ALPHABET/PRE-WRITING
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Practice and Learn the Alphabet (available as a book or e-book)

Activities in language arts, math, art, and cooking incorporate reading and writing into everyday experiences, so children learn letter names and sounds in meaningful ways.
Preparing to Read (available as a book or e-book)

Choose from dozens of fun-filled activities (like Alphabet Bingo and Color Word Lotto) to improve phonological awareness and alphabet recognition skills! The lessons use common materials found in most early childhood classrooms.
Emergent Writer's Workshop (available as a book or e-book)

After listening to stories, singing songs, learning new words, and completing art projects, children are eager to write their own stories with pictures and words. Each of 18 units culminates with a Mini Book.
Great Ideas
3D Letters
...A great way to create letter art. From Cindy Marotta.
Alphabet Animal Collage
...Learning the alphabet. Submitted by: Erika Bingham.
Alphabet Bingo
...Learning to recognize letters.
Alphabet Dig
...Letter recognition and matching with Sue Mowrer.
ABC's
...Letters and shapes
C is for Celery
...Learning the alphabet
Foam Letters
...Learning the letters of the alphabet. Submitted by: Jennifer Hynes.
Name Recognition
...Letter and shape recognition. Submitted by: Karen LaVarnway.
Name Writing video
How to teach your child to write his/her name. This is a Cullen's abc's video lesson plan.
Name Writing for Preschoolers
...Pre-writing skills and name recognition. Submitted by: Lisa Elwell.
Sand Names
...Children will learn about letters and words in a fun way. From Amy.
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