Today Is Brought To You By The Letter F; Rice Letters





Let us get creative today with our learning. Today we are making rice letters.

Pour enough rice into a baking dish to fill it at least 1 inch deep. Show your child how to use their finger to write the letter in the rice.

Be sure to tell them the sound the letter makes as well. This project could be done with every letter of the alphabet. I am saving my rice to do this daily. It is a simple and fun learning activity!

Don't forget to check out all of my other alphabet crafts and activities!

Today Is Brought To You By The Letter E; Let's Go On A Letter Hunt



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We have done lots of crafts. Today let us do a “letter hunt”. Today's letter is E.

Using any kind of paper, cut out lots of different sizes squares. Write the letter E on each piece and hide it through the house. Send your kid off to find the letter E!

Each time they find a square, encourage them to make the sound E makes.

Simple and fun. Depending on your child’s progress you can throw in other letters and ask them to recite the letters after finding them.

Googly Eyed CD Snowman

My son's preschool class made these today and I LOVE them, so I had to share this fun project!

What you will need:
CD
Felt or even construction paper
Glue
Googly eyes
Pipe cleaner
Scissors
Pen

Directions:
Using felt or paper, cut out the hat, nose, and cheeks.
Glue on the hat.
Glue on the googly eyes.
Glue on the nose.
Glue on the cheeks.
Draw on a smile.
Poke a hole in the hat and string the pipe cleaner. Make a circle out of the pipe cleaner and twist the ends together.

The preschool class also glued a snowflake onto the hat, but you could cut out a flower and glue that on as well.

Today Is Brought To You By The Letter D; Toilet Paper Roll Dog

What you will need:

Tape

Googly eyes

Construction paper

Pen

Glue

Toilet Paper Roll

Directions:

Cover the toilet paper roll with brown construction paper.

Use tape to secure it.

Fold a piece of brown construction paper in half and cut out the ears.

Cut out a half circle for the mouth and cut out a tongue.

Cut out a nose.

Cut out the tail.

Glue on the googly eyes, ears, mouth, nose, and tail.

Using a black pen add the whiskers for the finishing touch.

Recipe Thursday: Slow cooker Apricot Chicken

Image courtesy of chezsams.blogspot.com

Ingredients:

6 boneless, skinless chicken breasts

1 12oz. Jar of apricot preserves

1 8 oz. Bottle Catalina dressing

1 packet onion soup mix

Directions:

Place chicken in the slow cooker.

In a separate bowl combine the preserves, dressing, and onion soup mix with ½ cup of water and mix well.

Pour the mixture over the chicken and cover.

Cook on low for 6 hours.

Side dish suggestions:

Rice, broccoli, corn, french bread.

Today Is Brought To You By The Letter C; Toilet Paper Roll Car

What you will need:
Toilet paper roll
Glue
Tape
Scissors
Construction paper
Card board (use a cereal box)
Smarties (optional)
Necco candy (optional)

Little toy man (optional)

Directions:
Cover the toilet paper roll with construction paper. Use tape to secure it.
Cut out two circles to cover the front and back of the tp roll. I made the back circle a little bigger.

Cut out a rectangle shaped hole in the top.
Cut out four round circles for the wheels. It works best to fold the card board in half so the wheels are the same size.
Using a glue stick secure the wheels.

Glue on two smarties for the head lights.
Glue on a piece of Necco candy for the steering wheel (A card board circle would work as well).
Decorate it if you wish.
Place a toy guy in and go for a ride.

Don't forget to write the letter C so your child learns to recognize the letter and talk about what sound C makes as you make this craft.

Additional ideas for learning the letter C:
Alphabet Men
Make "C" shaped cookies
Pick out the "C" fridge magnets

Today Is Brought To You By The Letter B; Toilet Paper Roll Butterfly

What you will need:
Toilet paper roll
Glue
Construction paper
Glitter (use markers if no glitter)

Directions:
Fold a piece of construction paper in half and cut out the wings.

Decorate with glue and sprinkle with glitter. Use markers if you do not have glitter
Glue on the toilet paper roll and decorate it with glitter.
Allow to dry and shake of any extra glitter.
Shape a pipe cleaner and tape it onto the back of the toilet paper butterfly.

Be sure to recite the letter of the day several times while doing this and if your child is old enough practice writing it. If they are too young to write you should write the letter for them so they know what the letter "B" looks like.

Additional ideas today:
Alphabet Man
Serve alphabet soup at lunch and find the letters.
Play with refrigerator magnets and find the letter B.

Today Is Brought To You By The Letter A; How To Learn The Alphabet MeloMomma Style

There are so many fun ways to learn your ABC's. I recommend learning one letter a day, which is why I am sharing one letter craft/activity each day.

Today I am starting with a simple craft; Alphabet Men. This would be ideal to do everyday. As you go along in the alphabet make a new letter. This is going to be a really fun series and I have a few toilet paper roll crafts in the mix as well, so start saving the rolls.

What you will need:

Googly eyes

Construction paper

Clothes pin

Scissors

Glue

Directions:

Cut out a letter A.

Glue on the googly eye.

Glue the Alphabet Man onto the clothes pin.

Use this time to recite the letter and the sound it makes!

I have placed mine on my lamp shade. We will fill the lamp shade with all our alphabet men soon!

Toilet Paper Roll Snowman

What you will need:

Toilet Paper Roll

Tape

Construction paper

Black and Orange Pen

Tape

Directions:

Cut white construction paper to fit and cover the toilet paper roll. Use tape to secure.

Cut a piece of blue construction paper about 1inch thick. Wrap around the top. Use tape to secure it. This is the hat.

Draw the face eyes, nose, and mouth.

Cut a piece of red construction paper about an inch thick. Wrap it around the middle and use tape to secure it. Cut out another piece about one inch thick and 1 1/2 inches long. Cut the end to create the  bottom of the scarf. Tuck it under the piece you just wrapped around the snowman.

This is the scarf.

Draw on the buttons.