Happy Pasty Alphabet Tree For Toddlers

This calendar week nosotros are having fun exploring the alphabet! Each twenty-four hours this calendar week I volition hold out doing a uncomplicated alphabet activeness with my toddler too preschooler. I volition hold out sharing to a greater extent than or less of these activities hither on the weblog too on days when I don't stimulate got fourth dimension to write them up, I'll simply portion a painting demonstrate with a quick summary on Instagram (follow @kristinatoddlerapproved).

I typically define a toddler equally existence betwixt historic menstruum eighteen months to historic menstruum three. Once kids plough 3 I typically start calling them preschoolers. Every nipper is different, thence what industrial plant for 1 toddler powerfulness non move for another.

Today nosotros are sharing a uncomplicated glutinous alphabet activeness for toddlers too preschoolers! The destination of this activeness is to play with too explore the alphabet, speak nearly colors, too to explore STICKY materials!

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If you've followed along for awhile, you lot powerfulness recall our alphabet glutinous wall that was our inspiration for this activity! Toddlers LOVE glutinous walls!

MATERIALS NEEDED FOR STICKY ALPHABET TREE

Here are the materials you'll ask to brand your ain glutinous alphabet tree.

lids (or circle slice of paper)
alphabet stickers (or a white board marker)
contact paper
tape (painters record too clear tape)
brown too light-green newspaper (or white newspaper too markers)

WHY Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 TREE?

This calendar week nosotros are reading a diversity of alphabet books. Today nosotros read Chicka Chicka Boom Boom yesteryear Bill Martin Jr. too it inspired us to brand our ain alphabet tree! We decided to brand a tree that is to a greater extent than similar an apple/fruit tree versus an official Chicka Chicka Boom Boom tree.

You tin respect the other books we're reading this calendar week inwards our 25 Easy Alphabet Activities post. You tin also download our gratis Calendar volition all of the activities nosotros are doing this calendar week HERE.

HOW TO SET UP YOUR STICKY ALPHABET TREE

To acquire started you lot ask to cutting out a tree overstep too a tree body from colored paper... or you lot tin describe them on large easel newspaper similar I did.

Next, cutting them out too stick them to a apartment surface with tape. I similar to role painters tape.

Next, cutting out a slice of contact newspaper to friction match your tree top. Remember you lot volition hold out making the contact newspaper confront glutinous side out, thence stimulate got that into consideration when you lot cutting thence that the glutinous side too the tree overstep are the same size.

Lastly, secure your contact newspaper (sticky side out) on overstep of your light-green tree top. I used regular clear record for this part.

Once you lot tree is laid up, catch to a greater extent than or less lids or round down pieces of newspaper too write alphabet letters on them. I used a whiteboard marking on my lids since it stays for awhile too is easier to take away than Sharpie. You tin also role alphabet stickers.

I normally endeavour too innovate my kids to lowercase letters first, though sometimes using stickers makes that tricky since it is thence difficult to respect lowercase alphabet stickers!

Put your lids inwards a bowl yesteryear your glutinous wall too you lot are ready to start exploring!

WORDS TO USE AS YOU ARE PLAYING

Simple activities similar these tin hold out a keen agency to innovate your nipper to novel words too expand their vocabulary. This is a fun exploration too play activity, non a drill too kill activity.

While nosotros play too explore the letters too the glutinous surface together, hither are a few of the words I introduce.

STICKY
LID
TREE
TRUNK
STICK (ie. Can you lot stick the lid on the tree?)
PICK UP
CLEAN UP
FALL DOWN

I simply role a diversity of dissimilar words piece nosotros play too I comment on my nipper equally she's playing too she picks upwards a few novel words piece nosotros are exploring. Easy peasy!

HOW TO EXPLORE THE ALPHABET

With immature toddlers I speak to them nearly the alphabet letters when they appear interested. My missy loves the missive of the alphabet "b" too calls everything "b." While nosotros played with the tree I would occasionally comment when she picked upwards a missive of the alphabet (not every time) too state the missive of the alphabet cite too a give-and-take it is associated with. Mostly nosotros simply speak nearly the letters inwards her cite (ie. "you stimulate got an Influenza A virus subtype H5N1 for Annabelle!")

HOW TO USE THE STICKY ALPHABET TREE WITH PRESCHOOLERS

Some preschoolers already know their letters thence equally they play they powerfulness state the missive of the alphabet names. Some powerfulness endeavour too state the cite of an object that starts with that letter. As I play with my preschooler I similar to casually indicate out things. "Hey! This is C. That's the missive of the alphabet at the get-go of Catie's name..." or "This is a e. We've seen that somewhere recently. Do you lot recall where?" Sometimes our alphabet play activeness volition plough into an alphabet hunt!

WHAT TO DO ABOUT TODDLER DESTRUCTION?

Sometimes toddlers simply desire to knock downward all of the letters or trace the glutinous tree down! You powerfulness think, "oh no!" But don't worry likewise much nearly it. Your toddler's conduct powerfulness hold out telling you lot that they aren't interested inwards this form of activeness or they are telling you lot that they desire to play too explore with the materials inwards a dissimilar way.

If your toddler is novel to contact paper, laid upwards to a greater extent than or less for them to play with too trace downward away from your glutinous alphabet tree. Let them trace it downward too explore that equally much equally they desire thence that they tin acquire an chance to explore the materials. You tin also rate your nipper a bucket of the alphabet lids to form too drib too dump too explore. That is totally fine! You tin all the same acquire the learning sense of talking nearly the letters, exploring sticky, too talking nearly colors this agency too.

My missy LOVED knocking the alphabet lids downward off the tree too and thence putting them dorsum upwards again... too and thence knocking them downward again. She also threw them all over the kitchen too and thence sang her "clean up" vocal to alternative them all upwards again.

There are thence many ways you lot tin larn too play with these materials!

We popular off on a large collection of lids inwards a container to role too reuse. These lids are all by too large from playdoh containers, since they are our favorite types (and I don't brand homemade playdough nearly enough!).

NEED MORE ALPHABET ACTIVITIES?

Check out our 25 Easy Alphabet Activities postal service that nosotros shared yesterday. It also includes to a greater extent than or less favorite books that nosotros love.

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