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Alphabet Activities: Ladybug Letter Spots

April 29, 2015 •

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The Playful Preschool Series  theme this week is ladybugs.

We created a playful and fun alphabet activity featuring that favorite garden friend!

Ladybug Letter Spots

Playful alphabet activities are a fun way to learn letters. This ladybug themed activity is perfect for spring learning.

Full Disclosure:  This post contains affiliate links.

Why We Chose This Activity

My youngest preschooler needs lots of practice with letter recognition.  We are always looking for opportunities that are playful for him to interact with the alphabet.

Grandpa called a couple of weeks ago and told him a story about his camper being full of ladybugs when he arrived.  My little one has been asking for this story to be told to over and over recently.

So,presto….the ladybug letter spot alphabet activity was created!

Setting Up

Materials Needed: [easyazon_link identifier=”B005M2VX02″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]red foam sheets[/easyazon_link], [easyazon_link identifier=”B005M2Q9MO” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]black foam sheets[/easyazon_link], black permanent marker, glitter or [easyazon_link identifier=”B0058NNA74″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]metallic pen,[/easyazon_link] and scissors

I love to work with foam sheets.  They are inexpensive, versatile and hold up for lots of play.  Cut the shape of a ladybug out of red foam.  Use the red scraps to cut small squares or circles.  You will also want to cut details (head, antennae, and spots) from the black foam.

On the body of the ladybug choose one letter that you want to feature.  Write that letter six times. You can use a mixture of lowercase and uppercase.  On the small red pieces you will also write the featured letter.  Randomly add a few other letters to the ladybug body.

Using a metallic or glitter pen, write the featured letter on the black dots.

Decide where the kids will play.  Foam sheets work great on windows.  Just wet the pieces. They can also be used at a water table or in the bathtub.  If you don’t want to mess with water, the kids can play on any flat surface.

Time to Play

alphabet activities: ladybug letter activity

Encourage your child to arrange the parts of the ladybug on the surface that you choose.

Then identify the featured letter and place it on the ladybug’s head.

Invite your child to place the dots on the ladybug by matching the letters.

A fun way to practice the alphabet!

You will also want to enjoy a few ladybug books too.  Here are a few of our favorites.

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[easyazon_link identifier=”069401320X” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]The Grouchy Ladybug[/easyazon_link] by Eric Carle is a fun story about manners and doubles as an introduction to time.

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[easyazon_link identifier=”1589255100″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]The Very Lazy Ladybug[/easyazon_link] Isobel Finn is about a lazy ladybug who doesn’t want to learn to fly.  Instead, she journeys from animal to animal to transport her.  In the end, Elephant forces her to learn to take wing.

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Keep reading.  Visit the links below for more great ladybug ideas from the #playfulpreschool team!f

Ladybug Prepositions Play by Rainy Day Mum
Ladybug Science Experiment by The Educators’ Spin On It
Ladybug Math Chant and Game by Capri + 3
3 Part Ladybug Counting by Tiny Tots Adventures
Ladybug Roll and Cover Math Game by Mom Inspired Life
Seashell Ladybug Craft by Still Playing School
Ladybug Garden Rocks by Powerful Mothering
Cupcake Liner Ladybug by Fun-A-Day!

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About Jodie Rodriguez

Jodie Rodriguez is a mom of two young boys and an early childhood/elementary educator with over 20 years of experience. Jodie's passion is helping parents, teachers, librarians and anyone else interested in nurturing and reaching ALL of our youngest growing readers.

Comments

  1. Jolanthe says

    May 6, 2015 at 12:04 pm

    Very cute idea! Love that you used foam for these cute ladybugs!

    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      May 6, 2015 at 10:13 pm

      Thank you Jolanthe. I love using foam sheets. We’ve done lots of projects with it.

  2. Natasha says

    April 30, 2015 at 7:19 am

    Love A Very Lazy Ladybug. That’s my book.

  3. Theresa says

    April 29, 2015 at 3:50 pm

    That is a cute alphabet matching game. Love it!

  4. Nicolette Roux says

    April 29, 2015 at 9:21 am

    so cute! love this ladybug theme!

  5. Danielle says

    April 29, 2015 at 8:58 am

    So cute, Jodie! I love that the leaf has a baseball on it too. 🙂

  6. Cerys says

    April 29, 2015 at 4:09 am

    I love this activity – going to give it a try with T this week and keep it as a resource for next year when we work on digraphs and trigraphs as well as sight words.

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