The Alphabet

 When I first taught I did a letter of the week, but everything is just moving so fast  with kindergarten curriculum in reading I had to change direction in teaching letters.  I still concentrate on letters and sounds, but I really teach the whole alphabet, uppercase and lowercase. 

This project is a free time activity in my classroom, but it can be a center activity.  There is a little bit of prep, but it turns out so cute!  I fold a large sheet of
 white construction paper in 
4x8 squares.  In each square
 I use a pencil and
 write the letters of the alphabet.
The kids trace with a Cray-pas 
over the letters I have written.
They also outline the grid with a color.  I like to use cray-pas because it's a soft color and you don't have to press as hard  and very bold.






After the letters are all traced, the kiddos use water  colors to paint each block.  It is a crayon resist.  Before I do this project we have some water color lessons.
*Changing Water
*Painting dark and lighter,by using more and less water.  
*cleaning brushes!      

The Masterpiece looks like this.  When it dries, the kids trace the grid lines once more.  The final results are great and they all look different.  The kids like the project and it's a cute bulletin board.

            We do the lowercase letters the same way.