![]() ![]() Early Years Activity Plans User, Robyn G ![]() It's like looking for a recipe on the internet, so many options that often times it is less overwhelming to look in a book on the shelf than stress about too many options. This takes down the need to scour the internet for ideas. Early Years Activity Plans User, Melissa C. This is exactly what I have been searching for! Thanks for making something so organized and easy to use. I have found it impossible to Google ideas from a million different sites, get organized, shop for supplies, etc. It is so easy to just put up the calendar, and glance at it for inspiration when we are in a funk." - The Activity Room Member, Rachel "I absolutely love that this takes all the prep work out of engaging my children. Fun and easy ones that can be put together in a moment's notice! You're awesome Jamie and I appreciate you sharing your activities and ideas!! - Melissa C. I am so grateful to have activities handed to us. There's always something new for us to discover, as well as old favorites. You can simply just comment below to let me know. I’d love to hear how you have used paper chains in regular play or activities, other than to countdown for Christmas! It would also make a great activity for the car.Ī fun way to learn the alphabet, practice matching letters, building names and words, fine motor skills, patterning, and it’s quiet? Awesome. This activity makes a great quiet time activity – even while little ones ‘go CRAZY’ with it. When he had finished his chain, he asked to keep it in his bedroom so he could use it during his quiet time. He was recognizing and naming letters, and practicing fine motor skills too. I love when he gets excited about an activity – even when it is not at all what I had planned.Īnd he was still learning so much. Once he hit the letter “R” he declared it “Time to go CRAZY!!”.Īpparently this meant to put whichever letter on the chain, in whichever order he liked. Sam made it to about letter “P” before slowing down. This way, if he was stuck on a letter he could at least recognize which color it should be, limiting his choices to help him find the right one. I used green and blue paper to make the alphabet paper chain, and alternated them blue, green, blue. He got right to it and soon recognized a pattern. I gave Sam the challenge to create the whole alphabet, in order, using his paper link chains. I also like Sam to use lowercase letters while making names, and these strips are great for making names! I decided to add them on to this activity as a way to introduce them a little to Sam, or at least expose him to them. We have not really done many activities with lowercase letters yet. I wrote the capital letters on one side, and the matching lowercase letters on the other side. I made 26 strips and wrote one letter of the alphabet on each strip. The Velcro just makes it reusable – and an independent activity for my little guy too. We have made thousands of paper chains with tape. Of course, the Velcro is completely unnecessary to make regular paper chain. It’s kind of tricky to put into words, but should make sense as soon as you round the paper strip into a circle. I placed one piece of the Velcro on one end of the paper, and the other on the opposite end and opposite side of the paper. To make these reusable alphabet paper chains I simply cut thin strips of construction paper and placed Velcro on the ends. How to learn the alphabet with a paper chain and make it reusable: Though now that we have reusable paper chain links he will likely move past his fascination tomorrow. I thought of this idea months ago, but assumed Sam would move past his paper chain making fascination any day - not so. Sam likes to play with letters of the alphabet, so I try to pop them into different activities whenever I can.Īnd since Sam’s love of making paper chains is going no where any time soon, I thought it time to make some reusable paper chain links. Most recently, we have made some reusable paper chains to learn the alphabet. But I am not complaining – really I’m not. And in the 8 months since, we have made more paper link chains then I have ever made in my entire time on this Earth. ![]() We started making paper chains at Christmas time to decorate our Christmas tree. Sam, who is 4, has been really enjoying making paper chains. A since-Christmas-and-now-it-is-August long while. When my little guy finds something he loves, he tends to stick with it for a long while.Ī really long while. Plus, you’ll learn how to make a paper chain reusable! ![]() She has great ideas that I think you’ll love, including this cool activities to learn the alphabet with paper chains. Sarah is going to start contributing her brilliant activities here once a month. I want to take a moment to introduce to you Sarah of How Wee Learn. ![]()
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