Letter
"Aa"
Printable Coloring Pages for Letter "Aa" apple ant A is for Angel angel anteater alligator ark
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Crafts & Activities
Prop Box Idea for the Letter A = Actor
Fill the prop box with things that an actor would use (masks,
necklaces, fancy clothing) Encourage the kids to dress up as their
favorite movie star!
Make a Display Box for "A"
Decorate a box with the letter "A" theme. Inside the box place
items (or pictures of items) whose names begin with A. Some ideas
below:
Food
alfalfa sprouts, almonds, alphabet cereal, alphabet soup, American
cheese, angel food cake,
animal crackers, apple butter, apple juice, apples, applesauce, apricot,
asparagus, avocados
Animals, Insects & Birds
albatross, alligator, ant, anteater, antelope,
Miscellaneous
acorn, Africa, aircraft, airplane, alphabet, American, angel, ankle,
animal, ark, arm, August, April, azalea
Or fill an album with items that begin with the letter "A"
Recognizing the Letter "A"
Introduce the letter "A" to the children by showing them the written
word "Apple" and helping them to see that it begins with an "A".
Cut a large apple shape out of paper and write the letter "A" on it.
Have the children tear or cut out magazine pictures beginning with the
letter "A" and then glue the pictures on the apple shape.
Angels
For the body, cut out a large triangle from white construction paper.
From pink construction paper cut out a circle for the head. Glue
to the tip of the triangle. Have the children dip their hands in
white paint and make hand prints of each hand on light blue construction
paper for wings. Cut them out when dry. Glue to back of body.
Add facial features with colored markers. Add a gold pipe cleaner
for a halo.
Airport
Build an airport in your dramatic centre. Provide small
chairs to line up for airplane, blazers and captain'shats , tickets, a
hole punch, rubber stamps, ink pads, table, old suitcases (small), and
pictures of airplanes, dress up clothes for traveller's, a flag
for someone to wave when runway is clear.
A is for Astronaut
Make an Astronaut helmet out of paper grocery bag or cardboard box
using foil, stickers, pipe cleaners, styrofoam balls and other items on
hand.
Go on an Astronaut walk on the moon. Have the children look for moon rocks (treasure hunt) made out of foil covered rocks or foil made into balls or rocks or Styrofoam painted in silver.
Ants
Use 3 sections of a cardboard egg carton to form the body of an ant.
The children paint it and add antennas, using pipe cleaners, on the first
section. Add four legs to each of the two back sections. Add
wiggly eyes (or draw in marker) on the front section.
Airplanes
Make paper airplanes and fly them outside!
Songs, Finger Plays & Nursery Rhymes
A, A, What Can I Say?
A, A, what can I say?
Just what can I say about the letter A?
Air plane and alligator start with an A.
Acorn and apple begin the same way.
Anchor and astronaut start with A too,
As do apron and acrobat, to name just a few.
Abracadabra begins with an A
It's a magical work that I like to say.
Ant and axe both start with A
Lets hear it for A! Hip, hip, hurray!
Let's Sing Hurray For A (sung to The Farmer in the Dell)
Lets sing hurray for A,
Let's sing hurray for A
Let's sing hurray for A today,
Let's sing hurray for A.
Apple and ant start with A,
Asparagus starts the same way.
Let's sing hurray for A today,
Let's sing hurray for "A"
I'm A Little Airplane
(tune: I'm a Little Teapot)
I'm a little airplane, (children raise arms at
sides to shoulder height.)
Now watch me fly! (They spin one of their arms
in front of them as if it were a propeller)
Here are my instruments
From down low to up high. (With their other arm,
they reach from the ground to above their heads.)
First I get revved up. (Children make engine-like
noises while still spinning their arms.)
Then I can fly, (Children raise arms to shoulder
height.)
Lifting off the runway (They start walking
forward.)
Up into the sky! (They go up on their tiptoes
and circle around and around the room!)
Ants
Ants, Ants,
Everywhere,
Rushing here,
Rushing there.
Carrying treasures
To their nest,
Never stopping
For a rest.
Ants, Ants,
Here and there,
Hurrying and scurrying
Everywhere.
Recipes
Ants on a Log
Spread cream cheese or peanut butter on a piece of celery or apple
slice. Add raisins for ants!
