Alphabet Activities & FREE Worksheets for Kids: Letters P-T

Posted in activities for kids, alphabet activities by Rosemary Lynn

Hello and welcome to the ALPHABET ACTIVITIES post for letters P through T!

Like all of our previous alphabet activity pages, you’ll find letter-themed meal ideas, letter-shaped construction paper crafts, letter sorting activities, free printable worksheets, and so much more!

If you haven’t been to the ALPHABET ACTIVITIES PAGE yet, be sure to check that out in order to see our past alphabet activities and worksheets.

Welcome to LETTER P DAY!

First off, let’s start with a few suggestions of fun food you can make or incorporate into meals:

Peaches
Pears
Pomegranate
Pineapple
Prunes
Pecans
Pine Nuts
Pistachios
Peanuts
Peanut Butter
Paprika
Potatoes
Purple Carrots
Peppers
Pumpkin (possibly these Maple Roasted Pumpkin Seeds)
Parmesan (possibly this Garlic-Infused Parmesan Popcorn)
Pecorino Cheese
Provolone
Pasta
Prawns
Pork
Peas
Peppermint (possibly these Peppermint Polar Bear Paws)

Here are a few activities you may want to try:

Letter Shape Construction Paper Craft: Make a puppy, penguin, panda, or pig out of pieces of paper scraps in the shape of a P. (See past alphabet activities for inspiration and examples, such as D is for Dragon.)
Letter Sorting Craft: Cut out 2 pelicans (a pair of them) and sort onto them capital and lowercase letter Ps that have been cut out in the shape of tiny fish. You could also cut out 2 pencils out of construction paper and sort letters onto them. (You can print capital and lowercase letters in a simple font like Arial, or you can draw them neatly. See this example for D is for Dolphins.)
Draw a parrot or peacock and have your Little glue feathers to it.
Create a phantom (ghost) out of white chalk on black construction paper. (Which will look kind of like these Valentine Chalkboard Hearts.)
Walk a pirate plank by drawing one in chalk on the sidewalk that leads to some grass the Little can jump into, or by shaping one out of painter’s tape that leads to a small ball pit or mini trampoline.
Do some finger painting by painting with your palms.

Now for the free worksheets! To get them, simply click on the links listed below this preview:

P is for Puppies and Pizza

Welcome to LETTER Q DAY!

Here are a few suggestions of fun food you can make or incorporate into meals:

Quiche
Quaker Oats (oatmeal)
Quinoa
Queso Fresco
Quark (type of cheese that’s easier to find in Europe than the US)
Quarter Pounder (or make your own burger and give it the McD name)
Quesadillas
Quail
Quick Bread
Quince Tart

Here are a few activities you may want to try:

Letter Shape Construction Paper Craft: Create a queen, quokka, or quilt out of paper pieces and assemble into the shape of a Q.
Letter Sorting Craft: draw or cut out 2 quails or quartz crystals, and sort cut-out capital and lowercase Qs onto them.
Play a game of going from one room to another in your house quietly and quickly.
Create a quiz out of some of the letters you’ve already learned by holding up letters (possibly puzzle pieces) and have your Little call them out.
Make a quilt out of construction paper. Cut pieces of different colored paper into 4 squares or rectangles and punch holes around the outside of the shape. Use yarn to “sew” them together into a quilt.
Go on a quest. Perhaps make a scavenger hunt for items in your own kitchen or yard. You can make a map ahead of time to help with the quest.

Now for the free worksheets! To get them, simply click on the links listed below this preview:

Q is for Quick Queen Bees

Q is for Quoll

Welcome to LETTER R DAY!

Here are a few suggestions of fun food you can make or incorporate into meals:

Raspberries
Raisins
Red Peppers
Romaine Lettuce
Ranch Dressing
Ravioli
Ratatouille
Risotto
Rice
Ramen
Rigatoni
Red Potatoes
Red Cabbage
Reuben Sandwich
Ribs
Rice Pudding
Red Velvet Cake
Root Beer Float
Rice Krispie Treats
anything Raw or Roasted

Here are a few activities you may want to try:

Letter Shape Construction Paper Craft: Make a raccoon, red panda, rattlesnake, or reindeer out of pieces of paper into the shape of a big R.
Letter Sorting Craft: Make 2 robots, rockets, rhinos, rays (stingrays or manta rays), rabbits, or rats and sort out some cut-out capital and lowercase Rs onto them.
Hold a race where you run, preferably outdoors.
Rotate the R. Put out a capital and lowercase R, whether printed on paper or from a puzzle, and when you call out the word “rotate,” your Little can rotate them. Like: “Rotate BIG R,” then “Rotate LITTLE R!”
Read your favorite books. Try to find a rhyming book to read.
Create a recipe with your favorite foods. Or follow one of your favorite recipes from a cookbook.
Use a ruler to measure different objects around your house, especially if you can find objects that start with the letter R (like a rubber ball or rope) or are red.

Now for the free worksheets! To get them, simply click on the links listed below this preview:

R is for Rabbit

R is for Rabbits

R is for Raccoons

R is for Racing Rabbits

R is for Rainbow

R is for Red Rhino

R is for Rhinos and Radishes

R is for Roaming Rockets

R is for Rosebuds

R is for Running Rat

Welcome to LETTER S DAY!

Here are a few suggestions of fun food you can make or incorporate into meals:

Strawberries (possibly Strawberry Butter or Soft Strawberry Sandwich Cookies)
Scrambled Eggs
Salsa
Salad
Spinach (especially Spinach Stuffed Shells)
String Beans
Sweet Potatoes (like these Cinnamon Sweet Potato Slices)
Summer Squash
Sushi
Shrimp
Salami
Steak
Swordfish
Schnitzel and Spaetzle
Spaghetti (even Spicy Spaghetti)
Soup
Sweet and Sour Sauce
Scones (like these Sweet Honey Scones)
Spritz (like these Spritz Butter Cookies)
Sprinkles (which can be added to anything from cookies to milk cups to fudge)

Here are a few activities you may want to try:

Letter Shape Construction Paper Craft: Make a snake, squirrel, or swan out of paper pieces into the shape of a letter S.
Letter Sorting Craft: Draw or cut out two swords, sharks, snails, or stegosaurus and sort onto them capital and lowercase letter S’s that you’ve printed or drawn.
Play Simon Says.
Sing your favorite songs.
Learn to skip stones.
Maybe skip while you sing.
Make Speckled Shell Stegosaurus hard-boiled eggs, like these Frozen Cracked Ice Eggs.
Slither like a snake on the ground. You could trace out a path with painter’s tape in the shape of a letter S if you like. This will be easier on a wood or tile floor. Beware of rug burns on carpet!
Make Snail Slime, kind of like the Green Goo and Green Glitter Goo from Letter G Day.
Play with a Slinky, and shape it into a letter S.
Play soccer, perhaps by trying to kick the soccer ball into an area marked by a letter S sign.
Search for shells at the beach.

Now for the free worksheets! To get them, simply click on the links listed below this preview:

Welcome to LETTER T DAY!

Here are a few suggestions of fun food you can make or incorporate into meals:

Tomatoes
Tamarillos
Tangerines
Tangelos
Toast (perhaps this Tropical French Toast or this Teddy Bear Toast)
Tortilla
Tacos
Teriyaki
Tempura
Tofu
Tabbouleh
Turkey (roasted, sure, but what about turkey cookies?)
Trout or Tuna
Tagliatelle (a type of pasta)
Texas Toast (my kid’s favorite garlic bread)
Tatar tots
Tabasco sauce
Tarts
Truffles (one of my favorites is this Ginger Cookie Truffle)
Tiramisu
Taffy
Toffee

Here are a few activities you may want to try:

Letter Shape Construction Paper Craft: make a tyrannosaurus rex, tiger, turtle, or train out of paper pieces into the shape of a letter T.
Letter Sorting Craft: print, draw, or cut out two trees, teapots, tomatoes, or tacos and sort onto them capital and lowercase letter Ts.
Put on some temporary tattoos.
Play toss with a tennis ball.
Do some of your alphabet activities inside of a blanket tent in your living room, or a camping tent outside.
Set out some letters, such as from a puzzle, and have your Little touch them as you call them out. Like, “touch the T! Now touch the G!”
Teach each other how to do something new, like signing the letter T in ASL or BSL, or how to do the yoga pose for turtle.
Tap out a thunder tune by mimicking the sound of thunder on a drum or upside down pots and bowls.
Have a tea party along with some alphabet cookies, especially cookies shaped like the letter T.
Tear up some paper to create a letter T by gluing the pieces onto some construction paper.
Create a tower out of cardboard boxes or blocks. Make pathways to drive toy trucks between the towers. Or make the tower in the shape of a T and drive the toy trucks around it.

Now for the free worksheets! To get them, simply click on the links listed below this preview:

T is for Tigers and Tomatoes

T is for Trains

T is for Trimming the Tree

T is for Turtles

That’s it for today!

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Have fun!

5Apr2016

Power Word Hopscotch

Posted in activities for kids, alphabet activities by Rosemary Lynn

We recently did some Power Words Hopscotch to help my daughter practice her vocabulary.

I drew a hopscotch board on the driveway in chalk and filled it with some of her Power Words (also known as Sight Words). Most of the words were ones she kept missing, but I also threw in some she knew well as encouragement.

One of the reasons we did a game like this – with her calling out each word as she jumped to it – was because she’s supposed to know these words on sight instead of having to sound them out each time.

And my daughter is always in a hurry, always rushing through her reading, so she often doesn’t take the time to sound things out anyway. She just guesses. One of the most important things in the world to me is that reading is fun for my kids, so instead of sitting her down and having her get frustrated and upset at herself, I’ve been trying to incorporate more learning activities that include movement and laughter.

Because for as much as I read to her every day, and as much as she would ask me to read to her, she wasn’t in a hurry to learn herself. To keep up with her classmates, though, she needs to practice. So we’ve been playing “games” instead of just sitting in a chair and going over flashcards again and again. ‘Cause that’s even boring for mommy….

This one was a suggestion from her teacher and it worked out really well. The chalk lasted for days (it didn’t rain) and every day for a week she would ask to go out and play hopscotch, including each time we were getting in and out of the car for school.

Plus, she called out the words for her younger sister, so they could both play. Extra practice for the big sis, and a heartwarming moment thrown in for good measure. :)

I also love this concept of hopscotch for learning because of the versatility.

You could use this for other vocabulary words, of course, but also for just letters for the younger crowd. For example, if you’re working on some Alphabet Activities with your preschoolers, you could practice your alphabet by putting letters instead of the traditional numbers inside the squares.

How do you practice vocab with your kids?

Happy learning!

2Feb2015

Valentine’s Day Letter Search FREE Printable Worksheet

Posted in alphabet activities, free worksheets & printables, holidays by Rosemary Lynn

I made this cute worksheet to include in my kid’s Valentine’s Day activities.

It’s great since my girls are learning their letters, but it’s still fun, even for older kids that are just beginning to read on their own.

It’s also a great worksheet to use if you’re following along with our Alphabet Activities.

It’s free for home and classroom use, but please don’t sell or reproduce it.

You can print the PDF by clicking the link below:

Valentine’s Day Letter Search

Roaming Rosie Signature

21Sep2014

Letter D: Alphabet Activities for Kids

Posted in activities for kids, alphabet activities by Rosemary Lynn

Letter D: Alphabet Activities for Kids at RoamingRosie.com

Welcome to Letter D Day!

If you haven’t read the Introduction to the Alphabet Activities, you should start there.

Don’t forget to check out the Letter D: Free Alphabet Worksheets for Kids, too!

Letter Sorting: D is for Dolphins {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

For our letter sorting activity, I cut out two dolphin shapes.

After gluing down the dolphins, my daughter sorted the lowercase and capital Ds and glued one onto one dolphin and the others onto the second dolphin.

D is for Dragons {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

To make some letter Ds into Dragons, I had precut the big and little D, the dragon’s heads, a wing and tale for each, plus a breath of fire for each.

D is for Daisies {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

When we did this project, my daughter was still struggling with cutting straight lines, so I precut these shapes as well.

Now that she’s a little older, I’d let her at least cut out the stems, and try to do the leaves and petals as well.

D is for Dogs Eating Doughnuts File Folder Game {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

This is another file folder game I designed and, yes, we still play this one, too.

On one sheet are the dogs and their dog dishes. On another sheet are the piles of doughnuts. You cut out the doughnuts so your kids can match them to the dogs and dishes, largest to smallest.

My daughter loves to tease me by pretending to put the wrong doughnut pile on the wrong dish and watching for my reaction. :)

You can find this free printable on my Letter D: Free Alphabet Worksheets for Kids post.

D is for Dots {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

Dot markers {or Dot a Dot Markers} are something we use now and again.

For this worksheet, I made letter Ds from bubble shapes that can be filled with dots from the markers.

You can find this free printable on my Letter D: Free Alphabet Worksheets for Kids post.

D is for Driving {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

This was loads of fun. My younger daughter, who was still crawling at the time, even got into it.

I made a capital and lowercase D on the floor with painters tape, adding small dashes inside the letter to replicate a road.

We drove the Hot Wheels through the letters like we were writing them.

You can also use the painters tape on tile or linoleum floors. Sometimes it sticks to wooden decks or concrete, if you’d prefer to do this outdoors, though I’ve had trouble when dirt gets under the tape.

D is for Dog and Dolphin {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

This was really just a fun craft that we did because my daughter loves painting so much, but we picked two animals that started with the letter D and I wrote their names on the paper to accentuate the letter.

These things are still hanging from her bathroom mirror with little suction cups.

D is for Dragon Drums {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

We also made Dragon Drums.

For the drum, I used old formula cans with the labels peeled off, but just about any type of can will work. The small one was green beans, I think. I had picked the formula can because it was large, but using two different sizes also allowed us to compare the different sounds they made.

As you can see below, we filled the cans with rice, so that they also functioned as shaker drums.

The top of the can was covered with the top half of a green balloon which I’d cut in two and secured with a rubber band.

We had cut wings and heads from green construction paper and I folded the ends up to make it easy to slide the paper under the rubber band as well.

D is for Dragon Drums {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

I let the girls beat on the drums with the ends of wooden spoons, and we shook them, too.

These dragon drums lasted a long time, even with the rough play of two young kids. And we got a lot of enjoyment out of them.

D is for Dinosaur Pizzas {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

These are seriously fun pizzas to make.

I had intended for them to be “deep dish” when I made them, but they didn’t turn out that way. I can’t remember why I still labeled them as such on the picture.

Anyway, as you can see in the step-by-step photo below, we started with my Easy Pizza Dough.

I rolled out the dough and used our Dinosaur Cutter to cut out dinosaur-shaped crusts. I carefully transferred these to a parchment lined baking pan, trying to retain the shape of the dinosaur, but making sure to leave some room between them.

I also used the dinosaur cutter to cut out pieces of cheese from slices of mozzarella cheese {the kind meant for sandwiches}.

D is for Dinosaur Pizza {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

To assemble the pizzas, we added tomato sauce to them, then sprinkled them with Parmesan cheese. I also like to add some salt, pepper, and garlic powder, but that’s optional. We topped them with the cheese slices and with a letter D that I had cut out of pepperoni.

I made the meaty letters by cutting slices of pepperoni in half and carefully using a small paring knife to carve out the center.

The cheese spread a bit when they cooked, but we didn’t mind that at all. :)

D is for Dulce De Leche Doughnuts {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

These Dulce de Leche Doughnuts were surprising good and relatively simple {although time-consuming} to make.

I’ve posted the step-by-step photo below, so you can see the process. And actually, when I say it’s time consuming, it’s only because of cutting out the letter Ds and dipping each finished D into the caramel. Not hard, but it does take a few minutes. My daughter enjoyed the process, though, so – at least to me – it was worth it.

The doughnuts themselves are pretty easy to make since they’re baked, and the caramel has only one ingredient. We topped them with nonpareil sprinkles for decoration, and though the caramel was a tad sticky, these were thoroughly enjoyed.

D is for Dulce De Leche Doughnuts {Alphabet Activities at RoamingRosie.com}

Normally I would add the entire recipe right here but this post is already pretty long, so I’m just going to post the printable recipe instead. To print out the PDF copy of the recipe, click here: Dulce de Leche Doughnuts

And here are some of the supplies I’ve mentioned in this post, including dot markers, painters tape, dinosaur cutter, and cookie cutters {for the letter D}.