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Alphabet Art: With A-Z Animal Art & Fingerplays (Williamson Little Hands Series)

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I obsessed over this book wile I was pregnant and finally bought it for my daughter's second birthday (it was really for me). She's 2 and half and, although she isn't coordinated enough to really do a whole lot on her own, we have great fun with this book. She pulls it down from the bookshelf herself and looks through it. The illustrations are great and the instructions are easy enough for an adult to follow. I delegate the gluing and some coloring to her and we discuss shapes and colors--as well as letters and numbers-- while assembling the pieces. While not all (but most) of the materials are easily found around the house, I have found the ones that aren't in dollar and discount stores for next to nothing. She loves watching ordinary household items like an empty toilet paper roll transform into an alligator with some tape, a marker, scissors, green paper and glue. Her eyes light up like I'm performing magic. I have read, in teachers' journals and the like, that children retain information better when it is presented in a way that emotionally impacts them. For myself and my child, this book was well worth it, and I intend to look into some other titles by this author and from Williamson. Publishing.

My kids (ages 2 and 4) absolutely love the crafts suggested in this book. They were able to do most of the crafts themselves without difficulty. There was a pattern to the activities that they both also enjoyed.

Each letter has specific crafts, tracings, writings, etc. It is a great learning tool. I have found it to be the best book for dealing with the alphabet.

Great source for an Early Childhood Curriculum. This book gave me wonderful ideas on every letter of the alphabet. This book helped me plan lessonsfor my home toddler daycare. This book is a MUST HAVE for home daycare providers and home schooling parents.

I have checked this book out of the library more times than any other book. I love every aspect of this book. I am planning on homeschooling my children, and learning the alphabet, animals and letter sounds are right up there in importance for me for preschool level teaching. We keep every letter that we make, and post it around our dining room where the teaching is done. It is a great reference back to learn the letters. I love that there is a corresponding animal for each letter too! I would DEFINITELY recommend this book! Great for rainy days :)

I have successfully used this book with older three's and four's in my pre-k classes over the years. With younger children, the projects are too complicated and I found they just don't work well. However, with the older pre school set, this book can be a fantastic resource. I used the projects and fingerplays in conjunction with "Letter of the Week" activities and it worked well. The children learned and retained the letters and the fingerplays and really enjoyed them. I was concerned that the "process" of experiencing and creating not become lost in making something vaguely "recognizable" for the enjoyment of their parents, etc. I make an example and they can do their own interpretation and that way children are respected and I also get some extremely charming projects to show off on the bulletin board. Win-Win situation. :))

My preschooler LOVES this book! We started doing these activities when she was about 3. She just turned 4, and she is constantly asking me if we can make another animal out of this book. She loves to take if off the shelf and search for the animals she wants to make.

The crafts do require some adult help, but especially as she is getting older I am finding that she can do much of the work herself; the crafts are age-appropriate and child-friendly.

I have been extremely pleased with this purchase as I find it incorporates the fun of art activities with learning about letters. I would highly recommend this book.

This is a fun book. It has activities, stories, etc in it. It is a good book for getting familiar with letters and just to have fun. Your kids will love it. Check it out!

What a wonderful resource! I checked this out at the library for my 2 year old son to combine with his lesson plan at home. Creating the letters together has helped him to understand what they mean. He loves to play with the crafts after I make them and at the end of the week I tape them to his wall to look at. It's such a great book! I will have to see if Judy Press has done others like it.

I love this book. My 4 year old twins look forward to the art projects everyday. Even my almost two year old participates! My favorite part is that the projects use items that any house with preschoolers will have: construction paper, glue, paint, empty toilet paper rolls, paper plates, ect. Don't skip out on the finger plays. My kids love to move like the animals they have made in the projects. A must have for parents of preschoolers!