Happy Alphabet Apple Tree Punching Activity
December 05, 2018
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Apple Week has been a hitting at our house! Our favorite activeness was apple tree stacking in addition to snacking, which I'll nation y'all close tomorrow. We also made a spin fine art apple tree banner in addition to did an apple math activity.
Today the kids grabbed hole punchers in addition to nosotros did some alphabet apple tree punching. We were inspired past times this find the missive of the alphabet on the pumpkin activity created past times Hands On As We Grow.
MATERIALS NEEDED FOR ALPHABET APPLE PUNCHING:
- black pen/marker
- red cardstock
- scissors
- hole punch
- apple template
DIRECTIONS FOR ALPHABET APPLE PUNCHING ACTIVITY:
Get started past times cutting out a large apple tree from a slice of cardstock. You tin purpose the minor template I gave y'all in addition to enlarge it, or only produce it minor if y'all don't desire to trace your ain apple.
Next, create upwardly one's hear what letters y'all are going to practice.
My boy LOVES his mention in addition to likes exploring the letters inward his name. We decided to purpose his mention for our alphabet punching activity.
I wrote his mention inward the middle of the apple tree in addition to and then repeated it or thus the border of the apple tree over again in addition to again.
Next I handed him a hole punch in addition to challenged him to punch all of the "a"s. Then nosotros tried punching all of the "R"s or I told him to "punch iii missive of the alphabet n's."
It was a challenge to instruct the hole punch centered correct on the letter, thus he tried his best in addition to sometimes he got it unopen to the missive of the alphabet in addition to sometimes it was high inward a higher house or below the letter. It was adorable.
I was actually impressed amongst his concentration land he punched the unlike letters. I don't allow my kids purpose hole punchers that oft because ours are ever getting lost. My picayune guy idea it was SO FUN. His picayune fingers got quite a workout too!
Once nosotros were finished nosotros had a actually hole-y apple! Here's a photograph of us partway through the apple.
Strong fingers muscles are of import for writing. This activeness is the perfect activeness to deal your nipper construct upwardly their stamina for writing.
Our Virtual Book Club for Kids featured majority this calendar week is Ten Apples Up On Top past times MD Seuss, thus subsequently nosotros did some punching, nosotros did some reading too!
Make certain to caput over to I Can Teach My Child today to come across all of the missive of the alphabet activities that are shared equally business office of Jenae's alphabet apple tree stomping game that was a hitting too.
