Make It: Alphabet Books

My son is really excited about the alphabet. He points out letters on signs as we drive and finds letter shapes in every day objects. I want to take advantage of his new-found obsession, so I’ve been searching for fun ABC projects to reinforce his knowledge.

One of my goals is to create an alphabet book with him and I’ve found a plethora of ways to do it thanks to talented and creative people who are willing to share their ideas!

Molly from Momformation posted a tutorial for making mini-books, perfect for adding letter pages!
Let’s Explore shows us fabulous photo alphabet books compiled in photo albums-she’s also made books for learning numbers and colors-BRILLIANT!!
Here’s a detailed lesson plan on alphabet books .
I love Sandy’s idea of putting the child decorated letters together in a binder to make a book that the child can be proud of! Add page protectors for a little more durability.

Have you seen any great homemade alphabet book ideas or made one yourself? I’d love to see them!!

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Learning about Deaf History Month

I’m in deep denial about the fact that new year is almost upon us again! It’s been the fastest and the longest year at the same time, and I can look back and see some good things as well as some things I wish had gone differently.

Doing a year in review with your kids — whether in the classroom or at home — is a good way to capture some of their memories and the things they really liked about the year gone by.

There are a lot of different printable year in review worksheets you can use if you want to make this super easy. Here are links to a few (often part of larger posts about NYE celebrations with kids that are worth a read, too):

Teach Beside Me has lots of fun printables fro the end of the year, including a year in review that covers favorite memory, funniest memory and the best book they read, among other topics.
NurtureStore‘s version has space for a self-portrait and prompts like favorite toy, best day out this year and future dream job.
Remember favorites, their “best idea” of the year and have room for setting goals for next year with this one from The Keele Deal.
The year in review from Yes We Made This has room for drawing or writing and includes things like something they learned, a memory they made and a place they visited.

Of course you could pretty easily make your own year in review for the whole family to do that asks questions based on what you most want to remember. (Favorite video game? Best friend? Favorite family memory?)

And if after the year in review you’re ready to look ahead a bit, Mrs. Merry has new year’s resolution printables to inspired kids to look ahead and set goals for things they want to try. You can totally fill this one out as a grownup, too.

[Photo: Mrs. Merry]

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