So it's been forever! I have these big ideas and dreams that I'm going to post a new product and new post everyday, but let's face it with four kids it just ain't happening, lol. While it's been a long time since I've posted I think it will be worth your wait! I've been working on a huge alphabet bundle for a long time now. My goal is for my 5 year old to be able to identify, write, and know all the sounds of all the letters in the alphabet before she starts kindergarten in August. I've noticed that she is my "difficult" child. She is not super fond of sitting down and working on her letters. My older girls liked to draw and color and sit still, lol. This little squirt however does not. So my usual let's sit down and write our letters over and over does NOT work for her. I love this about her. Why have only one way of learning? So I spent several months coming up with ways to keep her engaged. While she is still not super excited to sit down and work on this she is improving and I couldn't be more proud of her!
SO with that out of the way, let's talk about this bundle. I've racked my brain on how to post these activities and how to post on my blog. So I decided I am going to do it in three parts so it's not so long. Post one (this one) I'm going to talk about the centers I created for this bundle. I will have them posted individually and in the bundle in my TPT store. Post two I will talk about the worksheets for this bundle and post three will be how I put all of these together in my Huge alphabet Bundle.
Here we go:
In this bundle I have eight centers (a center to me means it is more than just a worksheet)
Beginning Letter Sound Graphing Sheet
Alphabet Play-doh Mats
Find that Letter
Beginning Sound Check YES or NO
Alphabet Puzzles
Sort and Match Cards
Memory Game
Introducing letter sound cards
I will give a brief description of each of these centers with pictures of each activity. Let's start with the first one.
Beginning Letter Sound Graphing Sheet
I don't know about your kiddos, but my girls love to spin a spinner! For this center all you have to do is laminate the spinner mat and let the kids do the rest. There is a worksheet for every letter in the alphabet. The students will spin the spinner and use that color of marker, crayon, or whatever you have to graph on their worksheet. So if they land on blue they use a blue crayon to write in the blue column the given letter. Simple but more fun than a regular old worksheet. And they don't realize they are writing the letter over and over, because practice makes perfect. For the worksheet, I decided to leave four for tracing and the rest for "all by myself" writing.
Play-doh Mats
Now on to the Alphabet Play-doh mats. So PLAY-DOH, enough said. These are super easy to set up, simply print and laminate. Students will build letter with play-doh, work on beginning sounds by circling the pictures that start with the given letter and then also work on handwriting by using an expo marker and tracing the given letter. There is a mat for each letter.
Find that Letter - Cube Mats
So, I have seen the fun cube mats everywhere, so I had to make some for us! This center let's them use their little hands and also works on counting skills! Yay! Simply print and laminate and give them some cubes. Students will fill mat with the red/blue cubes, but their not done yet! They will then count all the red cubes and all the blue cubes and write their answer on the mat with a expo marker.
Check Yes or No
Now we have one of our favorites. Beginning Sounds Check Yes or No. This center includes a worksheet so you can check their progress even if you are not sitting with them while they work.
Alphabet Puzzles
So my idea is to print these on magnet paper, but this will be pricey. I still plan to print each puzzle onto magnet paper, I will just have to do a few at a time, so I'm not spending $100.00 for alphabet puzzles, lol. For a cheaper version you can laminate and put Velcro on the backs to stick to the puzzle sheet. Wal-Mart also carries magnet strips you could stick to the backs and use as magnets. A way cheaper way to use as magnets. The pictures below are the puzzle sheet and an example of the puzzles. There is a puzzle for each letter of the alphabet.
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Sort and Match Cards
We like these. They are just the right size to fit in a pencil case for storage. We work on three letters at a time, so instead of trying to do the whole alphabet at once we just pull out three letters and letter mats at a time. I set out the three letter mats like below.
Then I set out all of the cards for letters A,B,and C like this.
Students will then sort the cards and stick to the correct letter mat. I laminate the cards and the mats and then use sticky Velcro so they will stay in place. Once student has sorted and finished mats they can then trace the letters with a expo marker.
Memory Game
Good old memory. I still like to play this game and this is one of our favorites to play together. There are 12 cards per letter. It is a huge file, but I didn't want to mix the letters yet because we are learning one to three at a time, so I thought it best to have a memory game per letter. Once they have mastered the letters I then put a couple letters together to make it a larger game area.
Introducing Letter Sounds Cards
I actually should have posted these first because it is probably the first thing you will use when introducing letters. These cards can be used in pocket charts as well. We just go over the pictures and the letter and the sound it makes. Just a ice breaker really.
Well that's finally all of them, I hope it wasn't center overload. Click on the Get It Here links if you would like to purchase the centers individually. Save 50% when you buy the centers bundle! This bundle includes all of the bundles you see here! Get It Here!
Teach On!
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