Chick Pea has really been enjoying a weekly craft day that allows us to work on letters and sounds. It’s a great way to not only teach kids the letters and their sounds, but also give them a chance to work on their fine motor skills by placing the animal parts onto the paper. She’s also very proud of the them, and loves to look at them displayed on the wall.
So far, we’ve made it through “I for Iguana”, and the quality seems to be improving every week. The excitement builds up every week because she now knows which letter is coming next and which animal she’s going to be constructing.
Here’s a list of animals you can use, but feel free to come up with your own creative ways to go through the letters with different animals or a different set of objects altogether. TIP–spend 10 or 15 minutes after bed time the night before you plan on doing the craft to prepare everything, cut out the shapes you’ll be using, etc.
- Alligator
- Bee
- Caterpillar
- Dog/Dragon
- Elephant
- Flamingo
- Giraffe/Gorilla
- Horse
- Iguana
- Jaguar
- Kangaroo
- Llama
- Monkey
- Nautilus/nest
- Octopus
- Penguin
- Quetzal
- Rabbit
- Snake
- Tiger
- Unicorn/Umbrella Fish
- Vampire Bat
- Walrus
- Fox
- Yak
- Zebra