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Poking and sewing letters {101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet}

March 4, 2016 by Katie Leave a Comment

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In this week’s installment of my 101 Ways to Teach the Alphabet Series, I’m sharing an activity that develops fine motor skills and letter knowledge at the same time. I call this activity poking and sewing letters.

If you’ve got a child who likes pin punching activities or sewing activities or – better yet – both, poking and sewing letters would be a great activity to try.

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

Poking and sewing letters develops fine motor skills and letter knowledge at the same time. This would be great for preschoolers. What a fun activity for teaching the alphabet and helping kids to learn their letters! || Gift of Curiosity

Poking and sewing letters is really two different activities combined into one. The first step involves poking holes in a letter. The second stop involves sewing the letter using the holes the child just poked.

Poking holes in a letter

For pin punching activities, we use a wood handled pin puncher from Montessori Services paired with a high quality, thick felt mat, also from Montessori Services. I placed the pin puncher and mat on a tray along with a letter written on cardstock.

Poking and sewing letters develops fine motor skills and letter knowledge at the same time. What a fun activity for teaching the alphabet and helping kids to learn their letters! || Gift of Curiosity

We have done poking (aka, pin punching activities) before.  So when I invited XGirl to poke holes in the letter she knew just what to do.

Poking and sewing letters develops fine motor skills and letter knowledge at the same time. What a fun activity for teaching the alphabet and helping kids to learn their letters! || Gift of Curiosity

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

Sewing a letter

After she finished poking holes in her letter, I invited her to “sew” the letter using some yarn and a child-safe plastic needle.

Poking and sewing letters develops fine motor skills and letter knowledge at the same time. What a fun activity for teaching the alphabet and helping kids to learn their letters! || Gift of Curiosity

She poked a LOT of holes in her letter, so I suggested she sew larger segments that skipped many of her holes.

Poking and sewing letters develops fine motor skills and letter knowledge at the same time. What a fun activity for teaching the alphabet and helping kids to learn their letters! || Gift of Curiosity

Oh the concentration she put into this activity!

Poking and sewing letters develops fine motor skills and letter knowledge at the same time. What a fun activity for teaching the alphabet and helping kids to learn their letters! || Gift of Curiosity

When she was done, she had a nicely sewn ‘X.’ I helped her knot the yarn so she could cut it off.

Poking and sewing letters develops fine motor skills and letter knowledge at the same time. What a fun activity for teaching the alphabet and helping kids to learn their letters! || Gift of Curiosity

Have questions about teaching the alphabet? We’ve got answers! Click here to learn more.

More ways to teach to the alphabet

More alphabet posts from Gift of Curiosity:

  • Letter hunt sensory bin
  • Erasing letters with a Q-tip
  • Making letters with straws and play dough
  • I spy letter hunt
  • Spaghetti letters
  • Letter puzzles
  • Montessori sandpaper letters
  • Smash the puffy letters
  • Mini letter hunt with a magnifying glass
  • Letter hopscotch
  • Crystallized letters
  • Yarn wrapped letters
  • Letter tic-tac-toe


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

Follow Katie @ Gift of Curiosity’s board Learning Letters on Pinterest.

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