Letter recognition can be a big deal and hard work but with this awesome craft it can be really simple and fun instead. Today skip the worksheets and enjoy this hand’s on project!
Start by drawing a letter as big as you can on a sheet of paper. A great letter to start with when working on recognition is the one’s your child’s name starts with. Other great letters are those of siblings, m for mommy, d for daddy, etc.
Prepare long strips of colored paper and then let your child get some scissor practice cutting them into chunks. Depending on age this will look very different, even if it’s not pretty, it’s ok, they’re learning! For littler guys let them rip the paper into chunks.
Then trace the letter with glue and have your child cover every little bit of glue with chunks of paper. Remember that you are working on recognition so don’t forget to talk about the letter as you go.
For more letter recognition
Check out our post on making textured finger paints! Where they can once again learn through play, tracing and talking about letters. 
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Fun and easy to do idea! 🙂 Thanks!
Perfect activity for today. Thanks for the idea!
Fun activity! My boys love anything that involves scissors and glue.
So cool! My kids will love these ideas!
Oh these are cute ideas! Love the bathtub finger paints too 🙂
I can’t wait to try this with my son..still a little nervous with him using scissors but we will be venturing into that soon! Great Activity!
Feel free to let him rip them for now or try some “won’t cute hair” scissors!
love this idea….just got it preped for next week when we start my 4 and 3 year old in homeschool preschool
So glad! Hope you all enjoy it!