DIY Literacy Projects

Free Printable Alphabet for little ones by Live and Enliven

Make a Flash Card pouch with How To Do Something
CroqZine shows us how to make a sweet Alphabet Necklace

Embroider an Alphabet with Orange Flower
Make a Fox for your next story telling from Cut out and Keep
Try this Alphabet Card Display with Gray Matters

 Try an Apple Seed "A" with I Can Teach My Child.
Try Story Cubes with QuirkyMomma
Play Alphabet Matching with Plastic Eggs by This Little Project

DIY Literacy Projects

Try Calligraphy Alphabet with Craftside

Free Printable Alphabet Bunting with Ruffled

Kitchen DoughDough has a great Alphabet Party idea.

 Give a go with Greek Letter Blocks by Quercus Design

QuirkyMomma makes Alphabet Pretzels!

Make an Alphabet Puzzle Stamp with BookHouCrafts

 Put together a Paper Alphabet Quilt with The Stories of A to Z
Make magnetic alphabet blocks with PlumPudding
Make Chipboard Alphabet Cards with Floralshowers

DIY Literacy Projects

I Can Teach My Child makes a super cute zip-lock baby book.

QuirkyMomma has a brilliant cootie catch word game.

Another amazing version of the Alphabet Train.

Make easy alphabet pillows with Craft Nest

Craft these Homemade Alphabet Blocks with Jeredith
Homemade Finger Print Cards with Smashed Peas and Carrots are adorable.

 Try this Watercolor Alphabet with Art Projects for Kids
Make an Alphabet Notebook with Journal of a Home Education
Print a free Alphabet Poster from Sprik Space

more bookplates

Head on over to We Love to Illustrate for a variety of printable bookplates for kids. They have all kids - girls and boys.

These are my favorites...

DIY Literacy Projects

Make your own "Feel Good Book" with Playful Learning.

Try this writing activity using similes with Sweetness and Light.

Try this Letter Sculpture with First Palette

Made by Jill has an adorable set of Alphabet Flash Cards for FREE

Print these Fall Bookmarks for FREE from Blue Yonder.

MummySam has a really neat recipe with pictures for words.

Alphabet Drawing Board by First Palette is irresistible.

Make an Alphabet Puzzle Print with CraftyProjects.

Practice Color Words in the Kitchen with Katherine Marie.

Do you have an idea we can share, submit it here.

Bookplates for the Mommas

Head over to Frecklewonder for some very chic bookplates form Draw! Pilgrim. I think I am going to have to print some of these to put in my sewing books. or maybe some of my cookbooks. oh the possibilities are endless!

I found these initially on How About Orange which is a great resource blog. Love her stuff and wanted to make sure she got some credit as well.

Printable Bookplates

Emily over at The Black Apple has posted these absolutely adorable bookplates.  I can't believe all the cuteness on the internet when it comes to bookplates.  You are going to love Emily's blog.  Visit her here and check out all her amazing works of art.

Free Printable Book Tags

Check out these Free Printable Book Tags by Laura Gunn

Just print and paste into your books.

FREE Sight Word Game Download

Craft Nectar has this fabulous sight word game that you can download and customize.  Her amazing husband with his amazing skills developed this scrabble game to help children memorize and learn their sight words.  Download yours here.

DIY Magnetic Bookmarks

Wild Olive has a really great idea for making your own magnetic bookmarks.  make these for you little darling or make a few for yourself.  These little page savers are too cute not to give away or use.

Free Bookplates

Visit the Goodies at Image Zoo to download these beautiful book plates that you can print and paste into your child's' most treasured books.

Adorable Bookplates

Maddie over at Crafty Magoolie is offering a free book plate for your child's books.  Print them in color or in black and white.  Your little one can color her own and you can use them as a gifts themselves.  Keep them handy for the giving of books to children as well.  You'll be able to put the recipients name in the book and sign your name.  These are so pretty and FREE.  So, check them out and if you visit her leave a comment as a "thank you".

FREEBIE: Shirt book marks

Head on over to Jin Jer Up and download these adorable and FREE bookmarks for your little guy!

My Fathers Dragon Connection Activity

I saw these little guys and they reminded me of a book I introduced when I first started this blog.  The book series "My Father's Dragon" featured an array of jungle animals.  These paper animals can be printed and put together

Turn Old Paperbacks into New Hardbacks

One of my favorite websites for children occassionally posts ideas that are great for book lovers.  This idea is perfect for preserving some of your old favorites so that your children can enjoy them for more years to come.  Visit the folks over at Ohdeedoh for the how too.  This method is very much like the one we used in college to publish our own books too.  So, if you have a child that is a budding writer and would like to publish his or her stories for them, here's a great method.

Real Play Promotes Literacy

Last fall I read a study that was conducted in a Pre-School classroom setting, as a matter of fact, I have found large handful of studies that examine literacy in the pre-school setting and how the pre-school setting can be altered to increase a child's reading readiness skills.  That's great for a classroom, but what can you do at home?