This week for preschool, Kaleb worked on the letter A - A is for Airplane. I wanted to create something that he could use to review his letters as we continue through the alphabet. I discovered many posts about interactive notebooks and thought it would be a good tool for this review. So, I created mini interactive notebook pages for the letter A. Each week that we learn a new letter, I hope to add to the printable pages for the notebook - so stay tuned! Here is my first try at interactive notebooks -
Page one - What Begins with A? flap book with pictures to paste under each letter A. Only glue down the strip in the middle and cut the mini pages apart. I used the letter A pictures and cut them into smaller pieces. Then I gave those pieces to Kaleb to cut out. He did a really good job, I can notice a difference in his cutting skills already.
Page two - Where is the Airplane? Game. One of the skills that I am working on with Kaleb is recognizing his colors. This is a simple game where you tape the edge of the clouds down and hide the airplane. The child has to guess where the airplane is using his color words. I also added a pocket on this page for the small pieces. The clouds and pocket were printed on card stock for durability.
Page three - this craft idea can be added as another page to the interactive notebook or used alone. Kaleb made the lower case a into an airplane. I printed the pieces onto colored paper and allowed him to glue them anywhere.
It turned out cute - even though it has a helicopter feel to it. He likes it so that is really all it matters. I created this page not so he can copy the craft exactly. I really just wanted to give him some practice gluing and such.
Page four - I added this activity to practice counting from 1 to 5. The airplanes are programmed with numbers as well as the correct number of windows. Kaleb's task was to pin the clothespins onto the windows and count them. These airplanes can fit in the pocket on page 2 (not the clothespins though).
Page five - Letter A shape puzzle. I added a blank letter A to make the puzzle easier to put together. Print, laminate, and add velcro if you want to include the puzzle in the notebook or do what I did, add magnets.
Add a cookie sheet and the outline letter A. He worked the puzzle several times while we discussed the pictures on the pieces.
So, this is my first installment of Interactive Notebook Pages. Hope you enjoy them. If you have any questions or problems, let me know.

I love this! We used some of your printables from Wheel School. Keep up the good work!
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Thanks so much! Keep a look out - more to come :)
DeleteLove these! I think I will copy everything!
ReplyDeleteThank you for being willing to share your work for free! I have looked at interactive notebooking ideas online for my young children before but haven't seen anything I like as much as your creation. Your activities seem perfect for where my kids are developmentally.
ReplyDeleteThanks so much. I hope your kids enjoy these.
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