draw a large capital A or lower case a on one piece and draw and color a simple A object (such as an apple) on the other side of the puzzle. |
COUNTING A’s
Here are some fun A objects to have your child count. |
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Use raisins as ants and have your child count them before eating them. |
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Cut out red felt circles for apples and have your child count apples on a felt apple tree. |
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Cut out pictures of A animals, such as; apes, and alligators or your child to count. |
MOVEMENT ACTIVITIES
Movement activities are great for helping children understand the shapes of letters. Here are a few ideas. |
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Have two or three children make large letter A’s on the floor with their bodies. |
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Tape a giant letter A on a floor or outside area. Have your children crawl around on the letter and pretend to be ants. |
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Have an Ant Parade. Let your children carry A objects. |
| ALPHABET BOOKS |
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Use the large A pattern printout as a cover for an A book. |
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Let your children fill their books with pictures of words that begin with A. |
Look for children’s books that have A words or characters in the, such as the ones below.
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“I Want To Be An Astronaut” by Byron Barton. Thomas Y. Cowell Co., 1988. |
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“The Armadillo From Amarillo” by Lynn Cherry, Harcount Brace Jovanovich, 1994. |
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“Arthur’s Birthday” by Marc Brown, Little Brown & Company, 1987. |
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“There’s An Alligator Under My Bed” by Mercer Mayer, Dial Books, 1987. |
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A’s EVERYWHERE
A’s, A’s everywhere,
“I see A’s”, said the Bear.
A’s on the curtains.
A’s on the door.
A’s on the table.
A’s on the floor. |
| WRITING A’s |
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Draw a simple picture of a kitchen scene, with a table a door, curtains and a door. |
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Make copies of the picture for your children. |
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Recite the poem above. |
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Give your children thin marking pens and have them mark A’s on the appropriate items in the scene. |
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This is a good time to study animals as a unit, or just A animals, such as; ants, alligators, aardvarks, apes and armadillos. |
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Set up an A fruits and vegetable table where you display such items as; apples, apricots, avocados, artichokes. |
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Introduce your children to the accordion. |
A SNACK IDEAS
There are a number of snacks that your can have your young children when you are studying the letter A.
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Have your children help you make applesauce, or apple tarts. |
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Serve apples cut in half, scooped out and filled with peanut butter. |
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Serve apricot juice or apple juice. |
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Serve animal crackers. |
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Serve avocado dip and chips.
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ANT SNACKS
Here are three ways to enjoy some ant snacks while studying the letter A.
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Ant Hills – let children crush graham crackers in a baggie. Then dump them out onto a plate and sprinkle with raisins or chocolate sprinkles for ants. |
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Ants in a boat (or on a log) – fill a section of celery with cream cheese. Place raisins on top. |
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Ants on Cookies – Spread sugar cookies with brown or green frosting and sprinkle on raisins or chocolate sprinkles for ants. |
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