Letter A Paper Plate Alligator
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Letter A Craft: A is for Alligator Paper Plate Craft
What you’ll need to make the A is for alligator craft for each child:
2 paper plates
1 red sheet of construction paper
Green crayon
2 black pom poms
2 googly eyes
Glue stick
Letter A Craft Directions
- Before starting the project with the kids, cut out the alligator shape. You will do this by cutting a triangle out from the paper plates. Sandwich the paper plates together as if you’re making a tambourine. Draw a triangle from the edge of the plate to the center and cut it out. You’ll be left with what looks like an open alligator mouth.
- Cut out some letters from construction paper, or you can use magnetic or felt letters if you have them. Ideally, you will want to give every child at least one uppercase and one lowercase A.
- When the kids are ready to craft, give them the two sides of the alligator mouth.
- Show them how to glue red paper to the inside of the plates to make the mouth.
- Glue the two sides of the alligator mouth together. Glue on two pom poms and two eyes.
- Color the alligator green.
The alligator is ready to eat some letters! Remind the kids that the alligators only want to eat A’s. They don’t want to eat any other letters
Madreen Karle is a master first grade reading teacher with over 30 years of classroom experience. She taught reading in a special needs and English as a Second Language classroom. After retiring she wrote a reading program to help others learn how to teach reading. She is a trusted educator and author of 5 books to help teach children to read and write. In addition to her books, she is a mentor for 3 websites that give reading teacher tips (Mrs. Karle's Sight and Sound Reading, Mrs. Karle's Reading Patch, and Mrs. Karle's Handwriting Patch). Through her teaching she learned that confidence was the key to learning to read. A child who is not confident at reading does not like to read and struggles to read. Mrs. Karle created "sunshine moments" to help teach children how to grow their confidence and learn to read.
Meeghan Karle Mousaw (Madreen’s daughter) has her Master’s in Special Education. She has 7 years experience teaching children to read online. In addition, she developed a curriculum to teach children handwriting called The Handwriting Patch. With the Handwriting Patch learning is fun because children learn to draw and learn handwriting at the same time. In 2019 The Handwriting Patch curriculum became an amazon best seller the first year it was released, helping thousands of kids learn handwriting with a unique, fun method. She is mom to 6 kids, each with differently learning abilities and struggles.
The Reading Patch was established by the creators of Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading. Together they have been featured on the NBC media outlets. Over the last 7 years in their online platform, Madreen and Meeghan have worked tirelessly with teachers, homeschoolers and parents looking to help children learn to read to become a trusted authority in teaching children to read and advocating early literacy skills. They often partner with other educational experts to deliver the most current information to the Reading Patch community.
Meeghan Karle Mousaw (Madreen’s daughter) has her Master’s in Special Education. She has 7 years experience teaching children to read online. In addition, she developed a curriculum to teach children handwriting called The Handwriting Patch. With the Handwriting Patch learning is fun because children learn to draw and learn handwriting at the same time. In 2019 The Handwriting Patch curriculum became an amazon best seller the first year it was released, helping thousands of kids learn handwriting with a unique, fun method. She is mom to 6 kids, each with differently learning abilities and struggles.
The Reading Patch was established by the creators of Mrs. Karle’s Sight and Sound Reading. Together they have been featured on the NBC media outlets. Over the last 7 years in their online platform, Madreen and Meeghan have worked tirelessly with teachers, homeschoolers and parents looking to help children learn to read to become a trusted authority in teaching children to read and advocating early literacy skills. They often partner with other educational experts to deliver the most current information to the Reading Patch community.