Preschool Letter A Printable Activities and Crafts

Hello and welcome to our Preschool Letter A Printable Activities week!

Let me start by saying just how excited my little man was. He absolutely loved doing “school work” (aka worksheets) and “crafts.” Anything involving glue is always a winner in this house! He enjoyed every activity so much, and that alone left me feeling like one very happy mummy.

That said, I quickly realised something important. My explanations were way too long for him. Filip is very much a do-er. If you put paper and materials in front of him, he’s already creating before you can finish explaining what to do. And honestly, I love that about him.

While I fully support creative expression, this week we were also learning to form the letter A correctly. Some children can get very creative with letter formation, but I’ve learned that it’s much easier to teach correct formation from the beginning than to try and unlearn bad habits later. So correct formation it was!

Throughout this blog post, I have linked the resources I have used to either my Google Drive, my online store or another blog where I got that particular download. You can access the downloads by clicking on the photos or links. If you would like to download all the FREE printables I used for the Preschool Letter A week in one download CLICK HERE to get them from Kinder-Resources.com!

Now, here’s a peek into our week!

Preschool Letter A Printable Activities: Day 1

We started our week with Alphabet Play Dough Mats. I printed them, laminated them, and we were ready to go. Filip began by finger tracing both the uppercase A and lowercase a. He traced each letter a few times while I gave verbal cues to help with correct formation.

For uppercase A, I said:
Start at the dot, go all the way down, stop. Jump back to the dot, go all the way down, stop. Jump to the middle and across.

For lowercase a:
Start at the dot, go all the way around, go all the way up, stop. Come back down, stop.

These cues were incredibly helpful, and I used them throughout the week. After finger tracing, he switched to a whiteboard marker, which he enjoyed even more.

Next, we moved on to dot painting using bingo dabbers to practise letter identification. He used green for uppercase letters and red for lowercase letters. We also tried a pre writing practice page from Mel at From the Pond.

We finished the day with a craft that Filip absolutely loved. I cut out the letter shapes ahead of time, and he glued on tissue paper to create an alligator and an apple. The final result was a real team effort, if I do say so myself! If you’d like the letter templates, you can find them here.

Preschool Letter A Activities and Crafts: Day 2

On Day 2, I set up a mini sensory tub using an Alphabet Find It game by Carisa. Filip played this with his older brother David (Grade 1). They took turns digging through a mixture of beans, peas, and lentils to find the hidden vocabulary cards, then matched them to the pictures on the large poster. This activity was a big hit and was repeated several times throughout the week.

We also worked on letter identification using vocabulary cards. Filip then completed a beginning sounds worksheet using stamps, as he is not a fan of colouring.

Of course, we included play dough again. He practised his letter formation using play dough, and I truly believe this was one of his favourite activities.

Since A is for apple, we finished the day with some apple counting. I used apple number cards, play dough, and small gems. This activity was fantastic for counting practice and fine motor development.

Preschool Letter A Printable Activities: Day 3

We started Day 3 with a letter identification worksheet, this time an alphabet maze. The worksheet encouraged an A–a–A–a pattern across the page, but Filip chose to cover each letter as he found it instead. I was perfectly happy with that, as he was still actively identifying the letters.

Next, we completed a beginning sounds cut and paste worksheet, followed by a Q tip painting activity to practise fine motor skills. As far as Filip is concerned, anything involving paint is fun.

We finished our Preschool Letter A week with an apple tree craft. I traced his hands for the tree trunks, and he glued on green tissue paper for the leaves and red sequins for the apples.

Preschool Letter A Printable Activities Completed

And just like that, our Preschool Letter A Printable Activities week was complete.

I will be honest and say that I did not prepare as much as I would have liked. Still, it turned out to be a fun and enjoyable week, and Filip loved every part of it. In the end, that is what matters most.

Looking ahead, I would love to spend more time exploring Pinterest for new games, activities, and worksheets. I was not even sure at first whether Filip would manage some of the worksheets, as they were designed for older children. However, he surprised me by tackling them confidently and with excitement. I think he really enjoyed the idea of doing “school work” just like the big kids.

Download Preschool Letter A Printable Activities

To download all the free Preschool Letter A Printable Activities from this post, click on the image below.

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Products we used to do our Preschool Letter A:

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