Why use tracing sheets when there are so many fun hands-on ways to learn letters? We often use (and re-use!) alphabet mats to help with letter recognition and letter formation. They are fantastic for tactile learners! Since our apple abc mats were such a hit with kids, we’re making a few additonal free printable sets to continue the learning into different seasons. During our Thanksgiving theme we made these Pumpkin Pie Preschool Alphabet Printables. Here I’m outlining some of the ways we use them, and you can even get your own free printable 106-page set of pumpkin pie alphabet mats at the end of the post.
Pumpkin Pie Preschool Alphabet Printables
GET A FULL WEEK OF THANKSGIVING THEME ACTIVITIES IN OUR PRINTABLE PRESCHOOL LESSON PLANS.
GETTING SET UP
The free printable pumpkin pie alphabet mats are designed one to a page. This gives you a lot of options for printing. Some activities require a full page per letter, while others work best with a smaller 1/2 page or 1/4 page format. Simply change your printer options to print 1 per page, 2 per page or 4 per page to get the desired layout for your activities.
I also highly recommend laminating these or using dry erase pockets so you can use them over and over again.
If you prefer not to print in color, I’ve also included a black and white set in the free printable.
See it in Action
Watch this quick video clip to see some of the ways we use these Pumpkin Pie ABC mats. There are so many possibilities!
Ways to Play
Combine loose parts and the pumpkin pie letter mats for an easy, no mess alphabet center activity. Here we used white cotton balls to represent whipped cream. You might also use mini marshmallows, white pony beads, or white glass gems.
If your kids love play dough activities (our favorite!), then combine these letter mats with scented pumpkin play dough.
Since I love getting extended use out of our batches of seasonal play dough, we used the same play dough that we made for our pumpkin pie play dough fractions pretend play. To make it I started with an easy play dough recipeand added orange food coloring and pumpkin pie spice. It smells fabulous!
Kids get tons of fine motor practice as they roll play dough snakes and form each letter.
And finally once kids are showing an interest in writing, let them use dry erase markers to write the letters. You can print and laminate these into flip books for kids to draw and erase over and over again.
Get Your Free Pumpkin Pie Preschool Alphabet Printables
The free printable Pumpkin Pie ABC Mats set includes four complete alphabet options:
- Uppercase Letter Mats in Color
- Lowercase Letter Mats in Color
- Uppercase Letter Mats in Black and White (print on colored paper for added fun)
- Lowercase Letter Mats in Black and White (print on colored paper for added fun)
Click Here to Get Your Free Pumpkin Pie ABC Printable
GET A FULL SET OF THANKSGIVING THEME ACTIVITIES
The 159-page Thanksgiving Lesson Plan Set includes hands-on activities and these additional printables:
1) Pumpkin Pie Letter Matching (in color and b/w)
2) Rhyming Turkey Game
3) Turkey Color Sorting Mats (in color and b/w)
4) Turkey Counting Mats 1-20 (in color and b/w)
5) Look at the Turkey Emergent Reader (3 variations)
6) How to Make a Pumpkin Pie Sequencing Cards (in color and b/w)
7) 0-35 Turkey Number Cards (4 variations)
8) Phoneme Segmentation Turkey Activity
9) Thanksgiving Taste Test Recording Sheet (in color and b/w)
10) Thanksgiving Picture-Word Cards (in color and b/w)
11) Thanksgiving Roll and Graph (2 variations, in color and b/w)
Also available on Teachers Pay Teachers.
MORE THANKSGIVING THEME RESOURCES
Find all of our Thanksgiving theme resources in our preschool Thanksgiving theme planning guide.
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