ABC Picnic Table Talk

Today's picnic talk over at ABC and 123 is the Alphabet. I don't even know where to start!! At the beginning of the year I decided that I needed to put my early childhood education to better use in my own house and do more organized lessons with my kiddos. Aidman was really struggling with the alphabet at school, so I decided to start with that. I wanted to give myself a doable plan of action so not to overwhelm myself. The plan was to have one activity a week in each area (art, science, math, cooking, and movement), now it has turned into about 3 activities a week in each area (with more areas added from time to time ie: social studies, plus table top toys).


I can't pick just one letter that we have liked doing, because we have loved SO MANY!!!


Every Monday to start off the new letter we sit down together and brainstorm all the words that start with that letter. I draw all the easy words on a paper. The kiddos LOVE this!! I hang that paper on the wall for the entire week and then we add it to a book we are making of all mammy drawn letters.

Letter Rr

Letter Hh

Another thing we LOVE doing is the letter art project. I always give the kiddos an object that starts with the letter and have them apply it to the letter that has been written on the paper.

Velvet Vv

Koolaid Paint Kk

If you look at my side bar you can see all the different letters and what we have done with each. This plan of action has REALLY worked well in my house and it really helps us to be on purpose with what we do.