by Lokemun Magar

Created on: October 26, 2009

Alphabet craft projects are a great way to introduce children to the Alphabet, and reinforce the beginnings of reading. The sensory input helps kinesthetic learners pick up and retain information about the Alphabet faster than conventional teaching methodology. The eyes, hands, mouth and ears send messages to the brain that help the brain have a stronger imagery of the Alphabet through Alphabet Crafts.

These are some craft projects that have proven their worth in providing both craft fun and educational value to children.

* Alphabet Dried Pasta Craft Project: Many of us would probably recall reading out the letters in our alphabet soup. Today, these letters come as pasta come in the ready-to-cook form, but are also useful as craft materials. Children paste dried pasta depicting their names on a colored ice cream stick to make a personalized book marker. They may want to paint the letters on both sides with non water-soluble paint and lacquer them, before they stick them onto the sticks. This craft works great for children learning to read and spell. The words can be stuck to any item as labels - a cupboard door, recycled tin or drink can turned stationery holder, clock and other small item, to personalize it.

* Alphabet bread and cookies: How do you occupy inquisitive little children who want to know what, and how, you bake? Give them some of the bread or cookie dough, an alphabet book, and get them to shape as many of the letters as they can. They will probably admire their own creations so much that they will probably not want to eat their baked letters.

* Alphabet Play Doh, Clay Dough: Instead of using bread or cookie dough, use Play Doh, Plasticine, paper mache pulp, and even soft clay to form letters. Form words with the letters, such as their names and common nouns, and get them to read the words they or their friends have formed.

* Alphabet Mini-Scrapbook Project: Cut out or print and paste, or write the twenty-six letters of the Alphabet onto construction paper, one letter per sheet. Children will find and cut out pictures or word names of items, and paste them onto the sheets bearing the same letter that begins the names. This is a great way for children to begin reading.

* Alphabet Fridge Magnet Project: Fridge magnets could range from something as simple as having a circular or square piece of magnet stuck behind a colored cardboard cut out of letters, to something more classic such as beautifully carved wood letters that children have a hand in

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