Reinforcing letters and the sounds they make is very important for children.  The more you do this in a variety of fun ways the better.  This craft activity is really fun and your child won’t even know they are learning!  I did this with my kids and they had so much fun they came up with about 6 collages each!!  They just wanted to keep going!!  They love to cut and glue!!  We did the letter D and picked all things in magazines that started with letter D.  Then we cut them out and glued them on construction paper to make a D collage.

Supplies

• Construction paper
• Glue
• Old Magazines
• Scissors
• Markers (optional) You can put the letter at the top of the page with a marker

Steps

1. Go through old magazines, pick a letter to focus on with your child.  Talk about the sound(s) it makes.  In this example I used D.  Have your child name the objects he or she sees and ask if that starts with a D.  Child “thats a cat” Caregiver “yes it is! does thats start with a duh sound-saying the sound the letter makes instead of the letter itself.  Continue like this until you find enough D objects (how ever many you want).
2. Then Cut out each object.  If your child is old enough they can cut it out
3. Take all the objects and let your child use a glue stick to glue them on the construction paper.
4. You can take a marker and right the letter on the paper to reinforce what the letter looks like
5. You can also look for the letter in words and cut those out and paste them on the page

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