Alphabet Days

We have started alphabet days with Whitney and two other children in the ward.  Last week one of the mom's did the introduction to the alphabet; this week I started with the letter 'A'.  Here are some of the fun activities we did to talk about that letter.

We colored a picture of things that start with the letter 'A' - like airplane, apple, and alligator.  The kids were suppose to practice writing the letter A into the right spots on the paper, but I think they all just wanted to color.  Oh well.

We talked about astronauts and traveling to the moon.  Then we let the kids play in moon sand.  I looked in three different stores for moon sand to no avail and was finally able to borrow some from a friend in the ward.  I am glad I was able to find some because the kids really enjoyed that part.

I buried some objects that started with the letter A into the moon sand for the kids to find.  They had to decide which object started with an A and they did a pretty good job doing that.  So I was really proud of them.  Now, Whitney knows what a big 'A' and a little 'a' look like.

We also talked about animals and let the kids pretend to be different kinds of animals.  They especially liked being kangaroos and jumping around.  I thought they would like to be more animals like snakes or birds, but they just wanted to always be kangaroos.  Oh well.  Maybe they are a little too young to want to pretend to be animals.

For snack we had frosted animal cookies - which were a big hit.  We also had crackers that had the letter 'A' on them.  And we let the kids make apple smiles.

You take an apple piece and cover one side in peanut butter and then put marshmallows on top for the teeth.  Technically, you are suppose to put two pieces together and make lips for one whole mouth, but the kids didn't want to do that.  They did have a blast when I handed them a butter knife though and everyone wanted to just attack their apples, so I will have to plan some kind of cutting thing for the next time I am in charge of the letter.

This little boy next to Rachel is only three weeks younger than her.  They did a good job playing nicely while we helped the older three with the letter 'A' activities.  I think it gets a little crazy with six small children in the apartment.  But it is also fun.

We have a spot on our wall for learning the alphabet.  I remember as a kid we would use the kitchen wall and put up the alphabet things we colored, so I wanted a spot like that for Whitney.  It is hard to tell, but the two pictures are of the coconut tree from Chicka Chicka Boom Boom last week and we glued cotton balls onto letter A.  I hope I have space for all the letters. 

Anyway, alphabet days was fun.  I am still learning what the kids really like doing and what they rather wouldn't.  But I think they had a good time.