Alpha-Bits Alphabet Play Brings Snowmen To Life!

It's been a very wintery winter and so when the letter 'W' came up as momstown Oakville's Alpha-Bits Alphabet Play theme for February it was easy to pick Winter as our word to explore!  Each child got to make their own snowman and we even made it snow by making our own tiny, homemade paper snowballs.

Everyone brought something from home that starts with the letter 'W' and we also sang some winter themed songs that went like this:

The Snow Song (to the tune of Row, row, row your boat)

Snow, snow, snow is here,
Falling to the ground.
On my nose and on my tongue,
Snow is all around.

Snow, snow, snow will make,
Everything so white.
Trees and cars and houses too,
What a chilly sight.

Snowman ABC Song (which we added to everyone's snowman craft)

A B C D E
Build a snowman just for me.
F G H I J
Please don't let him melt away.
K L M N O
Is he melting? NO! NO! NO!
P Q R S T
Down he melts away from me.
U V W X Y Z
I'll build him again you see.
~ Author Unknown

Every month our Alphabet Play program explores another letter and its sound.  This is just one of our 40+ programs on our event calendar each and every month.  Join us next time; find out how by clicking here.

Making Alphabet Soup At Alphabet Play sponsored by Post Alpha-Bits Cereal

momstown Oakville's monthly Alphabet Play program falls into our Literacy program pillar. Designed around simple crafts, each month this program explores a different letter of the alphabet through stories, play, and crafts.  This month's program was super charged as we learned all about the letter S with an special bonus from Post Alpha-Bits cereal.

Not only did Oakville moms and kids enjoy snacking on the Alpha-Bits, they made a great addition to our craft - Alphabet Soup!  Before we got to crafting, we read a great book called 'Stone Soup' and mixed all kinds of vegetables into our mixing pot.  We also brought out the surprise bag!  Each child got to reach in the bag (no peeking!) and pull out something that started with the letter 's'.  The surprise bag revealed a seal, Spiderman, a skeleton, stickers and more fun items that the kids got to play with.

To make our Alphabet Soup craft, each child glued a bowl and spoon cut out of construction paper onto a coloured piece of paper and then used white glue to stick on the letters of their choice using Alpha-Bits cereal. While the kids crafted away, the mamas chatted about eating Alpha-Bits as a kid and also how it not only works for breakfast but is a great addition to a trail mix snack as well.  The Alpha-Bits website has got some fun recipe ideas too, check them out here. Everyone went home with a box of Alpha-Bits to snack on after all the hard work learning about the letter 's' and crafting some Alphabet Soup!

Alphabet Play Program for Oakville Kids - The Letter 'O'

momstown Oakville's May Alphabet Play event was all about the letter 'O'!  We had a great session at the Oakville Soccer Club today and explore all the things Oakville moms and kids had brought that started with O.  Then we sang "Old Macdonald Has A Farm" and "If You're Happy and You Know It" using actions for things that start with O.  Our letter 'O' craft was making an octopus so to get us into a sea-like mood we read "Into the A B Sea" and "Commotion in the Ocean".  Each child got to make their own octopus using a paper plate, ribbons and little 'o' shaped stickers.  To make your own octopus craft, draw a face on the paper plate, cut ribbons/streamers into 8 legs, glue them around the plate, and then make suction cups on our legs using the o stickers.

The grand finale was when we talked about 'o' being for orchestra and made a marching orchestra, using shakers and bells and we used the tapping sticks to practice tapping to the beat and going fast, slow, loud and quiet.

For the month June we will learn all about the letter 'P'.  Come on out and join our early literacy programs, click here to sign up and get in on the fun!  Did you know that when you buy a one year momstown membership you also get a 12 month subscription to Today's Parent magazine?  No better time to become a member!

Alphabet Play - The Letter G

momstown Oakville had a wonderful time this morning learning all about the letter 'G'.  Our Alphabet Play program is perfect for any age as there are learning moments for all different levels.  After exploring lots of books that started with the letter 'G', the kids got down to crafty business!

Using wine corks or toilet paper rolls, our artists made a bunch of grapes to take home with them.  A letter 'G' cookie cutter was used to make the stem!

We also has lots of things to play with that started with the letter 'G' like guitars, goats, ghosts and green blocks!

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"F" is for Fun, Frog and So Much More!

Our momstown Oakville families had a great time at alphabet play!  We are working our way through the alphabet, one letter at a time.  We discovered and learned about the letter "F".
Our kids had a great time playing and learning about different toys that start with the letter "F".

We also crafted up some fun with letters and glue.

Thanks to Miss Sherri from Circle Time Parties for hosting this wonderful event.  Our kids look forward to learning again at our next event.
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