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Alphabet Letter A Ant Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets · Set 1

Alphabet Letter A Ant Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets Set 1

Materials:

  • printer
  • paper
  • coloring & writing supplies
  • sheet protectors for handwriting worksheet for repeated use

Animals > Insects and Bugs > Ants

Visit this ants theme lesson plan for activities to learn about ants, story time and more. Idea: You may want to also present the anteater (rainforest animal) as a related activity.

Alphabet Activities:

Online Jigsaw Puzzle Activity > Letter A ant Skills > Problem solving, letter and color recognition. The default puzzle is 6 pieces and can adjusted.

Children Ages 2 - 4:

Print this toddler coloring page with large bubble font, color, paint or decorate with fingerprint ants or,

Print a letter A coloring page in standard block or D'Nealian and conduct the following activity:

Crafty Fingerprints: Ant's Go Marching Letter A > Skills: Letter A recognition, colors (black or red), numbers 1 to 10, and science > insects have six legs.

Handwriting worksheet tips:

Encourage the children to trace the dotted letter, and explain the direction of the arrows and numbers that help them trace the letter correctly.

During the demonstration, you may want to count out loud as you trace so children become aware of how the number order aids them in the writing process.

Have the children find all the letter A's in upper and lower case on the page and encourage them to circle them.

Children ages 3+:

Letter A words: Letter A Worksheet Program and Mini-Book (short a sound) can be used as part of program of activities to reinforce letter practice and to identify related words. Read suggested instructions for using the worksheet and mini-book.

You can also display letter posters and coloring pages or make a letter A home or classroom book. For related images visit: Letter A Printable Activities.

Letter A Word Search Game & Handwriting Practice:

The four and eight word search game features the ant and letter A words with pictures and handwriting practice.

Advanced Handwriting Practice:

printable lined-paper
drawing and writing paper

Print your choice of printable lined-paper. Have children draw an ant or an ant hill with ants behind the lined paper or print an ant coloring page to color and decorate after writing practice.

Drawing and writing paper: encourage children to draw and color an ant scene and handwriting practice.

Letter A · Insects > Ant >