Learning the alphabet can feel overwhelming for kids when we introduce too many letters at once. A good strategy is to dedicate one week to every letter so students are exposed to each enough times for them to understand it in multiple contexts and pronunciations. There are so many fun words that use our letter for the week "W", and we can teach them using creative and hands-on alphabet activities with paints, foods, toys, and more! Check out 20 of our favorites with links for more info and inspiration.
1. "W" is for a Water Race!
This outdoor, hands-on letter "W" activity is great for a sunny day. Get some foam letters and put them into a bucket of water. A little ways away, have another bucket with the letter "W" on it. Kids must find the "W" foam letter, run, and throw it into the "W" bucket.
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2. Geoboard Letter Worksheets
Geoboards are a good resource to use at home or in a small classroom. Place the 2 sets of alphabet letters randomly on the board, and give your preschooler some rubber bands. They must match the lowercase letter to the uppercase letter by stretching the band between the letters.
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3. Squishy Sensory Watermelon
This watermelon craft is so simple and your kids will love it! Grab a slice of watermelon without the rind and put it in a plastic sealed baggie. Give it to your students for them to squish, push around, and make it into a pink watery mess.
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4. "W" is for Weather
There are tons of fun activities to teach students about the weather, but this letter activity specifically incorporates the "W" letter shape to help kids with letter learning and recognition.
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5. "W" is for Wolf Mask
This fun craft uses preschoolers' motor skills to cut and color a wolf mask. There are quite a few links and tutorials for making simple wolf masks, but I found a template outline that your students can trace and cut out so each one is unique just like them!
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6. "W" is for Color Wheels
Wheels are so diverse, we have vehicles with wheels, pinwheels, steering wheels, and color wheels. This activity for preschoolers lets them refresh their color knowledge as well as create their own wheel of colors!
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7. "W" is for Wiggle Worm
This adorable crawly worm craft has lots of components and is a great activity to improve letter-building skills. Kids can make it their own using paints, pipe cleaners, beads, and googly eyes.
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8. "W" is for Whale
This whale cup craft uses recycled cups and some arts and craft supplies to make a whimsical whale buddy for your kids to use in class or take home.
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9. "W" is for Waffle Walrus
These letter W recipes and snacks will have your preschoolers saying "WOW"! Get some frozen waffles from the store, some fruits, cereal, and yogurt to create these delicious edible walruses.
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10. "W" is for Water
This fun letter alphabet craft has multiple "W" words in one activity! Get a bucket of water and put a variety of toys inside. Put some toys that start with "W" and others that do not and have your students play around and name each toy.
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11. Dancing Gummy Worms
Time to see some worms dance! This simple science experiment uses baking soda and vinegar in water to make your gummy worms dance around. Let your kiddos mix the ingredients and watch the wiggly worms go!
Learn more: Playdough to Plato
12. Paper Plate Watermelon Suncatchers
These suncatchers are super cute and can be stuck to your classroom windows as student-made decorations! To make the watermelon shape you use a coffee filter, and then color it with markers and cut out seeds from black paper. Spray it with some water for it to stick!
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13. Watercolor "W"
Water paints are a must-have for arts and crafts time in the classroom. Get some letter W printable worksheets and have your preschoolers practice pre-writing skills creatively.
Learn more: Early Learning Ideas
14. "W" is for Wagon
This activity gives your students all the freedom, which makes it all the more fun! Bring a small wagon to school and ask your kiddos to bring an item from home that starts with the letter "W" to put in the wagon.
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15. Walking Water Experiment
This colorful science experiment is so easy and your preschoolers will be amazed. Get some plastic cups, food coloring, paper towels, and water and see how the colored water walks!
Learn more: Fun Learning for Kids
16. "W" is for Winter Sensory Bins
You can express your creativity with this winter-inspired sensory bin for your preschoolers to explore. Put cotton balls, snowflakes, snowmen shapes, and alphabet letters inside the box for students to pick up and play with.
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17. Books All About "W"
There are tons of easy-to-read educational storybooks using the letter "W" that you can incorporate into your alphabet lesson for letter recognition and vocabulary practice.
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18. Color By Letter "W"
These color-coding letter worksheets help with learners' letter recognition skills by having them use different colors for uppercase and lowercase "W".
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19. Take a Rainbow Walk
"W" is for walking, so it's time to get out and move with your preschoolers to see the fun in motion! You can do rainbow walking with some colored paints and a big white canvas.
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20. "W" is for Window
This spring-inspired window craft is my favorite because it asks students to go outside and pick colorful flower petals. Put the petals in bags with aloe vera so they are squishy and protected, then tape them on the window so they reflect the sunlight.
Learn more: Happily Ever Mom
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