Alphabet Tree

Materials:

1. precut alphabet letters
2. branch from outdoors (or green and brown construction paper)
3. rocks or sand (or tape)
4. bucket (or a wall)
5. tape, glue or ribbon

Directions:

1. Cut out or purchase one set (26 letters) of alphabet letters.
2. Find a branch outdoors (or make a tree trunk and branches out of brown construction paper).
3. Anchor the tree branch in a bucket of sand (or post a construction paper tree on the wall).
4. Use tape, glue or ribbon to hang each letter on your tree.
5. Learning ideas: choose a "letter of the day" to focus on; have children identify each letter and the sound it makes.
6. Extension: Read "The Alphabet Tree" by Leo Leonni or "Chicka Chicka Boom Boom" by Bill Martin, Jr.