Rainbow Alphabet Activity for A Rainbow of My Own

“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.

Check out the A Rainbow of My Own by Don Freeman book activities.

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The Book

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You may know Don Freeman as the author [easyazon_link identifier=”0140501738″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]Corduroy[/easyazon_link], but he has other books including [easyazon_link identifier=”0140503285″ locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]A Rainbow of My Own[/easyazon_link]. 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: [easyazon_link identifier=”B002IXEFFI” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]rainbow letter beads[/easyazon_link], rainbow printable (see below), 26 [easyazon_link identifier=”B014LHG5WO” locale=”US” tag=”groboobyboo-20″]paper cups[/easyazon_link]

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.

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