Project: ABCs

As we're taking a break for a couple weeks from presenting storytimes, I have an opportunity to work on some projects that have been on the back-burner for awhile. I have been meaning to update the letters we use at storytime for a long time. 

I created some letter puzzles last year that are similar to the ones that Storytime Katie created. However I only use the newer letters with the older groups of kids (Preschoolers), since they are puzzles.

I have also been reading several books about child development and the need for kids to associate letters as symbols. But, since my older set of letters is solely uppercase letters, we're missing half of the alphabet. So my most recent project was creating a set of ABCs that had every letter as well as its lowercase pair.

I had difficulty finding a font that had the typical letter-type for every single upper- and lowercase letters. But, in a cursory search online, there are plenty of templates to use that will work just as well. I found one at Learn Create Love that was perfect for use at our library. 

I printed them on bright-colored paper, cut them, outlined them in black, and then laminated each letter. I can't wait to use them at storytimes this fall!

Resources:

1. "Storytimes for Everyone!: Developing Young Children's Language and Literacy" by Saroj Nadkarni Ghoting and Pamela Martin-diaz