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Cursive ABC Flashcards and Posters – Free Printables

Aug122013
August 12, 2013 by 15 Comments

Many of you requested a cursive version of the beginning sounds alphabet flash cards and alphabet wall posters to use with your children. These are some of my favorite printables because of the colors and pictures, so of course I wanted to help you all out!

Each card and poster features an image whose initial sound begins with that letter. There are two sets of cards, one featuring cartoon images and another with real pictures, so you can choose which ones you prefer.

Cursive ABC Flashcards

The cursive alphabet flashcards are a fun size for children. We have a set printed off onto cardstock and laminated. They are on a jump ring so we can hang them easily near a desk for quick reference. Each of the flash cards is 2” x 3” in size or about the size of a deck of cards.

Cursive ABC Flashcards

 

Cursive Alphabet Posters

If you are a classroom teacher, or have more space on your walls, you may want to download the Cursive ABC Posters. The wall posters show how the upper and lowercase letters are formed, giving children a great visual on letter formation.

Cursive ABC Wall Cards

These posters are 8 1/2” x 11” in size and one set features real images {they match the Beginning Sounds Poster and several of the other Preschool Alphabet printables} while the second set has clip art images ~ both are cute!

 

Additional Printables You May Enjoy… 

Alphabet Flashcards Alphabet Wall Posters

 

Prefer a standard handwriting font? You can grab a copy of the ABC Flashcards and ABC Posters here.

A few other related printables that may help you out as well…

You can find more Early Learning Printables {all for FREE} on my website. Have fun looking!!

 

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Alphabet Learning Ideas ~ Preschool and Kindergarten Community

Jul192013
July 19, 2013 by 4 Comments

Having taught preschool for what seems like a gazillion years, I love finding fun alphabet learning ideas for kids. Even though ours are a little beyond that stage, I still find myself collecting ideas and know I can use them with our co-op group.

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If you have paper and can write the letters of the alphabet, you have all you need for these five simple ABC games using paper circles from Little Family Fun.

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Do-a-dot markers have always been a huge hit in our house and these alphabet do-a-dot printables are SO much fun for little one to work on words that start with that beginning sound.

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Go on an alphabet adventure scavenger hunt. This idea from PlayDrMom looks like so much fun and her kids found a TON of things!

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This alphabet sensory bin from Nurturing Naters is SO colorful and just makes me want to pull out some alphabet pasta and magnets and make a big mess.

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If you want to work on fine motor skills with your kids, these Qtip painting alphabet printables from 1+1+1=1 would be a lot of fun.

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Have some GeoBoards? These ABC geoboard ideas from Making Learning Fun would be a blast!

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This puffy alphabet squish idea from I Can Teach My Child is an incredibly fun tactile way to include some alphabet fun in your day!

Visit My ABC Ideas Pinterest Board

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You’ll find the above ideas and MANY more on my Early Childhood Alphabet Ideas Pinterest Board.

 

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Alphabet Do-a-Dot Printables

Feb142013
February 14, 2013 by 6 Comments

Alphabet Do a Dot Printables

 

These printables for Do-A-Dot markers were shared a few years ago, but they are fun to pull out every now and then and use with the kids in a variety of ways.

Do a Dot Markers

Not sure what Do-A-Dot markers are? Basically they are like bingo markers but colorful and fun for kids! If you don’t have any Do-A-Dot markers, don’t worry – there are many different ways to use do-a-dot pages that don’t involve markers {click here to find some creative uses!}.

—–> Download the Alphabet Do-a-Dot Pages here. <——-

Other than do-a-dot markers, how have you creatively used do-a-dot printables with your children?

Find more ABC learning ideas on my ABC Pinterest board:

Alphabet Ideas Pinterest Board

Download the Alphabet Do-a-Dot Printables

Ready to download the printables? Just click on the links below, download, print, and start having fun with your kids!

Download the letters A-M Printables here

Download the letters N-Z Printables here

 

Other Printables You May Find Helpful

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Alphabet Flash Cards and Alphabet Wall Posters

Aug72012
August 7, 2012 by 39 Comments

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If you’re looking for a fun (and smaller) way for kids to remember letter formation and also have a quick reminder of beginning letter sounds, you’ll enjoy these alphabet flashcards.

Each card feature both an uppercase and lowercase print letter along with a guide for how the letter is formed. Along with the letters, cards show a picture of an item that begins with that letter (a – apple, b – butterfly, etc.). 

There are two sets of cards in the download: one with a cartoon image and another with a photo of a real item. 

The alphabet flashcards each print off around 2” x 3”, about the size of a deck of cards. We printed our cards off onto cardstock, laminated them to make them more sturdy, hole-punched them and then put them on a jump ring. {Note: this is how we laminate more inexpensively}.

You can also use the smaller cards to make a fun banner to hang in your classroom.

Alphabet Wall Posters

If you are a classroom teacher, or have more space on your walls, you may want to download the Alphabet Wall Posters. The wall posters show how the upper and lowercase letters are formed, giving children a great visual on letter formation.

Alphabet Wall Posters

These posters are 8 1/2” x 11” in size and one set features real images {they match the Beginning Sounds Poster and several of the other Preschool Alphabet printables} while the second set has clip art images ~ both are cute!

Check out these free Cursive Alphabet Printables

Cursive Alphabet Flashcards Cursive Alphabet Wall Posters

Prefer a cursive handwriting font to model? Check out the Cursive ABC Flashcards and Cursive ABC Posters and download them today!

–> Download the FREE Alphabet Flashcards HERE (xray)<–

–> Download the FREE Alphabet Flashcards HERE (xylophone)<–

–> Download the FREE Alphabet Wall Posters HERE <–

 

Other Early Learning Printables You May Enjoy

You can find more Early Learning Printables {all for FREE} on my website. Have fun!!

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ABC Phonics Word Cards for Read! Build! Write! Mats

Jul182012
July 18, 2012 by 4 Comments

After sharing the Number Word Printables last week with you all, a reader asked if I could put together word cards for the Read! Build! Write! mats that went along with all of the letters of the alphabet. Introducing the ABC Phonics Word Cards!

These cards feature one word for each letter of the alphabet along with a picture of the word. All of the vowels are for the short vowel sound.

ABC Phonics Word Cards

All downloads are in the green columns on the Read! Build! Write! page

The Read! Build! Write! Vocabulary Mats

Not familiar with the Read! Build! Write! mats? Basically they are a fun way to work with your child on word identification and spelling.

Read, Build, Write collage

Here’s how you use the mats:

Read: Place one of the vocabulary cards in the top box and read the word together.

Build: Use letter tiles or magnets to build the word in the second box.

Write: Finally, practice writing the word in the bottom box.

Print the mats onto cardstock and then laminate them so that you can use Vis-à-vis markers or dry erase markers on the mats.

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Check out the Read! Build! Write! webpage to find additional themed vocabulary cards to go along with all of the Early Learning Printable Packs that I’ve put together so far.

All downloads are in the green columns on the Read! Build! Write! page

Additional Early Learning Alphabet Printables

Like these? You may want to download these free printables to use when learning the alphabet and phonics? The same images are used in several of these free printables. Check out these resources:

Hope these help you all out! Feel free to ‘pin’ the printables and share them with others! If there are some other vocabulary cards that you would like to see me put together, leave a comment and let me know!

 

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Cucumber Cactus Craft

Mar72012
March 7, 2012 by 5 Comments

We’re having some cowboy fun this week and pulled together a quick cactus craft after rounding up some cucumbers, toothpicks, and tissue paper. It was so very easy and cute too {and there may have been some cucumber nibbling going on behind the scenes}.

We pulled out three cucumbers and a butter knife and Kaleb had fun cutting them different lengths.

Cactus craft

I cut a bunch of toothpicks in half and Kaleb went to town poking them into the cucumber chunks. We sprinkled cornmeal around the inside of the pan that we were working in to look like desert sand.

Cactus craft

Kaleb then stick small pieces of tissue paper on the toothpicks to make ‘flowers’ on the cactus.

Cactus craft

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Super quick and easy craft to put together and once we pulled the toothpicks out and rinsed them off ~ a yummy snack too. :)

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