MORE ABC Fun!

Sharing a few more of my favorite ABC activities with you!

The children ADORE playing this whole group game, and it is a SUPER game when you only have a few minutes to spare or when you’re waiting in line. (ABC Come Learn with me Games)

I love the felt activities from Katie and Company, and this one is one of my favorite!  As a kindergarten team, we also get together to  make big books for songs – we each take a song and make one for each person in the entire group.  It’s easy to get a lot of books that way!

We do a lot of exploring at the beginning of the year, and these two activities are great.  The top one is from Lakeshore Learning, and the bottom one is from Handwriting Without Tears.

I LOVE all of the “find the” activities.  I hide something behind one of the square pieces on the pocketchart, and the children have to say the beginning letter/sound to look behind it.  This is great for when you have just a few extra minutes!  I have a few of these available in my store.

For this activity, the children simply use their finger to write the letter in salt (in the bottom of a plastic container) and then write the letter on their recording sheet. (ABC Centers for the Frugal Teacher)

We LOVE highway letters! You can download them from Making Learning Fun.  The response sheet is from my ABC Centers for Frugal Teachers pack.

Do you Kagan? I LOVE Kagan games and activities! This one is called Quiz-Quiz-Trade.  The children find a partner, ask them the question on the front of the card, and tell them if they’re right or wrong.  Then, the partner does the same.  When they each have asked a question, they switch cards and find other partners.  Another great time filler!

Who doesn’t love do-a-dot markers?!  At this simple center, the children pull out a letter from the bag, match it on their paper, and dob it! Simple, effective, FUN!

This game is so simple and can be played so many ways.  You can download this for free in my store!

All of my ABC activities are on sale through today, now is the time to get them prepped so you’re ready for those first crazy weeks of school!

 

  

Here is a reminder of what the calendar looks like for my Christmas in July sale!  

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ABC Fun! Christmas in July

I wanted to share with you some of my favorite ABC activities that I do with the kiddos.  In the beginning of the year we eat, breathe, and sleep the alphabet!  My goal is to have all children secure with their letters and sounds by Thanksgiving.  Of course, not all make it, but I will sure as heck try!

We play lots of whole group games.  I like to use a lot of the games from Katie & Company, different websites and videos, and of course old fashioned fun! I’ve compiled a few of my faves in this unit:

This is an old Making Learning Fun game that I updated!

You can download this one for free in my store!

We also play some partner games! This game of bubble pop is an ALL TIME favorite!  I’m working on making this game in other skills too.  They just can’t get enough!

And of course, we have centers.  Lots and lots of centers! The kids love playing these games, and I love putting them together because they are SO simple to prep!  You just need a few basics that most people have in their classrooms or can easily find/borrow from colleagues!!!

I have these available in a few options

 

Each of these have 10 different centers in them.  Or you can get the bundled set for a discount.

This is a super fun game for partners called ABC Splat!  You just need upper and lower case dice. You can also find this in my store.

Of course, I also have the basics for independent work!

 

 

 

 

 

Stop on over to my TpT store – these items will be on sale for today (7/17) and tomorrow (7/18) only! Just click on the banner below to go there!

On a side note, today my husband and I celebrate 15 years of marriage! Time flies when you’re having fun!!