Preschool Letter D Printable Activities & Crafts

Our Preschool Letter D Printable Activities week was a tricky one!

We started off strong, but on Day 2 Filip noticed something important. He realised that little b and little d “look the same,” as he put it. Before I explain how we worked through that, let me start with Day 1.

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Here is how our week unfolded using these Preschool Letter D Printable Activities.

Preschool Letter D Printable Activities: Day 1

We began with our beginning sounds basket. Filip took out each item and named it, emphasising the “d-d-d” sound at the beginning.

After that, he practised forming the letter D on our Alphabet Play Dough Mat. He finger traced first, then used whiteboard markers to trace over both uppercase D and lowercase d. This continues to be one of his favourite activities.

For a change, we used a different uppercase and lowercase letter recognition worksheet that I had originally bought for my daughter. Filip used stickers to complete the page, which made it instantly more exciting.

Next came our Letter of the Week craft. Filip placed round stickers on a dinosaur and then completed the craft activity. Craft time is always a highlight.

We finished Day 1 with the Alphabet Find It sensory game, which he still enjoys.

Preschool Letter D: Day 2

Day 2 began with our Beginning Sounds Ice Cream Scoops sorting activity. And that is when it happened. Filip noticed that lowercase b and lowercase d look the same.

We did not dwell on it at first. We simply finished sorting the pictures and moved on to the cut and paste follow up activity for letters A–D.

But all the while, I was thinking about how to explain the difference between b and d in a way that would make sense to him. I remembered a Pinterest idea that said, “Little a is in little d.” That sparked an idea.

Using corrugated paper, I cut out letters a, b, c, and d using the templates from my Alphabet Play Dough Mat unit. I used green for a and d and different colours for the other letters. I added starting dots and asked Filip to trace each one.

We talked about how b starts with a smooth line going straight down, while a and d begin by going around in a circle first. Then I placed the little a on top of the little d. That is when it clicked. He could clearly see that little a is inside little d.

Success! We had crossed that hurdle.

After that breakthrough, we completed a beginning sounds worksheet, practised tracing uppercase D using printables from The Measured Mom, and finished the day with a pre writing practice sheet from From the Pond.

Preschool Letter D Printable Activities: Day 3

On Day 3, we had some sensory fun by writing letters in coloured salt.

The night before, we mixed table salt with a little poster paint and let it dry overnight. I poured the coloured salt into a shallow lid and let Filip practise writing uppercase D and lowercase d with his finger.

He absolutely loved this activity. It is especially great for kinesthetic learners and gives children another way to feel the letter formation.

We also completed our Q tip letter d activity, this time using glue and glitter instead of paint. Then Filip worked on the Letter D Alphabet Puzzle, which he enjoyed putting together.

We finished the week with our flip book reader, which he proudly shared.

Preschool Letter D Completed

And that wraps up our Preschool Letter D Printable Activities week.

Even though we hit a small roadblock with b and d, it turned into a great learning moment. Sometimes those tricky spots are exactly what help learning stick.

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