Simple Crafts
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- Simple Crafts for Early Literacy Skills
There are many activities that can help enhance each of the six skills that every child needs in order to become a successful reader. The following is a list of simple crafts selected by our KDL Play-Grow-Read Staff:
Activities for Print Motivation Activities for Print Awareness Activities for Phonological Awareness |
Activities for Print Motivation Make Your Own Rebus Story (Vocabulary and Print Motivation) Materials: To Make: Materials: To Make: Materials: To Make: Measuring Footprints (Vocabulary and Print Motivation) Materials: To Make: Directions: Materials: Directions: Making a Finger Book (Print Motivation) Materials: Lift the Flap Book (Print Motivation and Vocabulary) Materials: Directions: |
Activities for Print Awareness Materials: To Make: Making Menus (Print Awareness) Materials: Directions:
Materials: Directions: Environmental Print Matching Cards (Print Awareness) Materials: Directions: |
Activities for Phonological Awareness Making Shakers (Phonological Awareness) Materials: Directions: Rhyming Cards (Phonological Awareness) Materials: Directions: Say It Fast/Say It Slow (Phonological Awareness) Directions: |
Activities for Vocabulary Changing Face Cup Puppet (Vocabulary) Materials: To Make: Measuring Footprints (Vocabulary and Print Motivation) Materials: To Make: Nature Baggie Books (Vocabulary) Materials: To Make: Weather Mini-Book (Vocabulary and Narrative Skills) Materials: To Make: To Make the Mini-Book: Emotion Cards (Vocabulary) Materials: To Make: My Word Book (Vocabulary) Materials: Directions: Make Your Own Rebus Story (Vocabulary and Print Motivation) Materials: To Make: |
Activities for Narrative Skills My Story (Narrative Skills) Materials: Directions: Twinkle Twinkle Little Star Finger Puppet (Narrative Skills) Materials: To Make: Story Puppets (Narrative Skills and Print Motivation) Materials: To Make: Life Cycle Cards (Narrative Skills) Materials: To Make: Weather Mini-Book (Vocabulary and Narrative Skills) Materials: To Make: To Make the Mini-Book: My Story (Narrative Skills) Materials: Directions: Pizza Box or Shoe Box Flannel board (Narrative Skills and Print Motivation) Directions: |
Activities for Letter Knowledge Patterning Activity (Letter Knowledge) Materials: • Long strips of white paper Letter Trees (Letter Knowledge) Materials: To Make: Making a Name Necklace for Your Child (Letter Knowledge) Materials: Directions: Name Books (Letter Knowledge) Materials: Directions: ALTERNATIVE DIRECTIONS FOR YOUNGER CHILDREN: My Letter Book (Letter Knowledge) Materials: Directions: Adaptation for older children: Create a page for each of the Adaptation for younger children: Make a book of shapes and |

