We’re making Little a parade of letters to go around her bedroom wall. Big has had an alphabet wall chart up since she was 3, and if Big Sister has one…
We could buy one of course, but where’s the fun in that? By making our own we can incorporate lots of other skills and new things to try out, such as using scissors. We’re going to include a sensory element too – having touchy-feely letters you can trace round with your fingers helps children to learn the letter’s form. We’re not working from a – z, as learning alphabetical order will come later. Our focus to begin with is on letters which mean something to Little, and as we’ve been knitting this weekend we’re starting with…
W is for wool
I drew out a ‘w’ on some red paper.
Little has learnt how scissors operate and enjoys snipping away to make random shapes but now I’m encouraging her to try and follow along a line sometimes too.
She applied glue very liberally to her W.
And then we added lots of soft wool onto the glue. We left if to dry and then stuck it onto a piece of card. We’ve not decided yet how we’re going to put them up on to the wall – maybe on a long roll of paper, maybe on a washing line. Any suggestions for us?
How are you introducing letters with your child?
Could punch holes in the 4 corners and thread loads together like a cardboard patchwork quilt pattern?
Another fantastic idea for helping little ones learn. Such a fab site!
Michelle, That’s a great idea! We have a favourite book about a patchwork quilt, so I think Little will love to make one.
Oooh, how cute. And how simple for the little ones!!! Was wondering – am doing a Get Crafty carnival (Red Theme this month), would be lovely to include the W – something a bit different!!! 😉 Would post photo, description and link https://redtedart.wordpress.com/get-crafty/
Let me know by Friday (closing date)
Maggy (I may have emailed before????)
What a wonderful idea, I think it should be compulsory for all young age children!
CJ xx