Letters & Nature

Over the year my children have of course been learning lots about letters and the sounds they make. To revise this in a way  I knew would interest them we made the alphabet out of natural materials.

 My children are always bringing in interesting natural items to use in their block building and collage so I knew that they would love going on a 'nature hunt' and using their found items to make chosen letters.


Luckily, the night before had been quite windy so there were lots of leaves, sticks and even large seed pods lying around our school grounds for the children to use.

We took a deck of letter cards out with us and the children busily made their chosen letter, took a photograph (with the help of my teacher aide and me to make sure they got the whole thing in) and then chose another card from the deck. They were so engaged in hunting for the right materials (short sticks, long sticks, curved leaves etc) and making each letter that I think each one of them could have made the entire alphabet themselves. Here's a few of the letters they made...

                                             

I am planning to use these photographs to make an alphabet chart with the kids which will be a good activity for reinforcing the order of the alphabet.

Personalised Alphabet Book

This past term we have been learning all about letters and sounds. To consolidate this we made an alphabet big book. 

Each child chose a letter card and glued Easter egg wrappers that they had torn into small pieces over the top of their letter. 

They then drew a picture of something that began with the letter they had chosen. 

During this activity my teacher aide and I encouraged lots of talk about the name, shape and sound of the letters each child had chosen.

Once finished, we laminated each A3 page and bound with metal binding rings and voila - Our very own, personalised alphabet book!