My newly turned five year old and I are continuing our fun journey into reviewing the
alphabet and adding in the phonics side of things as we go.
She looks at school time as one of her favorite games, since Mommy is playing it with her and she is actually learning. I’m lucky that my kiddo inherited my odd fascination with learning new things, so it makes homeschooling her (thus far) more of a joyful journey than a chore.
This lesson is one we did several weeks ago, and is all about the letters D, E, and F. We did all of the activities over the course of a couple of days, along with other things we were working on. My little peachy princess really enjoyed all of the things I came up with for these letters! 🙂 I’m not going to list these alphabetically as much as by activity, to keep it from being too befuddling.
My little girl loves colorful pompoms and art projects, so it was easy to dream up this first activity! I filled an empty wipe box with multi colored pompoms Pepperell Craft Making Assorted Pom Poms, Standard Colors, 750 Per Package and wrote the letters D, E, and F in large print on three pieces of paper. I had her trace each letter using the pompoms, talking about the sounds each letter made as she traced it. She was very pleased with the results, and wanted to glue them to show off later, but we didn’t have enough pompoms for all that. 🙂
Next, we talked about what words started with each sound. She was delighted to realize how
many words she could come up with beginning with each sound. From there I asked her to draw or color a picture of something she really liked starting with each letter sound. She chose to wear a “disguise” while coloring a picture of “dog” biscuits for the “D” sound, to draw a picture of an “elephant” for the “E” sound, and to draw a picture of her daddy, the firefighter, for the “F” sound. She was so proud of her artistic abilities, and learned to write some new words. 🙂
For some outdoor educational fun, we went on a hunt for flowers to go along with the “F” sound. Since we were still enjoying ourselves so much, we created a beautiful letter “F” on our back deck using some of our flower finds. My peachy princess was fascinated with her floral creation! 🙂
How have you been having fun with your alphabet lately? Here are some fun activities for ABCs!
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October 4, 2014 at 8:56 PM
Such a blessed little girl!
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October 6, 2014 at 10:59 AM
And Mommy. 🙂 Thanks!
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October 6, 2014 at 11:42 AM
I love this! my soon to be 5 year old is learning new sight words at school and I think this is a wonderful way to encourage fun learning!
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October 6, 2014 at 11:43 AM
My five year old just turned five last week. LOL She loves learning in a playful way. 🙂
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October 6, 2014 at 11:47 AM
What a great way to learn 🙂 I really like how you’re going about this.
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October 9, 2014 at 11:39 AM
Thank you! 🙂
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October 6, 2014 at 12:01 PM
These are too cute!!! Going to have to try with my princess ❤❤❤
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October 9, 2014 at 11:39 AM
It’s a lot of fun!
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October 6, 2014 at 12:04 PM
Very cute idea! My daughter LOVES, LOVES, LOVES pom pons!!
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October 9, 2014 at 11:39 AM
So does mine. 🙂
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October 6, 2014 at 12:05 PM
POM POMS*
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October 6, 2014 at 2:57 PM
Love the pom poms! I will have to try that!
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October 9, 2014 at 11:40 AM
It’s fun. 🙂
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October 9, 2014 at 11:47 AM
My kiddo loves it.
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October 6, 2014 at 11:48 PM
your a great mom, she will be so prepared when school time comes
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October 9, 2014 at 11:40 AM
Thanks! She loves learning.
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