N is for Night: A Letter of the Week Preschool Craft

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Are you looking for summer activities for your preschooler?  Are you interested in teaching the alphabet in a creative way?  I’m Anna from The Measured Mom, bringing you another Letter of the Week Craft at Crystal and Company.  I’ll be back each week to share a new craft and other  alphabet activities for preschoolers. 

This week I pulled out the finger paint with my k ids, which is always a hit at our house – and will probably go over well at your house too!

Let’s get started!

Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers: Letter of the Week N

 

Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers: Letter of the Week N

Here is what you’ll need:

  • large piece of finger paint paper
  • blue and purple finger paints
  • gold or silver glitter paint (optional)
  • letter N on black construction paper (cut from this pattern: Letter N Pattern)
  • star stickers
  • newspaper

Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers: Letter of the Week N

1. Spread out your newspaper and place the finger paint paper on top.

Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers: Letter of the Week N

2. Squirt a small amount of finger paint all over the paper.  Add the glitter paint if you want some extra sparkle!  Then use your fingers to spread it out to the very edges of the paper.

Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers: Letter of the Week N

 3. The finger paint will need a day to dry.  The next day, glue your letter N onto the center of the paper.

Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers: Letter of the Week N

4. Add star stickers to create a beautiful night sky!  (Our stickers were a little stubborn, so we used a glue stick for those that wouldn’t stay put.)

 Here are our finished projects.

Alphabet Activities for Preschoolers: Letter of the Week N

SONG FOR LETTER N:

Do you know it’s very hard to find rhymes and songs for letter N?  But I did find one your preschooler will enjoy – be sure to add some actions!  Sing it to the tune of “Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush.”

This is the way we pound our nails,
pound our nails, pound our nails,
This is the way we pound our nails,
So early in the morning.

 BOOKS FOR LETTER N:

best nest

The  Best Nest, by PD Eastman

When my kids are waiting for the pediatrician, they always grab the books in the waiting room — and this is their favorite.   Mrs. Bird is unhappy with her nest, so she sends her husband out to find a new one.  Every new home has a problem (like the nest they build in a bell tower!), and finally Mrs. Bird finds that her first home is the best nest.

napping_house

The Napping House, by Audrey and Don Wood

This book is a cumulative rhyme – it reminds me of “This is the House that Jack Built” – but it’s much more interesting and entertaining!    At the beginning the pages are a gloomy blue, as Granny takes a nap on a rainy afternoon.  On top of Granny lies a child, and on top of him, a dog, etc.  As everyone slowly wakes up (when a wakeful flea bites the mouse!), the book becomes brighter until the final page when a happy and awake household dance outside.  A favorite!

OTHER LETTER OF THE WEEK CRAFTS:

LETTER OF THE WEEK SNACKS:

Anna taught eight years and received her MEd in Curriculum & Instruction with a focus on literacy. In 2007 she began her career as a stay-at-home mom. She has four children – a girl (6) and three boys (4,3,1). She enjoys teaching them at home and after her daughter’s morning at school. Anna blogs at www.themeasuredmom.com.

More Alphabet Resources

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14 Comments

  1. Debbie @ http://kidsbibledebjackson.blogspot.com/ says:

    Love this! Pinned it! Thanks for sharing at Titus 2 Tuesday!

    1. Debbie- thank you so much for pinning it! We have letters A-O here on the site with letter of the week crafts to do with each of them.

      Enjoy!

  2. Starting in September I’m going to start doing a letter a week with my 4-year-old, so this will come in handy. She’ll love the craft, especially – stars and fingerpaints: what more could a preschooler ask for?

    1. Emma- these crafts will be perfect. Currently we have A-O done and a new letter is added each week.
      Enjoy!

    1. Kirstylee- this craft is perfect for hands on kids!

      Thanks for stopping by!

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