School is starting back this week. Time for letters of the week for preschool classes, starting with the Letter A crafts.
I have gathered a list of different crafts letter A and letter A activities from crafts, math, letter, recipes, and fine and gross motor skills.
The preschool room I worked in did 2 craft activities a day and one recipe a week. The kids loved to cook and eat what they made. There were always lots of books different books for each week’s theme.
We played games and did physical activities around the letters too. ABCs Yoga for Kids was always a favorite.
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More Letter Activities and Crafts
- Letter A
- Letter B
- Letter C
- Letter D
- Letter E
- Worksheets for the Letter T
- Letter R Worksheets
- S is for Snake Craft
- Free Letter E Crafts
- Letter A Template Printables
Letter A Crafts and Letter A Activities
Animal of the Week for Letter A
A stuffed animal or bug is a great way to introduce the letter of the week.
Alligator
Anteater
Ant
Antelope
Aardvark
Letter A Recipes and Snack Ideas
Applesauce
Apple Muffins
Apple Fruit Donut
Easy Caramel Apple
Chocolate Caramel Apple Slices
Monster Cookies
Easy Apple Monkey Bread
Apple Dumpling
Microwave Cinnamon Apples
Easy Apple Pie Bites
Apricot Oatmeal Bar
Ants on a log
(celery sticks with peanut butter or cream cheese and raisins)
Animal Crackers
Almonds
Angel Food Cake
Avocado and Chips
A Is for Ant
Alpha-Bits
Apricots
A is for Airplane
Ants on Apples
– Apple slices with peanut butter or cream cheese plus raisins
Apple Pie in a Cup
Crafts Made in the Shape of an A – Letter A Crafts
Ant Letter Craft
A Is for Angel Letter Craft
Alligator
A Is for Apple – lowercase a
Ant
A Is for Astronaut
A Is for Airplane
List of More A Letters
Apple – Letter A Printable
Free printable letter A craft template – Apple
Acorn – Letter A Printable
Free printable letter A craft template – Acorn
Letter A Crafts
List of Apple Crafts Lots of fun apple crafts for the letter A and fall fun.
Apple Mosaic
Make an easy and fun apple craft with a paper plate, glue, and construction paper.
Airplane Craft
Leaf Cutter Ant
Torn Paper Ant Hill
Egg Carton Ant
Paper Ant
Paper Plate Aquarium
Cereal Box Aquarium
Alligator Paper Craft
Alligator Clothespin
Alien Headband
Paper Roll Alien
Tissue Paper Acorn
Suncatcher Acorn
Acorn Owl
Acorn Snowman
Paper Airplane
Wood Stick Airplane
Handprint Craft – the Letter A Crafts
A Is for Apple
Alligator
A Is for Angel
Alien
A Is for Acorn
Armadillo
A Is for Airplane
Letter A Math Activities
Animal Cracker Counting
– Make a math mat with the numbers 1- 10 and count Letter A items apples, ants, almonds, or animal crackers.
Ant on a Log
Airplane Count
Airplane Math Game
Letter A Physical Activities – Fine and Gross Motor
Act like your favorite animal
-Pretend you are different animal walk and make sounds like them.
Pretend to be an airplane
-With your arms out wide be an airplane soaring through the skies.
Ant Farm
Airplane Song
Ant Go Marching on
Airplane Cloud Jumping
Follow the Arrows
– Print out large arrows on cardstock and place them on the floor in different directions and make a path out the arrows. You might need to tape them to prevent slipping depending on your floor.
Laminate the arrows to keep for future use. Have the children follow the different paths. You could turn on music and make it fast and slow.
Paper Airplane
Fold a paper airplane. Practice throwing airplanes. Measure with a tape measure how far they go. You could use steps to measure also. Put one foot in front of the other and count.
Acorn Toss
– Mark a line on the ground. Put a basket to toss the acorns into. Count how many acorns made it into the basket.
Alligator Jump
– Make a large paper alligator. Use 4 or 5 pieces of 8.5 x 11 paper and color green. Cut a triangle for the tail. Tape on floor. Have children practice jumping over the alligator. If you have a large class, you could make several paper alligators.
Acorn scoop
– Use a large scoop tongs to pick up acorns out of one bucket or contain and put it another. You could paint the acorns different colors and sort them into colored bowls.
Draw an alligator
– You can make this a follow the directions activity. Give the children paper and pencil or whiteboards and markers. Draw on an easel. Give each step one at a time.
Draw an airplane
Draw an acorn
Letter A Alphabet Activities
Printable of Letter A Words
– Great for circle time to introduce words that start with A, such as alligator, ant, apple, anteater, alphabet, aardvark, animal, arrow, angel, and more. Let them try to come up with ideas.
Bring a Letter A Item
– Have the kids bring a letter A item to school (with parents approval of course) and share. If they can’t bring the item remind them they could bring a photo of the item instead.
Dot Sticker Pages
Upper/lowercase Sort
Playdoh Letter Mat
– Print out both uppercase and lowercase large on a piece of paper and form the letters with the play dough
Loose Parts Letter Tracing
– Print out large letters and use different items to cover the shape of the letters like flat marbles, beans, bottle caps, pompoms, pony beads, etc. (warning small parts)
More Creative Ways to Practice Letters
Road Letters
Acorn Alphabet Match
Acorn Alphabet Puzzle Match
Other Letter A Activities
Apple Activities
Fun math, reading, science and engineering activities
More Apple Activities
Apple Science – Liquids
Volcano Apple Science
Apple Science – APPLE OOBLECK
Airplane in Clouds
– sensory activity
Letter A Book List
Johnny Appleseed
book review “This is a very cute story. I bought this book for my little students ages 2-5 and they love this version of Johnny Appleseed.”
Apples
book review “Wonderful K-2 book about Apples. Perfect for the Fall. Beautiful illustrations help children discover changing seasons, plant growth and the story of Johnny Appleseed.
A recipe for pie and a lesson on pollination introduce youngsters to science. Written in a way children can understand without parents and teachers becoming bored. HIGHLY RECOMMEND”
Fall Apples: Crisp and Juicy
book review “This is an excellent book for the young student to learn about apples and what they are used for. There are many interesting apple facts interspersed through the pages of this tale of a family’s trip to the orchard. “
Apples and Pumpkins
book review “I bought this as a fall book for my 3 year old son. He loves this book and picks it most nights before bed. He related to it since we also went to a farm to pick our pumpkins this year. It’s a cute simple book about fall and Halloween and I’m sure is one we will enjoy for quite a few more years.
Ten Red Apples
book review “I used this book for an apple themed curriculum based speech-language unit for preschoolers. The story is set on a farm and the various common farm animals take an apple off the tree one by one counting from ten to zero.
The text follows a predictable rhythm and rhyme sequence that the children enjoyed ‘filling-in’ and chiming along. Each animal makes a different noise which was good for my kids developing language as well as speech articulation.
Each page also features the animal using a different word for ‘eating’ such as ‘munch, chomp, nibble’ etc. which was great for expanding vocabulary. The farmer exclaims on each page; “Save some for me” which was a great lesson in sharing/thinking of others, and problem solving for social skills objectives.
Overall, this is a great fun story the children loved and can be used countless ways to expand language skills.”
The Apple Pie Tree
book review “I’ve been teaching preschool for 25 yrs and read this book every year during the fall. I think it’s a great book because it shows the children the whole process of how an apple grows.
The story is simple yet engaging and the pictures are sweet! This time I bought it as a gift for a woman who teaches a “fall garden camp”. I think she’ll love it as much as I do!”
Ten Apples Up on Top
book review “Great book that I used to read to my kid before she started reading it herself. Learning to read and count in the same book? winning!”
Apple Pie ABC
book review “Unlike other ABC books this one tells a story. It is quite unique and playful, and the best part is X is not xylophone.”
Apples, Apples, Everywhere!
book review “LOVE this book. We checked out about ten apple books from the library and this is definitely a favorite. Not tooooo verbose, not too sparse – and gorgeous pictures!”
How Do Apples Grow?
book review “A beautifully illustrated lovely story with great recipes included. Been a favorite in our house for years.”
Apple Farmer Annie
book review “A beautifully illustrated lovely story with great recipes included. Been a favorite in our house for years.”
Apples, Apples, Apples
book review “Read it with my Kindergartners to learn about apples. The right amount of knowledge for that age and easy enough to understand.”
If You Ever Want to Bring an Alligator to School
book review”I read this to my 2nd grade classes. They thought the story line was hilarious, especially the part about the part with the gum. Several students asked for more Magnolia books!”
See You Later, Alligator
book review “Nice version of the kiddie rhyme. Cute illustrations. Fun to read to toddlers and for beginning readers.”
There’s an Alligator under My Bed
book review “Such a great book. I was obsessed with this book when I was kid. I remember the trail of candy going down the stairs leading the alligator to the garage.
So happy to have bought it again so I can share it with my little one. It’s wonderful to be able to share the stories you loved as a child with your own child!”
Are You an Ant?
book review “Adorable book! My 4 year old loves it, and I learned a lot of new things about ants too. Who knew they were so interesting?”
The Icky Sticky Anteater
book review “My child has a disability, and we’ve read this book for years as a reminder that everyone is different in their own way and that it’s OK to not be just like everyone else.”
Violet the Pilot
book review “Amazing empowering book for the mechanically minded kids and for all kids! my almost 3 year old boy wants to read it again and again and says “I want to meet her”
The Noisy Airplane Ride
book review “My grandson loves airplanes. This was a perfect book for him!”
Hey, Little Ant
book review “great book. I am a preschool teacher and the kids loved it”
Amazing Airplanes (Amazing Machines)
book review “Bought this book to help prepare my toddler for an upcoming long haul flight. The book is fun and adorable and gave my child a glimpse of what lie ahead.”
Mousetronaut: Based on a (Partially) True Story
book review “Great book with a great message – You are never too small, too young, etc to be helpful and have purpose! I love that it was written by an astronaut and that he got the idea for his book when he observed the mice on his real space mission.
Mouse’s name is Meteor – loved it! Great illustrations! Facts in the back teach kids how animals were used in space. I read this aloud to elementary students grades 1-5 . They all enjoyed it and had great “I wonder” questions about our space program!”
Kids Paper Airplane Book
book review “Bought this as a Christmas present for my nephew. He instantly fell in love and couldn’t wait to get started.”
Have fun with these letter A activities.
Other Preschool Activities
Apple Activities – math reading science
More Letter Crafts and Activities
- Letter A
- Letter B
- Letter C
- Letter D
- Letter E
- Worksheets for the Letter T
- Letter R Worksheets
- S is for Snake Craft
- Free Letter E Crafts
- Letter A Template Printables
- Free Letter F Template Printables
- Letter R Template Outline
- R is for Rainbow Craft
- F is for Flower Craft for Preschoolers
- W is for Watermelon Letter Craft
- Letter T for Tree Craft
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