A is for apple.

It's time to get crafty and learn about A. First I cut out some large A's out of cardboard. There was a sale on Christmas stuff in a store next to me, so I bought a bunch of those white cardboard tee shirt boxes for cheap, but if you do not have cardboard then printer paper, sketch paper, any type of paper you have lying around will do.  Just cut the A big enough for the children to be able to paint on it.

Next you cut an apple in half. This will be the children's paint brush for today.

Then lay newspaper or a table cloth, anything that you don't mind getting a little dirty and put it over a table. Squeeze out a little bit of red finger paint, or tempera paint on a paper plate, or directly on the newspaper if you want.

Give a child the large A, and show them how to push the apple down in the red paint and then on there A.  Then let them paint with the apple. They can stamp it, or use it like a brush, theirs no wrong way.

This activity is designed to help them recognize the letter A, and how it is written. As well as give them a word that A starts with, Apple.

Below are some pictures of our A is for Apple project.