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Button Letters {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}

November 13, 2015 by Katie 1 Comment

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Sometimes I plan an activity in my head and it goes one way. Then I give it to my kids and they do something totally unexpected with it. That is what happened with this letter learning activity I call Button Letters.

XGirl had her own very unique idea for how to put the buttons on the letters that was not at all what I had envisioned, but at the same time it didn’t detract from the learning. So to each his (or her) own!

All that is to say, the next installment of my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series involves putting buttons on letters using some free letter outlines and a bucket of buttons.

Click here if you want more information about teaching the alphabet in a fun, hands-on, and multi-sensory way. 

Have your kids glue buttons onto these free printable letter outlines as a fun way to teach the alphabet (and develop fine motor skills too!). We love creative and hands-on letter learning activities! || Gift of Curiosity

I recently found a very cool font that I knew would be perfect for creating a set of Letter Outlines printables for kids to learn their letters. I printed the extra large version of a lowercase ‘b’ and got to work with XGirl.

I set the printable out on a tray along with some glue (I used fancy glitter glue just because I knew it would grab her attention) and a bucket of buttons.

Have your kids glue buttons onto these free printable letter outlines as a fun way to teach the alphabet (and develop fine motor skills too!). We love creative and hands-on letter learning activities! || Gift of Curiosity

I invited XGirl to glue the buttons onto the letter outline.

Have your kids glue buttons onto these free printable letter outlines as a fun way to teach the alphabet (and develop fine motor skills too!). We love creative and hands-on letter learning activities! || Gift of Curiosity

101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet: Hands-on, multi-sensory activities for teaching the alphabet to children ages 2 to 7.

Now, my plan had been for her to fill the outline with buttons. That, however, was not her plan. She prefered to glue her buttons on the edge of the outline rather than filling in the outline.

Have your kids glue buttons onto these free printable letter outlines as a fun way to teach the alphabet (and develop fine motor skills too!). We love creative and hands-on letter learning activities! || Gift of Curiosity

But no worries. Sometimes things don’t go as planned, but as long as my kids are learning and having fun, I try to roll with it. 🙂

Here is her finished button letter.

Have your kids glue buttons onto these free printable letter outlines as a fun way to teach the alphabet (and develop fine motor skills too!). We love creative and hands-on letter learning activities! || Gift of Curiosity

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More ways to teach to the alphabet

More alphabet printables from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Road Letters
  • Letter Pin-Punching Pages
  • Letter Puzzles
  • Beginning Sounds Alphabet Clip Cards
  • Letter Slap game
  • Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching Clip Cards
  • Alphabet Lacing Cards
  • Dot Sticker Uppercase and Lowercase Letter Matching
  • Q-Tip Painted Letter Pages

You can find more ways to teach the alphabet on my Literacy Activities for Kids page and my Letter Learning Pinterest board.

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  1. Rhea Porras says

    November 27, 2015 at 3:22 pm

    Thank you for sharing these excellent ideas. This would really help me a lot in my teaching profession.

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