Lowercase Letter a Craft for Preschool

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Learning both the uppercase and lowercase versions of each letter is an important step in your preschool child’s development as he or she learns the letters of the alphabet and their sounds. In our uppercase letter a craft we created an alligator. In this fun lowercase letter a craft your child will learn to recognize the lowercase letter, reinforce the short vowel sound of a and create an apple.

Apples are the quintessential letter a noun because you hear such a clear short vowel sound at the beginning of the word. A-A-Apple. You can emphasize the word often as you work on the craft together, and this will help your child learn the short vowel sound of a. If you want, enjoy an apple snack together when you’ve completed the craft and worked up an appetite.

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Watch Letter A Circle Time Here!

Talk about the letter A.

As you are working on your lowercase letter a craft, ask your child to list some other things besides apples that start with A. Here are a few other short vowel a nouns to help you get started: alligator, anteater, Africa, antelope, ax, and ant.

If your child seems confused, ask leading questions to get her started. Here is a sample conversation you can mimic. “What is the name of an insect that lives in a hill?” (Answer if help is needed.) That’s right, an ant! Ant starts with the letter A. A-A-Ant. That’s the sound of A” Continue naming items that start with the letter A together until your child loses interest.

Save your child’s crafts for posterity.

Children at this age get such a kick out of showing others what they’ve made! Plus, it’s great for their self-esteem and encourages them in the learning process too.

As you finish each of your letter crafts in this series, you might want to slip them into page protectors and keep them in a binder to share with grandparents and friends who visit. To do this, you will need to trim your background piece of construction paper to fit. Standard construction paper is 9×12 and binders are made for 8.5 x 11 paper. Simply trim an inch off each side of the background piece before you start and you will be good to go!

If you don’t want to make a binder, another great way to keep your child’s craft is through pictures. Take a picture of each completed craft and then have them printed into a book through your local drug store printing once you get through the alphabet. You can display the craftwork around your home or in your child’s bedroom for a short while, and by taking pictures you won’t feel guilty when it’s time for those projects to make room for new ones.

Keep it simple.

The value of this activity is in the process, so don’t stress too much if things don’t turn out the way you think they should. Trust your child with the creative process!

Watch Letter A Circle Time Here!

Here’s what you’ll need for your lowercase letter a craft.

Gather these supplies before calling your child to the table for craft time.

• green construction paper
• red construction paper
• brown construction paper
• construction paper color of your choice for the background
• scissors
• glue
• Alternative – White paper + crayons

How to complete the letter a craft.

Don’t forget to let your child do as much of the work as possible. You might be surprised at how much they can do on their own when you give them the lead.

1. Cut out a lowercase a from the red paper.
2. Next, cut out 2 leaves from the green paper.
3. Then cut out a stem and a handful of seeds from the brown paper.
4. Next, glue down the letter a.
5. Then glue down the stem.
6. Next, glue down the leaves.
7. Finally, glue down the seeds.

Words of encouragement are so important for our little ones. When your child finishes the lowercase letter a craft, be sure to praise him or her for a job well done. Even if you don’t think the finished product looks all that great, your child worked hard to complete this craft. Cutting and pasting build fine motor skills, hand-eye coordination, hand strength, visual perceptual skills, and more. It doesn’t seem like hard work to us, but it’s actually hard work for our little kids, and deserving of praise and encouragement.

Have fun together on this letter a craft together!

Find Additional Letter A Resources Here!