ABC's in a SNAP

Chances are most preschoolers already know the "ABC" song. But when it comes to identifying individual letters out of sequence, they may experience a little difficulty associating the correct letter with a "sound alike" word. While my preschooler granddaughter was visiting, we came up with a fun activity which involved both of us taking snapshots with our digital cameras.  I had her find "alphabet treasures" that we could take photos of as we walked around the house and yard and we snapped away!   In about an hour, we had all the photos we needed so we sat at the computer together and unloaded the digital file that we would save.  I let her be the decision maker as to which ones we wanted to use for her book.  Thus ended the first phase of our project and we then moved on to making lunch!

When she returned a few days later, Maryann found that each photo had been placed on a digital document (most likely by the digital fairy!) which featured each letter, her chosen photo, and the word representing the object.  As we printed out each page, she retrieved the printout as it emerged from the printer, selected which color cardstock to mount it on, inserted it into a clear page protector and then added it her binder book. When her dad came to pick her up that evening, she couldn't wait to show him each and every page of her Alphabet Book before they headed home.  This was definitely time well spent together and the only cost incurred was printer ink, page protectors and a binder which I already had on hand.  Life is good when you're learning and sharing the alphabet together!

NOTE:  I bought her a digital camera last Christmas and it's proven to be extremely "kid user friendly" and durable.  It's the V-Tech Kidizoom Camera Pix and I'd definitely recommend it for kids 3 years old and up.