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Are you looking for a fun way to help your preschoolers practice the letters of the alphabet? These fun preschool alphabet crafts would be a great addition to your lesson plans! Your students will love creating these hands-on letter crafts.
Crafts aren’t just a fun way to pass the time in a preschool classroom. They are an important part of the learning process for young children. Here are just some of the many benefits of using crafts in preschool:
I have put together a set of printable alphabet crafts that are perfect for the preschool classroom! Each craft uses the letter to create a picture of something associated with that letter of the alphabet. For example, a lowercase c is used to create the body of a crab.
They are such a fun way for students to review the letters of the alphabet. I’ll walk you through how easy they are to use with preschoolers.
The first step is to choose the letter that you’d like your preschoolers to create with the craft. This could be a letter that you’re focusing on for your letter of the day/week routine or another letter that they’ve learned already. You can also decide if you want students to create the uppercase or lowercase letter.
I’ve found that these crafts are most effective when students can craft with a letter that they already know. They think it’s so fun that the letter is “disguised” within the craft! If they aren’t as familiar with the letter, they might just focus on the fact that they created a worm craft instead of a craft for the letter W.
Once you’ve picked the letter you want to craft with your preschoolers, it’s time to choose the template that works best for your classroom! I have included a template that you can print directly onto colored paper, so students just need to assemble the craft.
There is also a template that you can print onto white paper, so students can color as well as assemble the craft. The great thing about these alphabet crafts is that you can decide which option works best for your students and their current fine motor skills.
If you would like to take a closer look at how these crafts are put together, be sure to sign up for the free letter B craft! This freebie is a great way to see how these alphabet crafts would work in your preschool classroom. Just add your information to the form below and I’ll send the free alphabet craft straight to your inbox!
Once you have the templates printed, it’s time to prep them strategically. You can decide how much of the craft, if any, you want your preschoolers to cut out. For example, you might have a group of preschoolers who do pretty well with scissors, but would have trouble with cutting out the smaller pieces. In that case, you might decide to cut out most of the craft pieces and leave the students with one large piece to cut out on their own, like the actual letter.
Crafting is a great way for students to practice following step-by-step directions, but it can be challenging if they can’t see the big picture of what they’re doing. That’s why I recommend displaying a visual of the completed craft for students.
Instead of having one completed craft at the front of the room, you could print off copies of a visual for each table. That’s why I provided printable images of each completed craft so they are easy to prep and provide for student reference.
Once the alphabet craft is complete, it’s time to put it on display! The completed crafts look great on their own as a bulletin board display, but there are additional things you can add to the craft so students can create their own alphabet book.
Each craft comes with a label and a letter tracing strip that your preschoolers can add to each page. This gives them additional letter formation practice and it also turns the craft into a book page. After students have completed all of the alphabet crafts, you can assemble them into a book that they can take home and share with their families. They’re always so excited for this!
Would you like to use these letter crafts in your classroom? I have put together a bundle with all of the templates and instructions you’ll need to help your preschoolers create these letter crafts. It includes a unique craft for each uppercase and lowercase letter of the alphabet.
If you’d like to take a closer look at everything included in this bundle, you can find it in the A Spoonful of Learning shop or in my TPT store.
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