Letter A: Introduction

Today was our first official day of our alphabet agenda.

It's interesting to see how a three year old grasps the idea of a routine.
My little guy definitely grasps the idea of the "letter of the week" (thanks to sesame street) so today I just introduced the big A and little a.

We drew on the easel: alligator, apple, airplane, ant and I wrote the names beside each picture and underlined the letter a's. Then we had an apple and peanut-butter for a snack.

Other "a" foods: avocado, apricots, anise, almonds

An animal was also introduced into our home this week - We got a dog! I was kinda hoping to wait until the letter D week...

When we went to Wally World to spend the money intended for an oil change on our new animal friend, we pointed out all the a's we found in the store and then on our van when we were done shopping.

Allnaturalme.com ~ we found 3 a's ~ one big A and two little a's.

That's what you have to do. Incorporate your lifestyle and the things around you. Things will just pop up for the letter you are working with.

Today we found a picture that Ayden, who's name also starts with 'a', drew last week and it was a chalk on construction paper drawing that we glued this place packaging piece to it so with it being a very interesting piece, I complimented it and said, "That is so cool Ayden. It is very abstract. Abstract begins with the letter A." And he looked very proud and said Thank you!

Just you see Mama, you'll be A obsessed this week!

Books we rented from the library:
Ants, Anna and the Letter A,
Alligators All Around (an alphabet book with alligators acting out each letter),
Alligators,
Apples for Sale,
The Art Lesson,
My "a" Sound Box
and another Ant book.