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Little Blue Truck ABC Animal Pick Up

October 10, 2016 • 6 Comments

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An alphabet activity to do after reading Little Blue Truck.

Can you recall a book that your child had you read over and over again?  For me, it was Little Blue Truck.  I’ve read it so much that I can now read it with my eyes shut.  It’s one of those books that I didn’t mind repeated readings of because it’s such a delightful one to share with kids.  Today, we are using this Virtual Book Club selection to inspire a little alphabet learning.

An ABC activity to do after reading Little Blue Truck.

A new season of Virtual Book Club for kids has begun.  You can follow along with weekly themes, books, and learning ideas in the private Facebook group.  Become a part of the Virtual Book Club group.  I’ll be sharing an activity at least once a month for the group too.

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The Book: Little Blue Truck

Little Blue Truck by Alice Schertle is the story of kind and helpful blue truck who with the help of the farm animals pushes a grumpy dump truck out of the mud.

If you enjoy Little Blue Truck as much as we did, you’ll also want to check out Little Blue Truck Leads the Way and the new Little Blue Truck’s Halloween.

The Alphabet Activity

It’s time for a little truck alphabet learning.  The purpose of this activity is to help kids practice letter identification.

Materials Needed

ABC animals (see below), scissors,  glue stick, blue and black construction paper, and a tissue box.

Make the Truck

With the blue construction paper, cut two rectangles to form the side of a truck.  Glue the blue paper to the side of a tissue box.  Then, cut two black circles for wheels and attach those to the truck.

Prepare the Farm Animals

ABC farm animals to use with the Little Blue Truck book related activity.

Download and print the ABC farm animals.  Cut out each animal spread them around the room.

CLICK HERE TO GET THE FREE ABC FARM ANIMAL PRINTABLE

Time to Play

The child “drives” the truck around the room looking for ABC animals to pick up.  As each animal is found, the child should name the letter on the animal and then place it in his truck.

Play continues until all the animals have bee loaded in the truck.

Variations

-Have your child name an object that begins with each letter as they are collected.

-Try calling out a sound and having the child find the letter animal that represents that sound.

Enjoy reading Little Blue Truck and playing this alphabet activity with your kids.  It may soon be one of your child’s favorites that he asks for over and over again.

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6 Comments Filed Under: All categories, Alphabet Activities Tagged With: Little Blue Truck, toddlers, virtual book club for kids

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.

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  1. Kim Vij says

    October 12, 2016 at 10:46 am

    What a fun way to sneak in learning the betters of the alphabet. Your pick up truck is adorable! Thanks for cohosting the VBCforKids

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    • Jodie Rodriguez says

      October 12, 2016 at 10:23 pm

      Thanks Kim!

      Reply
  2. Colleen says

    October 11, 2016 at 10:03 pm

    My kids would LOVE to drive a truck like this one around the room to find different animals! We’ll be trying this activity for sure.

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  3. Trisha says

    October 11, 2016 at 3:31 pm

    I’m printing off your animals to play this with my daughter. She’ll love it.

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  4. Carla says

    October 11, 2016 at 10:10 am

    We could use this with our big dump truck…my kids love putting stuff in there!

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  5. Adventures of Adam says

    October 11, 2016 at 5:51 am

    The truck you have made is so cute! Love the idea of picking up each individual animal.

    Reply

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