Spring ideas

Spring alphabet cards (for memory/matching games). You can also ask the child to pick a magnetic letter and find the matching spring card or match lower case/upper case letter cards.

 Spring lacing. Print a spring picture, color it and poke holes for lacing.

 Roll and cover the sum (for older children) or roll and cover the number (for younger kids).

 Count and line the correct amount of spring foam stickers.

More spring number and letter cards.

 Recognize and cover the correct lower case letter.

 Tracing.

 Find the match.

 Spring memory cards.

Roll the die and place the right amount of foam stickers in the basket.

ABC snowman

The template is from childcareland.com
The child picks an upper case magnetic letter and covers the corresponding lower case letter with a manipulative (beads, pom poms, small winter table decorations, etc.)

ABC roll and cover

From childcareland.com

Roll the home made ABC dice and cover with pom poms.

ABC pumpkin activity with paper dice

I made some ABC dice and asked my kids to roll the dice and cover the corresponding letter with a little pumpkin.
Also good for fine motor skills and can be used as a matching lower case/uppercase activity.

ABC cupcakes

Matching lower-case/uppercase letter cupcakes. Also works as a memory card game.

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.

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.

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.

DIY Picture cards

Letter X (Pom poms)