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Letter of the week: D is for dandelion

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Following on from ‘w is for wool‘ in our touchy-feely letter of the week sensory alphabet, today we made: d is for dandelion

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Our walk to school is peppered with dandelion clocks at the moment which my daughter loves to blow. Do you play ‘What’s the time Mr. Wolf?’, counting the puffs until all the seeds have gone?

We decided to see if we could get some of the seedheads home without all the seeds blowing away, to make the next letter for our alphabet – and she had to practise great self-control not to puff them all away before we got back.

I started off by drawing out a ‘d’ on yellow paper. My daughter applied the glue, practising her hand-eye co-ordination to try and stay within the lines.

d is for dandelion

And then the real fun began! She loved blowing the dandelions onto the wet glue to make her letter d.

letter of the week d

Once our ‘d’ was dry we cut it out and stuck it on to a piece of card. It turned out great and feels very soft and fluffy.

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Alphabet wallchart

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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?

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