Home made count and color book

ABC stripes

A new letter every day and a new ABC stripe every day. Ask the child to cut out the right pictures and color them. When you have enough stripes, ask the child to lay them on the floor and put them in the right order.

Exercise ABC cards

My own version of Chasing Cheerios' idea...

DIY ABC Dice and more

Homemade dice are so much fun and versatile!

Great for toddlers:roll the colors or shapes die and find the matching color/shape.
Great tool for reinforcing letter recognition: roll the upper case ABC die and ask the child to find the corresponding lower case letter.
Great as writing practice: roll any of the home made dice you have and ask the child to write down what comes up and see who comes out more often. Who will win first prize?
Also great for coins recognition and sorting.
Also good for numbers: roll the numbers die and ask the child to pick the corresponding amount of figurines, pawns, or any other item and write down the number.

Scrapbook birthday card ideas

Bear with stencils

by my 4 year old...

Letter M (Monkey craft)

Letter L (Lion craft)

Letter B (Bear craft)

Draw a bear and cut it out. Draw and cut out the shapes for the paws, ears and tummy and let the child glue them on the bear and color their bear.You can also attach stickers of capital/lower case B.

Letter F (Frog craft)

Letter P (Pig craft)

Letter G (Giraffe craft)

Draw it yourself or print it out. Ask your child to cut it out and color it. Then let the child choose the right alphabet sticker for the picture.

Letter O (Octopus craft)

...with stickers, of course!

Turtle (Letter T)

ABC tree

ABC leaves for August.
ABC apples for September.
One letter a day.

Spaghetti, beads and play doh!

What an odd combination, you might think! Not really! Stick two or three raw spaghetti into a ball of play doh and let your child string the beads and have fun with different colors and patterns!
Great for fine motor skills and concentration!

Matching shapes and colors

Working with seashells

Simply draw a letter or a spiral or any type of path the seashells need to follow.
Great for concentration and fine motor skills! Keeps kids busy for a long time :)
You can replace the seashells with any other item and use different colors to make patterns.