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Alphabet Letter A Astronaut
Preschool Lesson Plan Printable Activities and Worksheets

Color poster

Here are printable materials and some suggestions to present letter A. Review and visit the themes above for related activities and crafts.

This is activity day 5 of Letter A Impact Poster lesson plan

Alphabet Activity: Letter A is for Astronaut
Present and display the color poster and distribute your choice of coloring page for a first introduction for younger children or extended handwriting worksheet for advanced Pre-K and higher.

Finger and Pencil Tracing: Trace letter A's in upper and lower case with your finger as you also sound out the letter. Invite the children to do the same on their coloring page.

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.

Find the letter A's: Have the children find all thef letter A's in upper and lower case on the page and encourage them to circle or trace/shade them first.

Letter A Activity Worksheet and Mini-Book can be used to reinforce letter practice and to identify related words.Read suggested instructions for using the worksheet and mini-book.

Discuss other letter A words and images found in the worksheet. You can also display posters and coloring pages or even make a letter A classroom book. For related images visit: Letter A Printable Activities.

Letter A Printable Games: Word Search & Handwriting Practice: The eight-word search game features other letter A words with pictures and handwriting practice.

Advanced Handwriting Practice:
1. Print your choice of printable lined-paper. Have children draw an astronaut behind the lined paper or print an astronaut coloring page to color and decorate after writing practice.

2. Drawing and writing paper: encourage children to draw and color an astronaut and handwriting practice.