We have been going through the preschool curriculum I wrote with my 4-year-old this year. He loves it and I love that we do hands-on activities together. Lately, I’ve been feeling like we are needing more practice with each alphabet letter. So, I decided to start creating printables for each letter we go through. Of course, I’ll be sharing all 26 sets of printables on the blog! After I’m done with all the letters, I’ll compile them into a nice little eBook for easy access for you all. Does that sound good to you? I know these printables have helped our preschool day and it reinforces the letter we are working on. Plus, it gives us more practice using writing utensils, tracing lines, scissor practice, and more. Today I’ll be sharing our letter N printable pack. We did N is for Nest…and all the while we dreamt about the warmer days of spring when we’ll see those nests and birds again! 🙂 Here is a peek at what the packet looks like…
Here are a couple sample pages from the packet.
And here is my preschooler in action. For tracing practice, we used oil pastels, since those are his favorite writing utensils. We are still working on holding the utensil in a tripod grip.
For the counting eggs exercise, I wrote the number in the box after he counted the eggs. This is great practice for one-to-one correspondence (meaning they have the ability to match one object to one corresponding number).
We did patterns with our Do-a-Dot markers.
On one page of the packet, there is a nest of birds. You can choose to connect the dots or cut off the birds, punch out holes on the black circles, and then use shoestring to lace around the nest. We did both and it was great practice for him.
To download your own copy, click on this link —–> N is for Nest Packet
And to download more printable alphabet packets, please visit this page.
If you want more hands-on activities for the letters of the alphabet, be sure to check out my eBook.
The adorable clip art is designed by Goodness & Fun.
I love your graphics. I just started a similar curriculum from 1+1+1=1. Easy to follow. I really like how you have arranged your lessons in your book and in a simple interesting way covered all the areas to be developed and worked on. I especially like the book suggestions. I struggle there. As for the printable packs, did you just start those or have you done the first half of the alphabet yet? I was late to start Claire in our practice run this year and we are on week “”C”. This coming fall wit be “real” tot school, as she is just turning 3 in a few weeks.
I have not ever done Ebooks before and wonder if I just download to my computer or is there another form to purchase the book, like on CD or something?
Thank you for your hard work and inspiration to us all.
Jamie
Hi, Jamie! Thank you for your kind words. I have not made a packet of printables for the letter C yet. We are on letter N, which is why I posted this packet of printables. In my ebook, I share the schedule we follow for teaching letters (it is a Montessori method). I will be posting a packet for the next 26 weeks, and the letter C will be in there sometime..not sure when. Sorry! Also, for the ebook, you just download it to your computer and save it. I do not have a printed version or CD version…sorry! Hope that helps!!
What an adorable packet! Thank you so much for sharing with your readers. Pinning now!
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Love these! I just purchased your ebook so this is a great addition for next year’s plans. I’m excited to use your plans with my youngest.
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Awesome! Thank you so much!
These letter packets are amazing. We read “the best nest” this week and have been doing activities to go with that story and the letter N. Your N is for Nest packet is a great addition. Thank you!