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Make an alphabet book with me!
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Alphabet books from A to Z!
Here are some alphabet books you might want to create with your class
this coming year. They are a
perfect vehicle for alphabet knowledge, reading for information, reading
foundations, and many other language skills.
I Can Read!
Take 26 large sheets of paper (12” x 16”) and write a different letter
on each
page. Put pages between construction
paper to make a book called “I Can Read My ABC’s.” Hole punch and
bind with book rings. Invite
children to bring in words from food labels, stores, catalogs, etc. that they can read. As children
bring in their words, help them match up the first letter with the same
letter in the book and glue their word on that page.
See & Sign
Enlarge copies of the sign language alphabet. Put a different letter and sign on
each page; then let different children illustrate a picture that begins
with that
sound. Bind together to
make a book. Encourage the
children to reproduce the
signs on each page as they read the book.
*Take digital photos of children making the different signs.
*Cut hands out of felt and glue them to make manual signs.
*You can also make a Braille alphabet book by using drops of glue to
represent
the different Braille letters.
Alphabet Art
Write large letters of the alphabet on paper. Give each child a letter and challenge them to create a picture around their letter. “What does your letter look like? Does it remind you of
something? Can you use your
crayons to turn it into
that object? Try to
‘camouflage’ it so no one knows what your letter is.” Put their drawings together to make a book.
Can they find the letter hidden in each picture?
*Give
each child the letter that their name begins with.
*Challenge older children to turn their letter into an object that
begins with the sound their letter makes.
Alphabet in My Mouth
Use the words and tune to “He’s Got the Whole World
in His Hands” to make this
book.
I’ve
got the whole alphabet in my mouth.
I’ve
got the whole alphabet in my mouth.
I’ve
got the whole alphabet in my mouth
And
I can read.
I’ve
got A /a/ /a/ in my mouth.
I’ve
got B /b/ /b/…
First, take a close up digital photo of each child
with their tongue sticking
out.
Next, cut letters out of construction paper and glue to the tongue on
their
picture.
Write words for each page to go with the picture, such as “I’ve got D
d//d/ in my mouth.”
Make letters out of different textures, such as sandpaper, felt, yarn, canvas, fake fur, etc.