Fun Alphabet Practice Activities For Kids

Alphabet writing practice is one of the most important parts of preschool or kindergarten instruction. Getting familiar and comfortable recognizing, writing, and using the alphabet is a foundational skill that students will use for the rest of their lives! That’s why it’s so important to make it as fun as possible! 

The more fun kids have, the more engaged in learning they will be! 

How can I make learning the alphabet fun? 

The sky is the limit when it comes to learning the alphabet. Here are some of my favorite alphabet activities for kids. 

  1. Stamp pads. Get some alphabet stamping supplies and let students have fun practicing letters with stamps
  2. Finger paint. Let students get their hands dirty and finger-paint the letters. 
  3. Sand tables. This one is great if you have the supplies. Simply have students write their letters in the sand. 
  4. Shaving cream. Simply spray some shaving cream on each desk, spread it out, and let students write letters in it! 
  5. Lego Letters. Get out some Lego blocks and have students build the letters with them.
  6. Pipe Cleaners. Twist pipe cleaners to make letters. 
  7. Dry Erase Boards. Practice writing and erasing letters with dry-erase markers and boards. 
  8. Sidewalk Chalk. Decorate the sidewalk with letters. 
  9. Have a letter scavenger hunt. 
  10. Play I Spy with the alphabet. 

There are so many ways to get creative with learning the alphabet. If you are looking for some traditional alphabet practice sheets or even alphabet tracing worksheets, I have you covered! 

This Alphabet Writing Practice Bundle comes with everything you need!

alphabet writing practice

It comes with alphabet worksheets, alphabet tracing, and alphabet crafts for every letter A-Z! 

These provide hands-on options as well as worksheets to help with busy mornings. Students will learn how to work independently after the first couple of letter sets are used because every unit follows the same pattern. There are plenty of things to choose from for the week if you are doing a letter a week. Students will practice fine motor skills with writing, cutting, and tracing.

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What is the download?

  • LETTER A: 16 printables which include 3 crafts, a spinning game, letter identification, forming letters, playdough letters, BINGO daubing, tracing letters (upper and lowercase), letter sounds, and beginning sounds of words.
  • LETTER B: 16 printables which include 3 crafts, a spinning game, letter identification, forming letters, playdough letters, BINGO daubing, tracing letters, letter sounds, and beginning sounds of words. 
  • LETTERS C-Z These will follow the same format as units for letters A & B, but with different crafts.
Alphabet practice
alphabet practice

Want to try it out for FREE? Check out my free Alphabet Worksheets and Crafts resource here! 

Let your students have a blast while they master identifying the upper and lowercase letters, reviewing the sound, writing letters, and creating crafts with these printable practice pages. These make morning work, literacy centers, small groups, or home reviews a breeze!

What’s in the download?

P. 1 Cover

p. 2 More Resources

P. 3 Letter Aa practice

P. 4 Letter B Mini Book

P. 5 Letter C Play-Doh Trace 

P. 6-7 Letter A Alligator Craft

P. 8-9 Letter T Tiger Craft

P. 10 Color by Code Letter L

P. 11 Answer Key

P. 12 CREDITS

What are your favorite alphabet practice activities? Let me know in the comments!

Tips For Teaching Weather Patterns In Elementary


Weather is something that eventually feels like second nature. But how do you introduce it to kids in a way that is fun and engaging? Science is one of my favorite subjects to teach to students because it encourages curiosity and the desire to learn. 

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If you are looking for some weather patterns activities for kindergarten or 1st grade, you’re in the right place! I’m going to be sharing my favorite weather lesson plans for early elementary students. 

What is a fun way to teach weather? 

The best way to get students excited to learn about this fascinating subject is to let them get some hands-on fun! There are tons of simple experiments you can do. You can make a water cycle with a baggie, or do some solar cooking outside (if it’s hot out). You can sing some weather songs, write in a weather journal, and so much more. 

What are good weather activities? 

Aside from the ones mentioned above, my favorite weather activity for kids has to be the Cloud Science Experiment! All you need is a jar, a sponge, blue food coloring, water, and an old squirt bottle. This simple activity is a great way to show students how clouds are formed! For more information on how to do it, check out the resource below! 

Looking for more weather activities for elementary students? 

I have you covered. I created this Weather Patterns Unit to help students have fun while learning about the fascinating topic of weather. 

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This week-long unit is loaded with enough resources to stretch it out for two weeks if needed! This resource is perfect for teaching  weather patterns, the water cycle, rainbows, and more, with engaging activities and printables that make your life easy. 

weather patterns activities for elementary

Here’s what’s included in this resource

•Home Connection Meteorologist Project

• Weather (KWL CHART)

• Act Out Animal Motions

• Rain (tune of BINGO)

• Circle and Count the weather pictures

• Venn Diagram- Sunny and Rainy

• Venn Diagram Answer Key

• Crazy Weather Facts to Read to the Class

•  Crazy Weather Facts Writing Paper

•  Label the Weather Picture

• Weather Mini Book 

• Cut and paste the weather picture

•  Draw and write about the weather cycle

• Write a Weather Report about FACTS you learned from this study

•  Rainbow Dot ART (Craft)

• Easy Cloud Science Inquiry Lesson (Enrichment Activity)

•  Weather Posters

•  Science Journal with Word Bank, 5 Day Weather Tracker, and Rubric

•  Photo Example

This resource is packed with fun weather activities that your students will adore. 

weather patterns activities

What are your favorite weather patterns activities for students? Let me know in the comments!

Looking for more science activities for elementary? Check out this bundle here!

How To Have The Perfect Wizard Themed Day And Virtual Field Trip!

Do your students LOVE Harry Potter? This beloved, magical story is a favorite of kids all over the world. That’s why a Harry Potter themed day in elementary is always a huge hit! 

Who doesn’t want to be whisked away to a magical world? Let your students feel that way by setting up your classroom like Hogwarts and doing some fun Harry Potter activities for kids. 

Two days are great for Harry Potter theme day. You can do Back to Hogwarts Day on September 1st, or you can do May 2nd, the day the infamous Battle of Hogwarts took place. Of course, it’s fun to celebrate Harry Potter any day of the year! 

Harry Potter activities

How do you do the Harry Potter theme day? 

Here are some fun Harry Potter activities for students that you can do to take your theme day up a notch. 

  • Decorate your classroom: You can make floating candles with toilet paper rolls, construction paper, and clear string to hang from the ceiling. Deck out the class in house colors (red for Gryffindor, yellow for Hufflepuff, blue for Ravenclaw, and green for Slytherin). 
  • Have a sorting ceremony: Get a wizard’s hat and sort each student into a house. Make it extra fun by awarding “house points” throughout the day and giving a “house cup” at the end of the day to the house with the most points
  • Take a virtual field trip to Hogwarts. It’s every Harry Potter fan’s dream to go to Hogwarts. Give each of your students a Hogwarts acceptance letter and head to school! 

If you are looking for the perfect Hogwarts virtual field trip resource, I have you covered! 

This Wizard School Virtual Field Trip is packed with engaging activities! 

Harry Potter activities virtual field trip preview

Use these interactive, editable Google Slides to easily have students use movable parts, learn about Fiction and non-fiction, the life cycle of a frog, what to bring on a trip and so much more!

This makes for a great book companion that is perfect for virtual or in-person teaching.

What is in this download?

28 Google Slides with Titles, Edit Text Boxes, Directions, Movable Parts 

  • KWL Chart
  • Packing A Suitcase for the Trip
  • 1 Minute Take OFF Flight Video
  • 13-minute Wizard School Field Trip Video (Review Fiction and Non-Fiction Definitions, Learn about the Frog Life Cycle, and take a Wizard School Adventure)
  • Sequencing Events, 3 Writing Prompts, Counting Objects (under 10), Labeling Parts, Frog Life Cycle Song, and Comprehension Questions
  • One extra slide for you to add anything you would like to the lesson. (videos or an assignment)
  • Home Connection Optional Assignment for students to write a fiction letter, potion recipe, or story. 
  • Black and white ink-saving Writing Pages and Home Connection Page for in-person teaching.
Wizard School tour Harry Potter activities

This themed day is guaranteed to be a hit with your students! 

If you’re looking for more virtual field trip ideas, make sure to check out my post here. 

What’s your favorite activity for a Harry Potter theme day? Let me know in the comments!

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Are Virtual Field Trips Better Than Real Field Trips?

When it comes to field trips, many teachers find that they have a love-hate relationship with them. Are they fun? Of course! Do students love them? You betcha. Are they exhausting? Absolutely! Can they be stressful? Unfortunately, yes. 

We’ve all been there. We spend weeks preparing for a field trip. Plan the activity. Get it approved. Send out notices to parents and get permission forms signed. Collect any money necessary. Arrange transportation. Get parent volunteers. And that’s all before the field trip even starts! 

are virtual field trips better than real field trips?

During the pandemic, we were all forced to embrace digital-well- everything. We found ourselves figuring out online learning, Google Classroom, Boom Cards, distance learning activities, Zoom meetings, etc. It was a learning curve for sure, but it has changed so much about how we are able to teach, and that includes field trips! 

When it comes to field trips, many of us started doing virtual field trips for the first time and realized how much we loved them! 

So that begs the question: Are virtual field trips better than real field trips? 

They both have their pros and cons. In-person field trips are more immersive, but virtual field trips are great because they bring just as much fun and learning with way less stress, planning, and organizing on your part. 

How do you do a virtual field trip? 

Virtual field trips are so easy to do! You can find free virtual field trip tours on museum websites or you can go for a more interactive resource that includes the “tour” along with educational activities. For more on virtual field trips, check out my post on 5 Reasons To Take a Virtual Field Trip! 

What are some good virtual field trips? 

One of my favorite virtual field trips is my Virtual Zoo Trip! 

virtual field trip idea: zoo field trip

Use these interactive, editable Google Slides to easily have students copy and paste movable parts, learn about Zoo animals, facts, what to bring on a trip, and so much more! 

What is in this download?

28 Google Slides with titles, edit text boxes, directions, movable parts great for virtual or in-person teaching.

  • KWL Chart
  • Packing A Suitcase for the Trip
  • 1 Minute Take OFF Flight Video
  • 10-minute ZOO Field Trip Video (Car Ride to the Zoo, Animal Facts)
  • Sequencing Events, 3 Writing Prompts, Counting Objects (under 10), Labeling Parts, ZOO Counting Song, and Comprehension Questions
  • One extra slide for you to add anything you would like to the lesson. (videos or an assignment)
  • Home Connection Optional Assignment for students to build an animal habitat 
  • Black and white ink-saving Writing Pages and Home Connection Page for in-person teaching
virtual field trip resource preview

Your students will love this hands-on virtual field trip! Looking for more virtual fun? Check out my other virtual field trip resources here. 

What’s your favorite thing about virtual field trips? Let me know in the comments!