There is a time and a place for worksheets in preschool and kindergarten. While hands-on activities and real-life experiences tend to catch children’s attention, it’s also important for students to practice fine motor skills, like tracing, cutting, and gluing. These letter A tracing worksheets for preschool focus on one specific letter and give children the opportunity to recognize letter formation and sounds.
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Printable Letter A Worksheet Supplies:
- Printer/Ink
- Laminating Supplies (optional)
- Scissors
- Glue Stick
- Crayon/Pencil
- Dot Marker
- Dice
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Learning About Letter Recognition:
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ASKING STUDENTS TO RECOGNIZE LETTER FORMATION AND LETTER SOUNDS IS AN IMPORTANT STEP IN EARLY DECODING AND READING.
When children can recognize letters as printed language that matches with a specific sound, they can begin prereading.
These letter A worksheets for preschool or Kindergarten can be used to reinforce or review the letter and sound. Make sure you model for your children how to complete the activities in order to gain understanding. The printable alphabet worksheets can be used in literacy centers, writing centers, or as an independent activity.
The preschool letter A worksheets will allow your child to practice letter tracing, sorting uppercase and lowercase letters, reading simple sentences, writing, and simple math skills.
In addition to learning about letter recognition for kindergarten here are some more ideas you can teach about using free letter tracing worksheets :
- Proper pencil grip for writing
- Differences and similarities between uppercase and lowercase letters
- Identifying and comparing amount and number of dots for roll and write
- Words that begin with the letter A
We don’t follow a specific letter of the week curriculum when teaching the alphabet, but for some children choosing a letter of the alphabet to focus on each week to introduce letters or review tough sounds can be helpful.
If you choose to do that, you can start with the letters a, s, and t so that your children will immediately be able to form some beginning reading words.
What Can Preschoolers Learn About Letter Sounds?
letter sounds worksheets
ASKING CHILDREN TO IDENTIFY THE SOUND (PHONEME) LETTERS MAKE HELPS IN BLENDING AND EARLY READING. STUDENTS CAN ANSWER QUESTIONS LIKE:
- What other things make the ‘A’ sound?
- What other sound can ‘A’ make? (long and short sound).
- Were there any words that have similar ending sounds?
Why Is It Important For Kids To Identify Letter Sounds?
Besides the fact that kids enjoy making silly sounds and rhymes, there are so many other reasons you should practice letter sounds with your child using these letter tracing worksheets and free beginning sounds worksheets.
Visual Discrimination
Identifying letters (both lower and uppercase) encourages kids to use visual cues to discern between them. This is an important skill when later discerning letters to decode words.
Improve Understanding
As children learn to name uppercase and lower case letters and sounds, it helps them connect to what “reading” really means and gives them valuable insight and background to the idea that they, too, will soon learn to read!
Automaticity
The goal is for children to effortlessly recognize letter names and sounds interchangeably before they begin to put the pieces together to learn to read. If recalling sounds is too laborious, it will be difficult for a child to read with fluency.
Confidence
Kids learn with time and repetition to accurately name all of the letters and sounds. Imagine how proud they feel when they accomplish such a lofty goal!
Tools you’ll need
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How to Make the Free Printable Letter A Worksheets
To Prep:
Just print the letter A alphabet printable writing worksheets.
To Use:
Kids can use the letter recognition worksheets to write the letter A, sort sounds, and sort uppercase letters and lowercase letters.
Once the tracing letter worksheets are laminated, use the traceable letter worksheets-free-over and over again!
Our Favorite Alphabet Books for Kids:
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Once your child’s creativity is sparked with these fun preschool worksheets for letter A, take it a step further with these engaging resources:
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TouchThinkLearn: ABC (Baby Board Books, Baby Touch and Feel Books, Sensory Books for Toddlers)
AlphaOops!: The Day Z Went FirstWild Animal Babies: An Alphabet BookLMNO Peas (The Peas Series)My First Bob Books – Alphabet Box Set | Phonics, Letter sounds, Ages 3 and up, Pre-K (Reading Readiness)P Is for Pterodactyl: The Worst Alphabet Book EverEating the AlphabetThe Alphabet Book (Pictureback(R))A is for Apple (Smart Kids Trace-And-Flip)I Spy LettersChicka Chicka Boom Boom (Board Book)
Play with Playdough
For an additional hands-on, non-messy activity, have children use play dough to create the letter ‘A’ on the kindergarten letter worksheets. Help them discover the long and short lines in the letter A.
Create a Book
Use pictures from the printable worksheets to create their own letter ‘A’ mini book. Children will feel successful ‘reading’ and identifying the specific ‘A’ words in their book.
Many Mediums
Let your child get creative with bingo dotters, pom-poms, buttons, jewels, stickers, or other materials to place in the letter ‘A’ preschool worksheet dot-to-dot coloring page.
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