Story Time: A is for Alphabet
Story Time: A is for Alphabet
I have 26 members, but no family. I start with A and end with Z, but you won’t find me in a zoo. What am I? Of course, I am the alphabet! Help your child discover language through letter recognition and their accompanying sounds. Try beginning with your child’s name using different approaches like magnetic letters, sand letters, sensory bags, scavenger hunts, books, and songs. Not only will this help foster a sense of ownership of language, but it will also build confidence in your child.
Join us Tuesdays, and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. or Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. in the Community Room.
Ages 2-5
Sing, Talk, Read, Write, Play
Tip
Letter recognition is a strong predictor of future reading success, serving as a foundation for reading and writing skills and enhancing cognitive development by developing visual processing skills.
Activity
Pick out an “ABC” book to read with your child, then sing the ABC song using different nursery rhyme melodies like “Twinkle, Twinkle,” “London Bridge,” “Mary Had a Little Lamb,” “This Old Man,” “Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes,” and “Row, Row, Row Your Boat,” while pointing at the letters. Singing the names of letters to a different tune breaks the letters down in different ways and helps them hear the letter names more clearly.
Books Presented
Animalphabet by Julia Donaldson
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom by Bill Martin
Every Little Letter by Deborah Underwood
Did You Take the B from My _ook? by Beck Stanton
Songs, Rhymes, and Fingerplays
Alphabet Zoo
There’s an animal who lives in the alphabet zoo, and H-I-P-P-O is his name, oh!
H-I-P-P-O
H-I-P-P-O
H-I-P-P-O
And “hippo” is it’s name, oh!
Repeat with other zoo animals – panda, rhino, whale, tiger, camel, snake, zebra
A is for Alligator
A is for alligator, chop, chop, chop!
B is for bunny, hop, hop, hop!
C is for circle, spin around and around!
D is for dizzy, let’s all sit down!
Source: 1001 Rhymes and Fingerplays
Alphabet Tree
Here we go round the Alphabet Tree,
The Alphabet Tree,
The Alphabet Tree.
Here we go round the
Alphabet Tree,
Singing the sounds of letters.
This is the sound that C can make
‘c’,’c’,’c’,
‘c’,’c’,’c’,
This is the sound that C can make
In words like cat and candy.
This how we spell your name, spell your name, spell your name.
This is how we spell your name, just like this!
G-I-N-A
Yeah!
Source: Kids Press Magazine
Big A, Little a
Big A, Little a, (spread hands wide apart, then bring them close together)
Bouncing B (bounce up and down)
The cat’s in the cupboard
And he can’t see me!
Peek-a-boo!
Source : The Loudest Librarian
Crafts and Activities
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Coloring Page
Chicka Chicka Boom Boom Tree Craft
Additional Books
The Olphabet: "O" No! An Alphabet Revolt by Jess M. Brallier
Tiring of an alphabetic order that relegates her to the middle, the Letter O repositions herself at the beginning of a newly dubbed “olphabet” before revisiting her subsequent letter friends to figure out where she truly belongs.
Albert's ABCs: A Sibling Story by Henry Cole
Big brother Albert’s frustration with his little brother Baxter escalates alphabetically until Grandma saves the day.
Photo Ark ABC: an Animal Alphabet in Poetry and Pictures by Debbie Levy
T. Rexes Can't Tie Their Shoes by Anna Lazowski
An humorous, alphabetical look at all the things animals can’t do but kids can
