My Alphabet Scrapbook WA sample/look inside

Name:
Western Australia

The aim of the following activities is to
encourage children’s sensory experiences with
tactile materials and to relate these to the
letters they are exploring. A large focus letter
has been provided for children to trace over,
paste material onto or colour. Space is also
available around each large letter so children
can paste on pictures or items that start with
the focus letter. Encourage children to explore
the letter shape in any way they wish and add
to the page any association they have with
the letter. Having scrap materials, old
magazines, paste and scissors available
encourages children to initiate their own
creative ideas. Here are some ideas to get
you and your class started.
A
• Attach pictures of animals that start with ‘a’.
• Appliqué something amazing/abstract using
scrap materials.
• Apply abrasive paper (e.g. sandpaper) to form
the ‘a’ shape.
• Listen to an First Nations Dreaming story about
Australian animals while decorating the ‘a’ shape.
B
• Bend blue/brown/black/burgundy braid to
form ‘b’.
• Paste beautiful or bumpy beads over the ‘b’.
• Blow blue paint using a straw around the
‘b’ shape.
C
• Create a ‘c’ letter collage with crinkly and
curly paper.
• Trace over the ‘c’ outline with chalk or crayons.
• Paste colourful confetti or corn over the ‘c’.
• Create a ‘c’ sculpture outside using leaves and
flowers from local native plants.
D
• Draw the letter ‘d’ using dark colours.
• Decorate the letter ‘d’ with dented foil.
• Dribble paint over the ‘d’ shape.
• Draw a didjeridu in the stem of the letter
‘d’ while listening to didjeridu music.
E
• Using the edge of cardboard dipped in paint,
curl to make an ‘e’ shape and print.
• Draw an enormous elephant and paint it the
colour of the brown earth.
• Experiment with elastic bands to make ‘e’.
• Make some brown playdough and shape it
into a ball. Stick toothpicks to its back to make
an echidna.
F
• Fix felt or fur to make an ‘f’.
• Find fluorescent floral fabric to paste over the ‘f’.
• Paste fluffy feathers around the ‘f’ shape.
• Use fingers dipped in fingerpaint to form
the ‘f’ shape.
Teacher’s notes
G
• Glue green/grey string over the letter ‘g’.
• Go around the outline of the ‘g’ shape with a
glue stick, then sprinkle gold glitter.
• Cut out grape shapes and paste bunches of
grapes around the ‘g’.
• Listen to the First Nations Dreaming story about
Girawu the goanna. Make the tail of the ‘g’
look like a goanna’s tail.
H
• Colour the letter ‘h’ red hot.
• Use paint on hands and make handprints
around the letter ‘h’.
• Use hemp to form the letter ‘h’.
• Hang herbs for the children to handle
and paste around the ‘h’.
I
• Draw interesting patterns/designs
around the ‘i’ shape.
• Imagine interesting ways to use icy-pole
sticks to make ‘i’.
• Use indigo-coloured materials to form the
letter ‘i’.
• Find an indigenous plant and use its leaves
or flowers to decorate the ‘i’ shape.
J
• Join some ‘jazzy’ materials together to form
the letter ‘j’.
• Go over the ‘j’ outline with a glue stick
and sprinkle jelly crystals.
• Use jade-coloured materials to make ‘j’.
• Draw 3 jumpy joeys around the letter ‘j’
K
• Knot string and paste over the letter ‘k’.
• Use kidney beans to form the ‘k’ shape.
• Collect a kaleidoscope of colours (using pencils,
crayons or markers) to make ‘k’.
• Draw 3 kind people that you love around
the letter ‘k’. Explain why they are kind.
L
• Loop lavender stems into the ‘l’ shape.
• Use lemon- or lime-coloured lace to form
the letter ‘l’.
• Paste long leaves over the letter ‘l’.
• Go outside and listen to all the sounds.
M
• Make a magic mess over the letter ‘m’ using
stars and glitter.
• Move matchsticks to make the ‘m’ shape.
• Use mint leaves or mint-coloured paper to
make the ‘m’ shape.
N
• Use noodles to form the ‘n’ shape.
• Paste navy materials over the letter ‘n’.
• Use newspaper, torn into pieces, to form
the ‘n’ shape.
• Celebrate NAIDOC week and decorate your ‘n’
with the colours of the Aboriginal and Torres
Strait Islander Flags.
O
• Paste oval-shaped orange or olive paper
around the letter ‘o’.
• Overlap torn orange or olive paper over
the ‘o’ shape.
• Use old orange peel to form the letter ‘o’.
P
• Paste pink or purple paper in a pattern
to make ‘p’.
• Play with plasticine/pasta to form the letter ‘p’.
• Place pipe cleaners/plastic over the ‘p’ shape.
Q
• Cut squares to form a quadrangle around
the letter ‘q’.
• Make a letter ‘q’ quilt from fabric/paper squares.
• Quokkas are very friendly Australian marsupials.
Give your ‘q’ a cute nose and whiskers.
R
• Rub red crayon over paper lying on
something rough.
• Use red ribbon or raffia to form the ‘r’ shape.
• Go around the ‘r’ with glue and then sprinkle rice.
• Use rough materials (e.g. sandpaper) to form the
‘r’ shape.
S
• Sort shiny sequins to form the ‘s’ shape.
• Shape smooth silver foil to make ‘s’.
• Use stamps and stickers around the letter ‘s’.
T
• Twist and tie tinsel to make the letter ‘t’.
• Tear tissue paper and paste it over the ‘t’.
• Trace over the letter ‘t’ using tangerine Textas.
• Listen to the tale of Tiddalik the thirsty frog while
you decorate your ‘t’.
U
• Use unusual colours and materials to form
the letter ‘u’.
• Twist pipe cleaners over and under to form
the ‘u’ shape.
• Make a unique letter ‘u’ from scrap materials.
It’s up to you!
V
• Use velvety ribbon to make the letter ‘v’.
• Use a variety of pipe cleaners to form
the ‘v’ shape.
• Use vibrant-coloured materials to cover the ‘v’.
W
• Write with wax crayons to form the ‘w’ shape.
• Use a white candle to outline ‘w’, then wash
with food dye.
• Wind wool to form the ‘w’ shape.
• Sing along to ‘Wombat Wobble’ while you
decorate your ‘w’.
X
• Explore six ways to make the letter ‘x’.
• Use flexible flax to form the ‘x’ shape.
• Fix materials to the page to make the letter ‘x’.
Y
• Shape yellow yarn to form the ‘y’ shape.
• Use ‘yucky’-coloured materials to make the
letter ‘y’.
• Trace over the ‘y’ shape with yellow markers.
Z
• Cut zebra-print paper strips to form the letter ‘z’.
• Find zany materials to paste over the ‘z’ shape.
• Draw zigzag patterns over and around the ‘z’.

a b c d e
f g h i j
k l m n o
p q r s t
u v w x y
z
Teacher’s note: Have children trace over the letter and colour the picture
when the study of the focus letter is complete.
1

1
1
1
Channel
3
2

1
Trace over
3
3
1
3
3

Channel
a a a a a
Trace over
a
Copy
ant
Trace over
ant ant
4

a
Aa
5

Bb
b
6

Channel
b b b b b
Trace over
b
Copy
Trace
bee
over
bee bee
7

Channel
c c c c c
Trace over
c
Copy
cake
Trace over
cake cake
8

c
Cc
9

Dd
d
10

Channel
d d d d d
Trace over
d
Copy
dog
Trace over
dog dog
11

Find and trace over the letters of the alphabet. Colour the picture.
a
q
p
b c
d
z
r
o
n
s
y
e
u
t
m
v w
x
f
l
h
i
j
k
g
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