“Somewhere over the rainbow.” Keep singing along. There is something about rainbows that makes us think spring. Today, I’ve got a fun A Rainbow of My Own rainbow alphabet activity to learn about lowercase and uppercase letters.
A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman is this week’s Virtual Book Club for Kids.
A rainbow alphabet activity to work on lowercase and uppercase letter matching. It’s a perfect alphabet activity to use after reading A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman.
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A Rainbow of My Own Activity and Book
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The Book
You may know Don Freeman as the author Corduroy, but he has other books including A Rainbow of My Own. Imagine catching a rainbow that could be your very own. It might be hard to catch, but it sure would be fun.
The Activity
Materials Needed: rainbow letter beads, rainbow printable (see below), 26 paper cups
Set-up is easy.
- Place a letter bead under each paper cup on the table.
- Print the rainbow letter sheet.
- Have your child play hide-and-seek with the letters. Pick up one cup to reveal a letter.
- Name the letter and then find its uppercase letter match on the rainbow sheet.
- Repeat, repeat, repeat.
Get the printable.
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For more A Rainbow of My Own ideas, check out these posts from other bloggers participating in the Virtual Book Club for Kids.
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- Construction Paper Rainbow Craft – The Moments at Home
- Mixing Colors to Make a Rainbow – Mama Smiles
- CVC Word Family Rainbow Puzzles – Sea of Knowledge
- Rainbow Words – Rainy Day Mum
- Rainbow Preschool Music Craft & Song – Preschool Powol Packets
- Rainbow Science Experiments– Teach Beside Me
Dena @ Batch of Books says
What a fun activity! Thanks so much for sharing. I’ll have to try this with my kiddos. 😉